Tuesday at the ZOO

We went to the zoo again on Tuesday. We had a lot of fun. We watched the cheetah run, Ryan loved it. They were so cute and the little show was too. You can't feed the giraffes yet, so that was a bummer but we saw them. Ryan really loved the jungle trail with all the monkeys and apes. We saw the cutest little chimps and a family of I think they were gibbons. Ryan rode the carrousel 5 times in the a row so he could ride all the animals he wanted too. It is great that all that is included in our pass now. We actually saw a lot of animals from the train this time too. We really had a nice day. We will be going 1 day next week too! Tomorrow we have our big cub scout camp out...pray for me!!

***Edit*** I was wrong our camp out is Saturday night.

The Cincinnati Zoo, Zoo, Zoo

You were suppose to sing my title! We went to the Zoo last Thursday. Ryan loves the zoo. The highlights of this trip were watching a snake eat gold fish, it was quite disgusting, Ryan loved it. He also loved feeding the birds. We are going again tomorrow to see the cheetah run, they don't do it on Thursday. The animals were all very active when we were there. The bears were all putting on shows for people, very cute. The bird show was cute too.

Priceless

Today Kevin got out his old metal dectecor to show Ryan. they found some stuff in our yard and also went to the park for about an hour to find more goodies. Ryan really enjoyed it and I think they will do it pretty often! They got a little group of followers at the park, it was really cute.


Assorted junk...worthless
Pieces to Mommy's windchimes Violet destroyed...about $100.
$2.45 in old change...$2.45
One on one time with Daddy...PRICELESS

The Cuckoos

Sunday we went over Kevin's parents house for his dad's birthday. My strange title? Well for those of you who don't know Ryan calls Kevin's parents Grandma and Grandpa Cuckoo. When he was really little, like maybe 2, we'd ask him if he wanted to go over to grandma and grandpa's and he'd ask the grandma with David or with the cuckoo clocks. Well that turned into the cuckoos. Kevin's mom hates!!! He dad thinks it is hilarious! The first time they went to Disney with us, Ryan wanted to show Grandma something in the store and was yelling, "Grandma Cuckoo" at the top of his lungs. We gave them a chance to change it when he was little before he was stuck on it and they said no. They were trying to catch frogs on Sunday but couldn't catch any. they only have 2. They saw them but couldn't catch them.

Dad's Birthday

We didn't go to Dad's on Friday, he postponed it until Saturday because of the rain. We went out on Saturday, we had a blast. We played corn hole, made t-shirt and had a fire. We all had a really good time. Singing around the fire was too funny! Poor Lauren really got a taste of our family! I think she had a good time though. She and Ryan and David ran around the yard trying to catch things. they caught a few frogs and some bugs. Oh the smores were soooooo good. Julia and I worked on decorating some of our sand dollars. some worked out really well...some not so much. we bought a bunch of different stuff to try on them. I am going to make a Christmas ornament for our tree.

Stitch Corn Hole Set

Aren't they adorable!

Update on our lives...

Well mom had a dr appt today. she had an infection but they took care of it (you don't want the details) and she is feeling much better. she is actually sitting up and is hungry today. they put her on an antibiotic.

kevin has spent the week making a corn hole set. they turned out great. we got stitch decals to put on them, ryan loves them. they look so good. i will post pics of them later. i made the bags last night. it was surprisingly easy. i have to make some for uncle ted too but they didn't have any red fabric so it will have to wait until they restock or i find it somewhere else.

i had to break down and get some new shorts, mine literally fell down. well the good news is i have lost another 3 pounds since we left for disney and i haven't exercised at all. we have just been to busy. well i was wearing 20's and 22's before....guess what i bought tonight?? 14's and a couple of 16's. i was quite surprised and happy!!! i will post a pic when i take one!

ryan had a blast this week with aunt cathy and her grandkids. they play very well together, not one fight! one day we had the 4 of them, nick and 3 of our neighbors grandkids in the pool. they had so much fun! that went well too, no fighting! i have pics but i haven't downloaded them yet. he was so bummed when they left today...he cried. they saw 2 movies and hung out at mom's apartment today. they all get along so well. i wish they lived closer.

i plan to start back at the gym this week and get our zoo pass. ryan also wants to go to the library. oh i finished my 25th book for the year and i am half way through my 26th, i think i will be able to make it to 50 by the end of the year. we'll see. i plan to do a lot of reading by the pool while ry swims.

i guess that is it...have a great weekend!!! and fourth of july!