A great weekend!

We had a great weekend. Thad has been working 10 hour minimums 6 days a week for over a month now. He actually got to take all 3 days off this weekend! On Saturday, Thad and I took some time for ourselves. We dropped the kids off with Bill and Krista and went to see Prince Caspian and then out to Hometown Buffet for dinner. Basically it was to celebrate our anniversary early. (Yeah for 5 years!). Sunday we went to church as a family, all took naps together in the afternoon, and then after the kids went to bed, Thad and I stayed up and watched the "Water horse". It was a cute movie. Today, we decided was our "family day". We took the kids to the zoo. It was overcast and rained the whole drive up, but it stayed dry while we were there. Then it rained while we were in the car on the way home. The kids absolutely loved all the animals! Ty's favorites were the ducks, fish and turtles, and petting the goats. Raquelle liked pretty much everything except the leopard. She was especially happy to see any turtles and fish. Of course, the camera came along for the ride, so here are some highlights from the day.


This is the closest any of us have ever been to a cougar! What a brave little girl!
This was definitely one of the favorites!
Titus spent about half the time in the stroller and half the time walking or being carried.

Birds of prey! These are 2 mini owls. We also saw a bigger owl, a bald eagle and a vulture.
Raquelle got to ride an elephant. Well, a metal one that is. The real ones were a little to big for her.
Raquelle spent a lot of time riding on daddy's shoulders.
This is a big tank of large fish and turtles that the kids are so interested in. Above the water, there was a crocodile and some type of monkey.
By the end of the day, Titus was asleep in the stroller, and Raquelle decided Thad's head made a great pillow for her to go to sleep too.
And last but not least...two very happy penguins. Yes they are doing what you think they are doing.

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Anonymous said…
Yeah for the zoo... glad you had a lot of fun. Mom
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