Zoo with the Crew

Sam loved the zoo so much the first time, we thought we'd take him again when Grammy and Papaw came to visit. And to make it even more fun, his best buds Ben and Bryce came along! It was such a great day, and I think the boys had a blast :)

Sam absolutely loves all animals, and wanted to touch, feed and/or pet every one. We started out in the Children's part of the zoo so they could ride the pony and pet the goats.

Here's Sam going on a pony ride, loving every minute!

Ben decided that pony riding was not his thing, so Sam got to go one more time in his place :)

Bryce decided to give it a try too :)

My little farm boy...

Stella and her Grammy

Staying warm, bundled up in her stroller

The boys are checking out the tiger...

Justin decided that I had to try the hurricane simulator, so I did because I'm a trooper :) Poor Sam got scared when he saw me in there, so I had to reassure him I was ok!

Walking the zoo...

Sweet Ben and Bryce...love that they let me hold their hands an hold them for a while.

Sam being goofy...love that boy!

Our fun crew...minus the photographer, Papaw

Daddy's little girl

This is what happens when you tell two toddlers to look at the camera :)

Justin took Sam to feed the giraffes, all while carrying Stella in the Baby Bjorn. What he didn't think about was just how close that giraffe would get to baby girl's face...

Here you can see that it just about scared her to death....poor baby!

But she was all better after mamma loved on her a bit :)

Sam, on the other hand, could not get enough of the giraffes. He wanted to keep feeding them and we had to bribe him in order to finally leave.

And finally, we got to see the lions before we headed out. Such a fun day, we'll have to go back soon!