Monday, March 21, 2016

Lofgren-Gunstream Annual Zoo Trip

It's Spring Break...
so you guessed it...
annual Lofgren-Gunstream zoo trip!

Five years ago Erin and I decided to take these two...

to the zoo for the first time.

Fast forward...
here we are with twice as many kids,

none of which will look at a camera,
and we are keeping our tradition alive.

We started in the Reptile House...
and Lexie was already in heaven.


When we were finished there...
we of course had to make a stop 
by Landry's favorite...
elephants!



Side note...
I dare ANYONE
to try and take a picture of FOUR 
children...and get them to ALL to
look at the camera...
at the same time...
with their eyes open...


In my defense...
Carter is AMAZING 
at making awesome faces...
on purpose...
to add to the flavor of the picture. ;)


We made a quick visit to the petting zoo.


Lexie was in goat heaven!


This girl LOVES animals...
I can still hear her squeal of delight.
So many goats...so close!


While Lexie was trying to get a goat...
Landry was busy...
brushing a log. HA!


We made our way through the zoo to Stingray Bay.
This has always been a "hit or miss" place
for Landry. We have shed many a tear here.
Yesterday...
all smiles!


Amazingly...
no children were
lost in Stingray Bay. :)




After our fun at Stingray Bay...
we were headed to Africa!!!



We got to meet the newest members
of the zoo...meerkats!


All morning Amy was DYING
to see and feed the giraffes.
We kept promising that we were making our way
there. Imagine our "surprise" when we 
found out that none of the giraffes, rhinos, etc.
were out because of a "gate issue." :(
Amy took it like a champ...
and later we joked that at least she got to see one giraffe. :)


We made it to Sea Lion Cove just in time for the
zookeeper talk.
How cute are they?


Eeek...four cuties.
We "may" have left some fingerprints behind.


Oh how I love the way that he loves her!


Cue the super adorable picture of
my kiddos and me...


Nope.
Let's try that again!


Speaking of cute...
how cute are these three?
Don't mind my photobombing baby.


Again...Lexie was in LOVE!




She "may" have licked glass.



And who would have thought that one 
of the highlights would be the railing?


And...that's a wrap!
Another Spring Break zoo trip in the books.


I love this tradition of ours...
and I love our friendship!


You know I couldn't end without some reminiscing...
Our littles through the years...

Our group through the years...




1 comment:

  1. So, so adorable! I look forward to this Chaffee Zoo trip every year;o) As you know, I love all of them, but the continuity of this one is so special. Dale has it right about you beautiful Mommies -- you get prettier with time. Maybe it's the love of children and/or the fact you both have such a great friendship that it shows in your faces! I can't wait until the next trip -- and many many more over the years. Love you all and keep the pictures coming ;o) GG

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