June 27, 2007

Kathy and Terry Ward
Becky, Alex and Hannah Hines
Jean, Brendan and Owen Lahm
Laura, Daphne and Erin Pistello


      
In the Butterfly Garden:  Becky has a butterfly on her....Brendan checks out the scene

      
Alex....Hannah....Brendan and Hannah

      
Hannah....a pretty butterfly....Jean, Hannah and Alex check out bugs

      
Alex....Brendan....Hannah



      
Lunch time....Erin....Alex enjoys his pizza

      
Hannah....Owen asleep and awake





Becky presented us with this flyer and suggested we keep our
eyes open for this traveling exhibit.  We all agreed to watch for it.






   
We watched this sea lion for quite a while because he was playing with a quarter.

      
The zebras watching a bear....the bear....Jean and Brendan

      
Measuring



      
Everyone really liked the Dolphin Show

         
Brendan and Owen....Erin and Brendan....Brendan, Owen and Jean....Brendan

         
Owen and Jean....Brendan and Owen....a couple of lines of us

         
Laura and Owen....Owen is sooo big....group shots

      
The Show

      
Great Time!



      
In the Children's Petting Zoo....Flowers....Daphne and Hannah....Flowers

      
A donkey....a duck....a llama

         
Petting the goats

         
What fun!



      
Playing in the rain:  Daphne and Erin....Brendan....Daphne, Hannah, Erin and Brendan

      
Brendan is his own rain coat....Alex and Laura play....Hannah and Alex try on silly hats

      
Daphne and Hannah....Brendan and Erin

      
Stingrays to pet!

         
Terry dove right in....Hannah, Daphne and Laura....Alex and Terry....Daphne, Hannah, Erin, Terry and Becky

         
Hannah and Erin....Terry, Hannah, Becky and Daphne....Alex....Kathy and Brendan

         
Owen and Jean....Daphne and Erin....Brendan....Terry (who got wetter than the kids) and Hannah



Update on the Circle of Life exhibit.  So Alex and Laura finally asked a Zoo employee where the exhibit was located.  He didn't know so he referred them to another employee.  That employee also didn't know where the exhibit was. A third employee planned to use his walkie-talkie to find out.  That's when Laura noticed Becky and Jean were laughing so hard they couldn't talk.  Laura realized it was a prank and asked to have Becky and Jean evicted from the Zoo.  The flyer was fake!  Just another Ward outing!




      
Geese in a moat....Chipmunk posing....Daphne watching a rhino

      
You just can't beat a good puddle!



      
The last time we saw Alex before he got lost....Daphne....Hannah and Erin

         
The adult giraffes....the cute little baby giraffe....Hannah, Daphne and Erin....Daphne, Hannah and Erin.

    It was while we were taking the last two pictures above that we realized that Alex was lost.  Becky and Laura ended up on separate golf carts with Zoo employees to try and find him.  He was eventually found at the police station at one of the exits.  As soon as Alex realized he was lost, he turned himself in at a concession stand....exactly what he was supposed to do.  We were all very glad to be reunited.

      
A storm rolled in....Alex actually got a picture of one of the strikes of lightning!

         
So we went on the carousal:  Laura and Erin....Laura and Erin on the zebra....Daphne....Hannah

      
Alex....Daphne (and Kathy)....Erin, Laura and Daphne

      
Laura and her girls headed to see monkeys....Daphne took the close-up of Kathy's umbrella....
the rest of the gang went on a 45 minute tram ride.



   
Daphne poses in a gorilla's shirt....and drinks from a water fountain with Erin

         
Daphne and Erin really liked this waterfall and bridge

      
Some of the animals they saw

      
Daphne....Erin....Erin

      
Kathy and Terry tried to get a nice picture of them with all six grandkids.
I think next time we'll try to take it earlier in the day!


Why yes, Erin, I am finally done with this website!

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