Children in the Sunshine!

Smile! We love sunshine!

Looking under the bridge:

On a gate, the bottom half:
On a gate, the top half:
Lydia:
Gracie and Lydia:

A Regency Ball!

On Saturday evening Heather, T'awna and I got all dressed up to go to a ball. Taylor was our escort! We had a lovely time but pictures can tell more than words can!

Heather ready for a ball!

We're ready to go!
I'm curling Heather's hair:
"Are you looking at ME?"

T'awna. I loved her bow!
This is the back of my dress and hair:
This was our wonderful hostess and dance teacher, Laura Plett:
This is how I did my hair:

Heather and Heather :)

My friend Heather Wilson and I:
What is she saying?
T'awna and Heather:
Taylor and T'awna:

Pretty girls and a handsome boy!

Oregon Zoo - Part Two

Part two of the Zoo!

Lydia riding an elephant:

Gracie piped up and said this monkey looked like Abraham Lincoln! We all had a good laugh at that!

Sarah had a bird land on her head! She was very surprised!

Mom and Lydia
This little bird kept pecking and hurting Taylor! I think he was having fun though!

This orangutan loved to be close to Lydia and Lydia liked it too:
She just sat there and watched Lydia and Benjamin watch her!
This was a lovely wolf! I just wish it were up and walking.

Here is Gracie enjoying some of those birds too:
This is Packy the elephant who has been at the Oregon Zoo since 1963:

Benjamin "thought" this was a machine gun! He had a delightful time shooting the invisible enemies and had to be pulled away from it. I saw people looking at him funny, I guess he wasn't being politically correct! Lydia on an elephant:
And Lydia again!

I hope you enjoyed those!

Our family at the Oregon Zoo - Part One

Today we went to the Oregon Zoo! We had a lovely day even if it was a little cold but it didn't rain but for a few sprinkles! Here is part 1 of the pictures I took:

Sarah and Benjamin:

It is real! These kids thought it was fake it held so still the whole time:
Daddy and Lydia looking at the elephant's:
Sarah, Gracie and Benjamin "riding" wooden horses! You would think they never have done such a thing!
Lydia watching the polar bears in amazement:
The sea lions were my favorite exhibit of the day! They were so huge and they kept swimming around right past us! That is Benjamin and Sarah watching them:
Here is the crew! Taylor, Benjamin, me, Lydia, Sarah, Gracie and Heather. David had to work:(
Gracie!

A stunning Bald Eagle. No wonder it is the national bird, it is so regal and magnificent!
Lydia watching some fish:
This was a lovely duck that was swimming in a small pond:
I couldn't get Lydia to smile! But she was having fun, really!
Lydia and Heather:

The kids were disgusted with the huge, fat black bear. Gracie said it was going to die of diabetes! lol!
Benjamin enjoying himself!