Thursday, May 10, 2012

Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!

Actually, we didn't see any lions or bears, but we did get a good look at some sleeping/lazy tigers. We went to the zoo yesterday.
That is Ally's friend, Megan, behind us.
 The kids are off track so we went with friends from four families in our neighborhood.  Three adults to 14 kids.  It was crazy, but so much fun!
Dalton, Holly, Allison and Jackson Snow
Jordan, Aidan, Bella and Kason Bengtzen
Shelbie, Matt and Cruz Workman
Nick, Ashley and Megan Romrell
We spent quite a bit of time by the elephants.  The baby elephant was so cute!

Dalton thought it was great fun to stand directly in front of the trunk so he would get sprayed.  He was soaked!
This was an elephant skull.  The kids were amazed by how big it was.  This was when they were begging me to take their pictures.
They loved pretending that they were holding the large bones.
 All the kids had great stamina.  Jackson was the only one who was allowed in the stroller and he wanted to push the stroller about half the time.

All the monkeys looking at the monkeys.
The kids are so lucky to have so many great friends living so close!  We are grateful for our neighbors everyday!
Holly and her BFFs, Ashley, Jordan, and Shelbie
Checking out the giraffes.  They came up so close to us.  I have never been that close to a giraffe before.  It was pretty neat!

We had a great time!  There were a few times of crying and whininess but overall, the kids did great!  They were disappointed because we didn't get to ride the train but maybe we will have more time next time we go. 
The kids and Nick waiting for the rest of the gang to arrive

3 comments:

Mary said...

Ethan went to the Pocatello "zoo" on a school field trip a few days ago. He came home and told me that the zoo was pretty lame. Maybe we'll have to take a real trip to the zoo so we can see cool animals. You know, other than just goats and wolves.

Melissa@thebblog said...

wait, aren't there new bears? I thought there was supposed to be a polar bear . . .

Katie said...

The bears and new exhibits don't open until June 1st. We are excited about it though. If you ever want to go let me know. We have season passes and we can bring a couple of guests.