At the end of June, Lesley and her family came for a couple week stay. So we planned some times to get together while while they were here. On one day we took a trip to the zoo. We ended up with a bigger group than expected. That morning my mom decided to bring my niece and nephew and come along also. So we had me, my mom, the four kids, Lesley and her kids, her parents and two of her nieces. It was very hard to keep everyone together since it seemed we all explored the zoo at different paces, but it was still fun to be there with them. And Leah and Hannah had a great time spending the day together.
The kids LOVED climbing all over these lion statues! Even the baby boys joined in the fun.
This was the first time that we have seen the new lion exhibit. We only got to sees the two lionesses, but it was cool how close up we were able to get.
Corbin refused to stay in the stroller. So I carried him through most of the zoo. But that gave him more of a chance to see some of the animals up close, like this monkey that was resting right up against the glass.
We got to see this elephant up pretty close too. Corbin was very fascinated by it.
I had to get this picture of Leah looking at her map. It is such a typical Leah thing to do. This girl loves maps! She always wants to know where things are at on a map. And even after we got home, she got the map out several times and wanted to talk about where the animals were on her map.
More animals to climb on! My kids aren't ones to miss out on climbing. Corbin also insisted being right up there with his sister.
The kids loved the splash pad, well most of them anyway. Taysom couldn't get enough of walking around in the water. Corbin, on the other hand, refused to let his feet get wet. He just wanted to be held the whole time.
Here's Corbin and Seth watching the seals and sea lions swim by. Corbin was really into watching them swim.
We had a hard time keeping up with Leah, Hannah and especially Makynlee. They had so much fun playing together and were less interested in seeing the animals. At one point they were pretending to be pirate fairies.
No trip to the zoo would be complete without a ride on the carousel.
And just before we left, we went for a ride on on the train. Leah and Makynlee got to sit on the very back. They thought they were pretty big sitting back there by themselves and getting to face backwards.
When we got the kids all loaded in the car, it didn't take long before all four kids in our vehicle were zonked out. We had had a long fun day at the zoo and they were exhausted! It was fun to get to spend that time with some of the Turner family.
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