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...