Zoo Trip

After waiting way too long to renew our zoo pass and making multiple promises to Harrison that we would get to the zoo "soon", we finally made it happen in May.  We even went with some great friends and had a fun time with all the kids and the animals!

Check out these musicians...

We spent some time by the chimps and they were really far away, so I put Raegan against the glass and was trying to show her where they were.  Then all of the sudden, this old guy came over, fluffed up a little straw and decided to sit right next to her.  She wasn't too excited, but I think every other kid there was jealous.  I even had a lady ask me to move her so she could take a picture...really?!

 

 All the crazy kiddos (except a very little baby).  I took about 6 pictures and this was the best one.  At least they were all looking (the rogue kid in the red shirt with his back to us did not belong to us).

Now, we just need to fight the heat and try to get back again soon!  I guess we will just be visiting the indoor exhibits on the next trip!

Spark Preschool-Mounted Patrol

For Harrison's preschool, we went on a field trip to visit the Houston Mounted Police Patrol.  Last year I took Harrison on this same field trip and it didn't go so well.  He was pretty scared around the horses.  This year...totally different.  He loved the horses and fed them until we were told to stop.  There were less horses this year and we fed them outside, so maybe that made the difference, but it was a fun trip either way!

Even Raegan surprised me and walked right up to a horse and fed it.  I thought it was so funny how not scared she was of these huge animals.  Either way, after the first horse, I let the police officer help her so I could get a picture of her.  She was one brave little baby!

She even enjoyed nibbling on a few carrots herself.

Harrison enjoyed having some friends there too to help feed the horses.

And then they let us try on their patrol helmet and hat.  Also a fun part of the day.

It was a fun trip overall and a much better experience then last year!

Houston Temple

  In April we went to a ward activity with the kids that involved the temple grounds.  It was a fun experience to walk around the temple with my kids and explain to even Raegan the feelings that we feel there.  Harrison was with other kids his age and learned a lot!  It was a great activity and I'm glad the weather in late April was still cool enough for us to really enjoy it.  I hope we can bring our kids back again soon!  They had someone taking pictures of each of the kids, but I haven't gotten those yet, so until then, here are a few action shots.

 

Bluebonnets

Well, I loved the bluebonnets last year and was really excited to get to this season again this year.  The weather has been really cool (for here) and it has been really rainy so I finally found a day where it was cool but dry.  Of course that meant it was super sunny, but I'll take what I can get.  After looking at last years pictures where the kids were really hot, it was nice they were a little cooler.  And the blue bonnets were a quick 20 min. drive from our house so it was much easier this year.

And I'm sure I'm not the only one with this problem, but getting both my kids to smile at the camera at the same time seems almost too much for us to handle.  So, if they are both looking at the camera and looking somewhat happy, I call it a good picture.  What I am going to do when there are 3?!  I guess that is what photoshop is for :)

Love these 2 and love the TX bluebonnets.  It is one of those beautiful things that I have discovered about Texas!