BIRTHDAY AT THE ZOO!

For my birthday Matt surprised me and stayed home from work and we visited the zoo! It was a beautiful day. We even had an outside picnic - in December! There was very few people and the animals were very active! It was a great day!

Leopard

Lion

Kyra excited to get in!

Kyra & Hunter

A camel

In a kangaroo pouch!

This was the most inquisitive and neat (not to mention loud) birds we saw!

A curious giraffe!

Arms are growing!

A Bald Eagle

An odd looking wolf pack.

Wow that is BIG!

Pretty SCARY!

Carriage ride (not really - just a photo opp)

The PENGUINS!

Kyra and a Chinchilla - she has been asking for a Chinchilla for over a year!

Watching a roaming peacock

FIRST OFFICIAL SNOW!

Our first official SNOW! The kids were eager to get outside! However, our chickens were not! They would not leave their house until all the snow was melted!

ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TREE HUNT!

We joined the Johnson clan on the annual Christmas tree hunt the day after Thanksgiving. We visited a small family run Christmas tree farm and the kids had a blast! It is always a fun event and the kids look forward to it each year! We found the perfect tree & after much work (on Matt's part - he had to cut it down with a very dull saw!) we brought our tree home and the kids decorated it!