Walking on the Wild Side

This has been a great weekend. My dear friend, Keri and her fab 5 came for a visit while Mike (Keri's husband) is on a missions trip to Mexico. Shelby took off to Mimi's house leaving Casey as the only princess in this palace of princes. Steve went to a men's conference---they may be on to something there-just kidding Keri!!!!
So what do you do when 2 moms do when they have kids who are 12, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 2, and 19 months old do? They go to the zoo and tire everybody out!!!!
It wasn't really a warm day so I was hoping that the zoo would be not crowded!! Yea, maybe next time!!! The place was slammed--I've seen more people only one other time!!!
So here are a few pictures from our day.....
Keri and the boys sitting on a lion....
We watched a sea lion demonstration. That is one big animal. I think all of the kids enjoyed watching the sea lion preform his tricks. This is Zuba standing on his front flippers.

I think one of the best things was getting to feed the giraffe. A very nice man handed Caleb some of the food he had purchased to feed the giraffes.
One of the worst things happened right before the giraffes. A goat in the farm exhibit, though that one of the twins (sorry, I'm not sure which one and Keri's on the phone) wanted to hold him--or at least pet him. Uh, not so much. For the next hour all he said was "back up" every time Keri got near an exhibit. True to our saying "it always ends in tears," the zoo trip ended in tears!! So it goes with 4 toddlers who all needed a nap and 2 moms who could have cried but then people would have really stared!!!
We did manage one last good picture of the fab 5 with mom....
Thanks for coming Keri, we have had a great weekend--next time let Mike come, too!!! (Missy and Greg, we would love to have you guys come for a visit to---you know, we're just down the alley)!!