A Visit From the Zoo!

The Denver Zoo sent up some ambassadors to visit us up in Red Feather Lakes on Saturday!  The library organized the whole event as part of the end of the year summer reading program, and the kids loved it!  The zoo docents introduced us to 5 animals...the Kookaburra from Australia...

the Tenrec from Madagascar...

a very cranky tortoise...

this awesome little screech owl...

and for the grand finale...a 30 pound Boa Constrictor!

At the end of the presentation, the kids each got a turn petting the Boa...naturally i snuck in line to give it a feel! :)

After the animal demonstration, there was cake and treats at the library for the kids as part of the reading program celebration, and then afterwords, i took the kids to gnome road to stretch our legs!

Jordyn had quite the busy weekend...she spent Thursday night at Grandma and Grandpa Bruens house, and after that they took her over to Olivias to attend her birthday party and Jordyn got to spend the night there.  They had a bit of a scare, as Jordyn was stung by a wasp while she was there...but thankfully she had a "typical" reaction with lots of redness and swelling at the sting site on her thigh, but no other dangers! (Benadryl was all she needed) We had a scare a few years ago, to which she was then prescribed an epi-pen, but we were thankful that they didnt have to use it on her!  (although Olivias dad is a paramedic, so she was in good hands).  We saw Rehna at the library and decided to invite her along to our adventures on gnome road.

They had such a good time that we decided to have Rehna over for a sleepover on Saturday night...to which they too stayed up way late, and then played hard all day on Sunday!  Jordyn denied being tired at all, but just look at the dark circles under her eyes in this last photo, poor thing!  She actually fell asleep on the drive to take Rehna home :)

Im so happy we were able to squeeze in some more sleepovers and good times before school starts in a few weeks.  I will be busy with training for my new job over the next two weeks, while also working at my present job, so things will be a little hectic till school starts!  Happy Summer little one!  I love you!