Taking Our "Zooful" to the Zoo

On Friday, after Logan's Therapy, Serina & Michael and Jamie with Nicole, Alex & Ethan, met at our house for an outing to the zoo. Mike and I have also been shopping for a van as we are once again in the market. So Mike rented a full-size van for 24 hours that we used to take most of us to Denver. Jamie, her kids, my three youngest, and I piled into the van. Melanie, Serina, Cameron and Michael rode in Serina's car.
Overall it was a wonderful day. I must say the weather was practically perfect in every way for an outdoor excursion; not too hot or too cold. Most of the children did get hungry and a couple of mine got irritable and whiny. Did I say irritable? Maybe irritating (with the whining) would be more appropriate. To be fair, it was a later start than we had hoped for, we didn't want to spend zoo prices on food for that many, and it was way past lunch time by the time we got out of there. I also delayed the lunch by taking the time to apply for a family zoo membership. I am glad that I did so, though, because once the day's entrance fees were applied towards the membership fee, I ended up only having to pay an additional $31.00 for a family plus 1 annual membership. Woo Hoo!
And we got pictures of some real animals too! ;)









Okay, really, there were animals of the "other than human" variety too!























It was mostly a sleepy day for the animals!