San Antonio Zoo

We recently visited the San Antonio Zoo with some of our buddies from school.  

 Here is Rocky, Christian, Landon and Bobbilynn posing on the zoo lions.  

 Here are three of the original buddies.  Ethan buddy couldn't make this trip.  We missed him and his Mom Laura.  A few years ago we all took a Sea World Trip together.   These guys have been friends since they we about 6 months old.  That is very long time when you are 5 and a half.

 Bobbilynn has been adopted as an official buddy too.  She is just one of the crew now.  Here are her and Christian hamming it up. 

 There was lots of bronze animal statutes for the kids to pose on.

 Here is an amazing butterfly.  The butterfly room might have been my favorite because it was so cool to see so many butterflies around.  The boys didn't like it as much though.  

 I think Rocky was telling Christian "Save me Christian" in this picture.

 Then low and behold and butterfly lands on Rocky's shirt.  He survived!

 I think Bobbilynn compares pretty well.  

 Now this was a HUGE snake.

 The kiddos are sitting on a bronze baby elephant here doing their best elephant noise impression.

 snack break.

 I think Rocky is roaring a hello to the lions and tigers here. 

 goofing around

 waiting for our mold

 Here is our complete group.  Front row (l to r) Bobbilynn, Christian, Rocky, Landon, Corrie (Landon's mom).  Back Row - Teri (me) & Roxanna  (Rocky and  Bobbi's mom)

 Then it was time for our picnic in the park.

One last group picture before the Garzas had to leave. 

 It was a end of the day train ride for Landon and Christian. 

 another shot with the elephants.

 being silly

 being cute

Tree climbers. 

North comes South

This weekend we had fun with our North Austin (well more like north west of Austin) friends. We got the better end of the deal because they all travelled to our part of town.

First thing on Saturday morning we went to the Austin Zoo with our friend Julian and his Mommy and Daddy. The Austin Zoo isn't your typical zoo, it is a rescue zoo. They help rescue animals from neglectful and abusive situations.



The boys enjoyed walking around the zoo looking at all the animals.

Julian especially enjoyed the petting zoo.



While Christian had a blast feeding the Axis Deer.


However, Christian didn't like the Rooster hanging around so close.

About 2 seconds after this picture was taken the Rooster stretched his wings and got a little too close to Christian. He screamed and wanted to be picked up by Mommie immediately.

After the visit to the Zoo we had just enough time to get home, take a nap and then meet up with more North of Austin friends, the Petty's and the Wilson's for lunch at the Nutty Brown Cafe. It was a our way to help Krystal celebrate her birthday! Holy Cow it is Krystal's birthday!

After a yummy lunch, we ran a few errands. We were this close to going to Target to get a new alarm clock when we suddenly remembered...SALES TAX HOLIDAY WEEKEND. We remembed this when we saw the totally full Target parking lot. Okay, maybe a visit to Target can wait.

Then we headed off to Home Depot to buy a housewarming gift for another North Austin friend who has just become a South Austin friend. Yea!!!! score a victory for South Austin. Bonus points because now Daddy has a friend to watch Battlestar Galactica with .

All of this running around required a snack from Sonic to get us through.

Our Sunday was much slower paced. We finally made it back to church, had a easy lunch at home and were able to get some much needed chores done around the house.

Oooooooo I almost forget to mention the friend Daddy made this weekend.
A GREAT BIG SPIDER!!!!!!!!!


He is even scarier in black and white.