Zoo

One of the days while I was in Missouri we went to the zoo on Kansas City. It was a nice place. It was so big we didn't have time to see it all. Oh ya and it was HOT and HUMID. Here are some of the pics from the zoo trip.

The birds were a lot of fun. You could go into the cage and feed them. They were very friendly and would just fly over to you and land on your shoulder or head or hand and just eat, or sit and make kissing noises, or whistle. I had one sit on the back of my neck and preen the back of my neck.

These vultures looked hungry

The Petting part of the zoo had a herd of sheep in it. You could spent a quarter and purchase some food to feed them. Before we had a chance to do that a sheep came over to the stroller and started eating the teddy grahams out of the stroller cup holder. They definately weren't shy about eating and searching everything you had for food. They would croud right around you when you had food.

Jack loved the sheep eating his crackers

Gabby would go over and scream at the sheep and then giggle. They didn't seem to mind they just followed her around.

Did I mention that it was HOT and HUMID. Everyone wanted to just sleep and stay cool.

I feel a song coming on.... "it's the eye of a tiger..."

We all seemed to have a good time. There is a lot to see and do. You could spend a couple days there and not take it all in. I can't wait to go again.

road trip

I just returned from my sister and brother in law's place in Missouri. It was a fun trip though way to short. We (my parents and I) left last Saturday and returned yesterday (sat). What a drive. We took I-80 out there and I-70 back. The first and last parts of the trip were nice but the middle is BORING. Sorry Nebraska and Kansas. They are so flat you can see the curvature of the earth on BOTH sides.

I guess that is not the best picture to prove my point, but it was the only one I took on the drive. Missouri was interesting, they have fireflies and animals that I have never seen before. Here are some pix.

Gabby likes the catarpillar

Some weren't quite so sure at first

The neighborhood kids seemed to enjoy them after a while.

Fireflies don't light on command so I had to take the picture during the day.

This bee may look like nothing but it was 3" long and very friendly

This little guy liked to sun himself on the back steps of the house. We also caught frogs and other animals. We also saw deer, antelope, and many others.

Sorry so late

Here are some of the pix from the Fourth of July fireworks. Sorry it took so long to add them. I'll just put 10, I don't want to take up too much space.

Sunday after the 4th

Well it is the Sunday after the 4th of July and I am over at my parents house for dinner. Got to love free dinner even if it always more than an hour later than it is planned. That is OK I still love it. The food is good, in fact usually great. My dad watches a lot of cooking shows and they pay off. Yesterday we went to Payson lakes for a family get together. We rode in the canoe, fished, I snorkeled and searched for "treasures" on the bottom. I can't believe what I found. Other than a bunch of garbage I found a set of top dentures, a full set. An old oar, golf balls, snorkel mask and a TON of old cans. My mom now thinks there is some conspiracy about the dentures belonging to a dead person at the bottom of the lake. I guess they won't be able to use dental records to find out who they are. Sorry CSI you will have to use some other method, if you find the person. Luckily my search didn't show anything.

Any way here are some pictures of the the boys fishing on the trip.

The night before was the fourth of July. We went to the Stadium of fire, sort of. We sat on the grass outside of the stadium to watch the fireworks. There was most of the fam damily there. Here are some of the pictures of the family waiting for the fireworks.

Well I guess I have to end this one for now. I will add the fireworks later.