Our Summer 2010 Trip

This is basically what our trip was. This alone was about 4,100 miles. So add to that all the driving around town and whatnot that we had to do! Totally worth it, though we will never do something like that again. Well, maybe if the kids are a lot older and we can drive farther in one day . . .


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New Mexico

We made it to New Mexico. Here are a couple pictures that we took today. The rest are on the camera and I will do those when I get home.





Mattie and Dan are my Great Grandparents. And the school sign you ask? That school is names after my Grandma's Teacher. They apparently kept in touch for quite a while.

Zoo

Warning! Lots of pictures
My three kids and my nieces Niki and Z

The gang at the zoo.

Almost wishing we could have just played with the animals. They look so friendly.

Z

Henry

Niki

Libby

We went on a path we normally don't take. We came up behind the tigers and were able to see them REALLY well.

The Giraffes were being rather playful

I have seen people ride ostriches in movies I think, I didn't realize that they would really be THAT big.

The tortoises were rather awake and moving around a lot.

Baby Zuri! She/He is pretty cute. We went back this last weekend and Zuri was playing in the mud, even blowing bubbles in the mud. So fun to watch.

We went back that night to crash my brother's work party. Henry and Andrea.

Stephanie
Lisette, the goofball
Libby
Libby as a giraffe, her favorite animal
Henry with his brachiasoauraus. (sorry, its a dinosaur that I can't spell!)
Sidney on her first ever ride, she LOVED it!

Laundry

I had a goal today. I was going to get all the laundry done, get it all folded, AND get it ALL put away. I had that goal accomplished.


. . .


Right up till Mike decided now that all the laundry was put away he was going to do some cleaning.


There went that goal. Does this ever happen to anyone else? Kinda makes me want to never go for that goal again.

4th of July 2010

I LOVE Sidney's look in this one:

My Family

What is with my kids and goofy faces?

I know Henry's socks don't go, but you do have to pick your battles. It adds character :D

Meet Sorn-sorn

We finally took the kids to get a Build-A-Bear. They have never done their own. I was a little worried about Henry being able to find one that he would like. We found the perfect one very quickly.



As we were getting ready to head home Henry informed Mike that the bears name is Sorn-Sorn. Some day he might let me know that I have spelled it wrong, but he did have to tell us several times before we could say it correctly ourselves.

Love you buddy!

Cowgirl Sidney

Not much to say but: Sidney wearing Mike's hat and "talking" on my phone and having so much fun!