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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Oregon Zoo Day of FUN

I took the kids down to my folks house for the weekend. We were doing our best to Celebrate Steph’s 25th Birthday at a time when we could be there as well. It seemed like a great opportunity to hit up the Oregon Zoo, especially since Jake was not able to accompany us on this voyage down south. If he was writing this there would be his sarcastic “OH DARN!”

We started out weekend out by making it to my folks just before a crazy storm blew in. The clouds were amazing and the rolling thunder we could hear was relaxing.

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Nothing sounds better during an awesome storm the fresh homemade pizza and a campfire…right?!?

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I think Blake agrees!

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Ayden definitely agrees!

And just in case you are wondering why it is she is so covered in flour…this is why…

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Then of course while the adults enjoy the campfire the kiddos enjoy their bath time and running around Grandma’s house in their towels.IMG_20120525_223433IMG_20120525_223455

Well Saturday we got up and were able to make it down to the Zoo. We opted for taking the IMAX Light Rail all the way down to the ZOO for the fun experience. The ride out to the ZOO was nice and calm and fun…expect having to keep Ayden from licking the nasty windows…ewww! Now the ride home was a whole different story. Meet a crazy man who actually tried to offer our kiddos some candy. Then about 5 minutes later he was arrested and pulled off the tram. Kids got to watch the whole thing. HAHA…still makes me laugh when I think about it. Then as we got close to our stop another nasty storm kicked into high gear. We were surrounded by lightning and some of the crazies rain/hail I have seen in a long time.

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We were, surprisingly enough, able to make it all the way around the ZOO. Ayden crashed when we closed out the ZOO by doing the train ride around. She became very heavy…but walking around and constantly adjusting her made her eventually wake up. :)

Pictures from the ZOO are soon to come…if Jamie ever sends them to me ;)

A BIG THANK YOU to Mom and Dad for taking me and the kiddos on a great field trip to the Oregon ZOO…next stop…OMSI

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