Zoo for you

We went to the Zoo. The Hogle Zoo. It was great too. 

Woo hoo.

moving on.

We had a great time at the Hogle Zoo. Jacob came with us and the rest of the family met up with us.

The Zoo was having a "Zoo-rassic Adventure".

Which means they had animatronic dinosaurs placed around the zoo.

This is James' reaction once he saw the dinosaur.

 Jacob in front of the water-spitting scary dino. Seriously, freaky dino.

 This sucker was so scary that my FEARLESS child was not getting anywhere near that thing.

 Check out that straight-on view! Enough to freak me out a bit.

 But then we found wooden horses to ride. That's WAY more our speed.

 And Jacob's speed too:)

 We passed by the elephants- that was cool. But the Carousel was better...

..... for some, but not all.

 Don't worry, once the ride started to move, he got this fantastic look of dawning realization that: 1. this ride will not kill you; and 2. it's actually supposed to be fun. Once he got that down, he loved it.

This is my father. He's absolutely one of the neatest people I know. And everyone who knows him just loves him. I love him too. He's sooo amazing that he persuaded my terrified-of-the-T-Rex 5 year old to come and pose for a picture. Now THAT'S talent.

From the left: Bailey (my parent's new daughter. Well, not REALLY, but she is awesome and my family loves her. She came pasear:), Sam, Amy, James, Jacob. For a point of reference, Amy is about 5 feet tall. Yeah, my brothers are tall.

 And what do you do when you find mini- diggers in a sand pit clearly intended for use by children under 70 lbs. and 4 feet tall? Why, if you are a part of MY family, you weigh around 180 lbs. and you're over 6 feet tall, YOU PLAY ON THEM, OF COURSE!

We had a great day at the zoo! Sorry it was so hot Ft.Mac-ers. But I had no control over the weather:)