On Tuesday we arrived at Branner and Eva's for a fun Taco night with Shannon, Aldi, and Rei. (side note: I find it very hard after a week of vacation to get back in the grove of cooking dinners every night. We ate so good all week and were so spoiled by everyone...sigh. back to reality). The next day we spent at the Zoo on a behind the scenes tour conducted by Eva.
The 6000 lb Asian Rhino Gahatti (sp?) was incredible. He loved his celery; he just kept opening up his mouth for more, and the second it was gone he started to walk away until the bucket of hay was dumped out. Next we got to be about 5 ft away from 3 polar bears and a spectacled bear, which were fed lots of fish by their trainer. Their paws were massive, and we didn't mind having a cage and a little distance between us.We saw a bunch of animals in the Children's zoo including 2 armadillos and Sassafras the porcupine who we got to feed peanuts to. Claire got to take home a tuft of hair from the white ferret as a souvenir. She has got a reach and a grip that always surprises me. Eva describes it as X-men like.
Last, but not least we fed the baby giraffe bulldozer a bottle of milk. He was so soft and had quite an appetite, almost tore the bottle from our hands. It was AWESOME!!!
Just because Brock had to go to a boring conference for Thursday and Friday, the vacation didn't end for me and the girls. We went to Pier 39, the aquarium, and the "Butterfly Zone" at the conservatory.
We ate at an amazing Thai restaurant with Branner, Eva, Shannon, and Jeremy and all the kids Thursday night, and basicallly tired Ashlyn and Claire out all week, as you can see from the pictures below. It must be nice being able to pass out and take a cat nap anywhere you want. On the flight home we arrived in San Diego, but our 2 car seats and big bag did not...a little frustrating. Luckily they had two loaner car seats that haven't been washed since the 90s that we were able to use to get home that night. Sorry for the long "journal" entry, on to the next adventure...
6 comments:
cute! we wish we were there. ellie saw an ad for the sea world and was soooo excited to see all the animals. so, we have to come out and enjoy the animals that surround you there in the great state of california (ok so we can't go to San Fran...but San Diego has a lot to offer!!!) love the pictures...you are about 1 month away from 30 - it is great!!! take care...
That Zoo trip sounded fun. You guys belong in a place like that. Brock could be fed from a bottle and you guys would always be the best smelling ones there. The pictures were great. Don't pretend not to like Utah. I know secretly you want to come back.
Sorry about the carseat fiasco- glad you had such a fun-filled trip, though! (I hear you about getting back into cooking after being on vacay!) :)
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hey, i know brock likes this picture. thought i would send it over! toodles...
thanks for coming to see us guys!! we sure miss our solanos. :)
We agree with the Foxs. Plus, if you lived at the zoo, then we REALLY would have to come out to see you guys. It's win-win!
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