Saturday, May 3, 2008

A Day at the Zoo

We took advantage of the great weather on Saturday and headed up to Hogle Zoo with the LeBaron clan. Although it started out a bit cold, it ended up being quite a great day. Tom and I have decided to dress for the weather we want it to be rather than the reality. I had Porter in shorts and a t-shirt and felt like a horrible mother when I saw Joseph with his long underwear and his bundled up kids. The animals were huge fans of this weather and many of them came out of hiding. Hogle Zoo has definitely improved since the days of the Elementary Field Trips. The Elephant Encounters and Asian Highlands are a much needed step up, although something has to be done with the Reptile House. That is the sickest smelling place I have ever been! Porter was wide eyed at the beginning of the trek and did catch a glimpse of the Elephants and the Black Bears, but fell asleep soon after and was zonked out for most of the day.Sometimes I wonder who we came to the Zoo for. Leave it to the LeBaron boys to always find something ugly and want a picture of it. Tom loved the Penguins. I loved the ducklings! Although the Zoo may not be my favorite place in the world, it was a great day!

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Ang said...

Looks like fun!

Nordhoff Family said...

Wow. You are quite the photographer and you look fabulous I must say. It was so good seeing you at the shower a couple weeks ago!

Carrie said...

I was sad to miss out on the big family adventure! Looks like fun guys. Glad the animals came out to play!

Krista said...

hey don't forget us we are bad parent's too dressing our kids in shorts! porter looks so cute zonked out too. Where was johnny with that ugly pose with the boys? that is awesome.

Krista said...

ps if you do have some good photos send them on over.

Layne and Kelly Nelson said...

I haven't been to the zoo in ages! How fun. I too am a sucker for ducklings, and Layne is a sucker for ugly apparel and gay poses. :) It's a match made in heaven!

Maggie said...

Cute pics. I like all, but especially the one at the bottom of you and Porter. It was fun to see you guys.

Nordhoff Family said...

So I just realized I am not even on your list of friends! I am pretty sure we are friends Jess :)

Nordhoff Family said...

Yeah! I made it :) We should get our little guys together some time.