zoo...

Oh man, the zoo this year was so fun. And that's a lot coming from me. I usually endure the zoo because I know the kids love it, but actually Montgomery's zoo isn't so bad. It's small enough that I don't feel like we're there ALL day, but it's big enough that it is well maintained. We got a trip in before Ben left,  and that is when the fun started. Everything is more fun when Ben is there! :)

We started out in the birdie cage (?) and it says not to feed them, but you don't think that stopped the Pyper's do you?

Love birds...

Sweet Noah and Cute Taylor:

Jackson loved all the birdies...

Elijah:

Noah:

Jonah:

Taylor:

Tucker: (I love that smile!) :)

Da boys:

Ben tried his darndest to get that Rhino to come over again like he had a few years ago when he fed it, but that guy was not going to budge!!!

Then we came to these guys. They were totally taunting and playing with Ben so bad. He finally started throwing crackers over to them, and they were all having a great time together.

There were a whole gang of them.

It was after this that we noticed that an employee of the zoo was following us around, presumably to make sure we didn't feed any more animals illegally!

Next up was the giraffes. We usually pass by the feeding station because you have to pay to feed them, but I guess since we were feeding (illegally) all of the other animals, we decided to go for the giraffe's too...

This guy was out of it at this point, and I was glad to have his stroller!

Then we came to these guys, and they were also taunting Ben. He has a way with the animals, and it was fun to watch them interact. They didn't get any food from us, unfortunately, because of that employee following us, but we did have fun with them!

Then we always have to end at their fun playground and petting zoo.

Grandma and our crew:

Our last stop before heading out is the Tigers, where we saw one of them bathing...

Then we saw him start to hunch over like he was going to attack the other one...

But I think they were just playing with each other:

My silly animal loving boy, Tucker:

We went back another time later on in our trip. Ben had already left, but his sister Terra had gotten there, so we were able to go with a lot more of our cousins. We decided to feed the giraffe's again since the Albrittons hadn't gotten to do that with us last time.

Jackson wasn't asleep this time and got to do it too, he loved it!

It is so freaking hot during the day's down there, that we frequently purchase drinks throughout the day while we're out. Taylor and I went on a drink run to get the adults a soda and the kids waters, and Taylor found herself a diet coke! :)

Lynlee and I decided to continue on Ben's tradition of feeding and playing with the animals and we fed and petted these little monkeys. They were so cute! :)

We're such rebels... HA HA

We did stop by the bird cage the second time around, too. But, to our disappointment there was an employee sitting in it this time making sure that no one touches the birds. boo!