Amy snagged this cute pic on her phone the other night at soccer practice...I love how much these girls love each other

The Flamingos have landed at the Nashville Zoo!!! Baylor and I went to check them out the other day w/ Lila, Ruby, Levi and Caleb

the girls were reading all about the newest attraction

Not the best pic, but it does show you a little sweetness along w/ one crazy gibbon in the background

These birds just fascinate me with their double beaks

The past couple weeks

Last night our Life Group tried to go see the movie Fireproof together, but it was sold out!! We all went to dinner instead. We spent a LOT of time laughing, we all feel really good about this group and feel like God has brought us together. This picture is actually from a ladies night out the church had a few weeks ago at a farm. We had a bonfire and made Smores:) but even more importantly sang praise to our Lord under the stars...that was an experience. Pictured are: me, Heidi (preggo), Laura, Kim(preggo), Becca(the one we predict to be preggo in the near or distant future) and Amy. These girls are all so much fun and I'm loving getting to know them all better

Laura and I took the girls (and Stuart) to the zoo on Friday. It was a lot hotter than we thought and VERY crowded. The girls had fun just being together
Playing in the soft jumpy area of the playground
hammin' it up for the camera
That evening Jeff helped the kids make a pizza for dinner...they love cooking with Daddy

For Lila

Our sweet friend Lila has a weird love...at least I think it's a little weird. She loves SNAKES. Every time we go to the zoo she will beg to go to the reptile house and she can name just about every one she sees. At the member night they had a special animal presentation. There were several different animals to watch but the last one was Lila's favorite. This huge yellow snake that I would never want to get anywhere near and Lila could hardly wait.

After the show they let you come down to see it closer. We waited for the crowd to thin out to give Lila her up close chance and as you can see from her smile she LOVED it





So this post is all for you my friend. I promise to print these soon so you can have them:)

Zoo time with the Shipps

We have so much fun going to the zoo with Lila and Ruby...last Saturday evening was a Member night and you could stay after normal hours. They had some jumpy things and special keeper talks and people on hand at some of the exhibits showing off animal stuff.

Here the kids are waiting to go on one you can jump than slide. Ruby had the right idea from the get go...she wasn't going anywhere near it. Baylor thought she could, but when it came to slide time she freaked!! Jeff had to climb up after her. Lila and Christian enjoyed racing through the obstacle course
The giraffes were in rare form. This one was all the way up to the fence so it was neat see him so close. The other two were running all over their yard. I have some good video, but pictures don't quit show you how awkward, but fun they were. I think they are still growing into their legs:)
Lila and Christian looking at a giraffe skull
If asked 10 years ago would these men have thought this is how they'd spend their Saturday night?

Zoo time with the Shipps

Last week was a Member Morning so we could get in early...we met our good friends for some fun time before it got too hot:) Christian used to not be able to climb the ropes very well, but now he's just as good as that spider guy on his hat:)
One of the best parts of getting there early is the free Carousel rides
We watched this big guy have lunch
and all the kids were in on grooming this mountain goat

Blogger didn't let me add the pics to the other post so here they are

We're going to the Zoo, We're going to play all day...

That is one of the songs we sing in our music class. You go through different animal sounds and such...it's fun. It is such a beautiful week in Nashville...very good for us Mommies that stay at home during Spring Break. I declared Wednesday a Zoo day. I invited several others, but no one could take me up on my offer. So Baylor, Christian and I headed out for our own day of fun. We stuck to the front part of the Zoo b/c I didn't feel like walking all over the place by myself, but we still had a blast!! The elephants and giraffes were out playing and having their breakfast. The monkeys were asleep when we first arrived, but came out in full force a little later. Timon and his other merecat brothers were scurring about in their little dirt yard. We played on the playground--let me rephrase that--Christian played on the playground and Baylor and I just followed him everywhere. Oh to be one of those mom's that just sit on the benches and let their kids have at it...one day (too soon) I'll be there too, but I do enjoy getting to be with them. The three of us even went down a two story, VERY DARK slide. Baylor wasn't to happy during, but was laughing by the time we saw sunlight at the end. While we visited the giraffes, Christian helped me pick out a stuffed one for Baylor. I had told him how I bought him his elephant (which is still on his bed every night) when he was Baylor's age and wanted to get her a giraffe. He picked the softest one there was and said "she'll like this one Mommy"--which she did of course. We had lunch, played some more and then went to KayKay's house for a little rest (I do mean little unfortunately). Enjoy our pics and the weather!!