HUGS

On Monday the Kawaharas came over for a visit.  We had some fun out in the sun, but perhaps the most entertaining part of the entire visit was when they were getting ready to leave.  Avery got on her coat, got on her backpack, and the decided to give each of the boys a series of hugs.  The boys rarely sit still for more than 2.7 seconds, but when she started making her rounds they all were frozen.  Matthew sat on my lap the entire time, Lucas gave her dirty looks the entire time (it was hilarious, he wanted no part in it), and Nathan could not get enough!

Here is Nathan & Avery holding hands...adorable!

Saying their goodbyes...

And one last hug (there were quite a few before this one too)

Thanks again for the visit Kawaharas...maybe next time we will make it to cow-town...or maybe not hahaha!

The Zoo...FINALLY!!!

We have been trying to take the boys to the zoo for quite sometime now...the most recent was last Saturday...but it snowed, that's right snow at the end of may!

We did not plan to go today but when we woke up and it was actually semi-warm out we decided to go...for those of you who know me well you would know that going on the spur of the moment, without planning ahead of time, is very uncharacteristic for me...but it was so much fun!

Here are my four boys when we first got to the zoo!The three little boys (clearly excited to go in! hahaha)
Me and the fellas

Our Family :)

John trying to keep the boys entertained in the dark tunnel while I waited in a crazy long line to get our passes!

Finally we made it outside where we met Tricia and Avery.

John, Tricia and the babes ready to head into prehistoric park!

Daddy and Matty checking out the dinos

John trying to convince the boys that the dino was more interesting than their own feet...no success!

They did not need much convincing to look over at the waterfall...it was like a big giant kitchen tap!

Here is John super pumped to have found the T-Rex!

All throughout prehistoric park they have these symbols all along the path...I could not figure out why we were not going in the direction of the arrows...I finally realized that we were following footprints!

John and the boys

Tricia and Avery

Feeding time at the Zoo

After we ate we did not have a ton of time to look around since it was getting close to nap time and we thought the best drive home would be while the boys were sleeping. Here are our tired boys enjoying some cucumber slices...

Dad and the boys checking out some fish.

Me and Lucas checking out the giraffes

Me and my lizard

The entire day was a success...but it is probably going to take us 5 or 6 more trips to see all of the animals!

Click here to visit Tricias blog for some more pictures...but they probably wont be posted yet because she is not quite as quick as me hahaha!