Zoo and Water Park

Holy cow, I have been sitting on this post an another post for a long time. I just cannot find time to blog! You would think with it being the summer I would have lots of time. But Eliana, you and I are just too busy hanging out to take the time to write it all down!! :)

Let's see, the other weekend, June 25th, you went to the zoo for the very first time! Your Uncle Matt was NOT very happy that we waited until you were four months old to take you to the zoo! ;) But we went with Mimi, Bekkah, Aunt Jami, and Uncle Matt to the Hutchinson zoo.


It was very hot! You actually were aslep when we first got there - but your cousin Bekkah doesn't let you sleep very long anywhere (she doesn't want you to miss out on anything!) So you woke up shortly after we arrived.

We dug for dinosaur bones first! This is you in the mouth of a dinosaur! :)

And we got to see the Racoon! :) Your daddy said we can see racoons outside of a cage - but this one was neat to watch too! :)
It was so VERY hot, and since you really didn't know what was going on, and Rebekkah had already been at the zoo for a couple of days, we went ahead and left and headed to the water park! :)

This was your first time in a bathing suit! We lathered you up with sunscreen and then squished you into your adorable suit! Because they don't make them very stretchy! :)

You humored us for a VERY short time - and then you started to cry. The water was pretty cold, and you are used to pretty warm baths! Plus the sun was in your eyes and you couldn't kick your feet. So you simply just were not a fan of the water park!

I like to think you're saying, Okay Dad, did you get the photo? Can we stop this nonesense now? :)

Even though you didn't enjoy it and get all happy like we had hoped we still had fun! :)

Your absolute favorite part was getting wrapped up in your towel all nice and warm and snuggling with your mommy! :)

And then you napped while Bekkah ran around and enjoyed herself! :) Maybe next year you'll enjoy it more! :)

Later that evening your daddy and I celebrated our 3 year wedding anniverssary! We left you with Mimi and Papa and we went to the Warren Old Town theatre. We sat in the director's suite, watched a movie, and ate dinner! We had a lot of fun just relaxing! Afterwards we went to coldstone for dessert and we sat outside to eat our ice cream, and we were lucky and got to see a fireworks show (I still don't know why those were going off)!

We hope our marriage continues to grow and that God continues to bless our family. We hope to be a great relationship example for you Eliana. We want you to find someone, someday, and love them as much as we love each other!

At the end of our weekend in Buhler, we packed up the car, along with an extra passenger! REBEKKAH! Here Rebekkah is talking to you and Mimi and telling you all of the fun things we were going to get to do while she visited us! I will blog about Rebekkah's visit soon! :)

love,
Mommy