The ZOO

 The Zoo!  We spent the 4th of July at the Zoo.  I knew that is was going to be hot, hot, did I mention hot?  So we came prepared...water, drinks, milk, and food.  Here we are in the Parking lot...long way from the first animal...

 She sees a parrot!  That is what she is signing.

 Here is the camel.  I'm signing camel to her.

 Here is Juko.  He is enjoying some bamboo. 

 Marianne is signing that the Gorilla is eating a "tree" the bamboo.  So cute signing!

 Now she is signing that she is wanting milk.

 Just monkeying around...I love how she knows just what to do through simple observation.

 More monkeys!  Smile!!  It's the 4th of July!  I'm so happy that we have the freedom to enjoy all the wonderful time we have together as a country and a family.

 Here is my Rhetten and daddy! Such handsome men in my life...now, where are the other three boys??

 I love this.  Garrett is trying to mimic the gorilla.  Rhetten is just enjoying the eyebrows, cute girls, and happy dad?

 Here is that view of the Garrett.  This is the fam...but yet I've lost two of the boys.  They just took off.  That's ok, but man, I just wanted one family shot.

 The river otters!  Marianne just loved to watch them swim, dive, run, splash, and so forth.  She was just glued. 

 Look at this scary animal!  She is frightening!  no...look at the sweet little bug.  So cute!

 The family on the seal...Marianne had had it and wanted off.  This is my forced, "just smile everyone" smile...it works.

 The polar bear!  She just loved the water.  She was diving into the pool to catch the fish and enjoy the water.  It was about 98 at this point.

 The Grizzle bears!  I loved these bears.  If you look closely, you can see a smile!

 See, another smile!  This bear was just showing off for me.  I loved it!

 Na, na, na, na, na!!

 Just wanted to remind you of the power of this bear...cute, but powerful!  Happy to be behind a 3 inch glass.

 The Tiger paw...same time of thing...amazing...and powerful!

 Cool!  I thought this bird was just cool...he was looking around, then would run, then come back to the fence.  It was awesome!

 We ended the day with a ride on the carrousel.  What kid wouldn't love this?  Baby girl just demonstrated it in a smile!  She loved it. 

 Look who else loved it!  No, just kidding...but I love this kid.  Kellis is just such a wonderful loving brother.  It is great to see that a cool 14 year old can still enjoy family times.