Saturday, May 09, 2009

A Trip to the Zoo

The Las Vegas Jacobsons are in town for a short trip over this Mother's Day weekend. It was a beautiful day in Denver, so we made a trip to the zoo. I learned (or re-learned) 2 things today:

1. It is much more cost-effective to purchase a membership to the zoo. We will be doing that very soon!

2. God has a great sense of humor. See picture #1 for proof.

Here are some pictures of the animals we saw today. Joel took some great photos--I hope to make a "Zoo Scrapbook" for Anders so he can start to learn his animals!

This is the Red River Hog. Check out those ears!
You couldn't make this stuff up if you tried!

Baby Mountain Goat. How cute is that?

I think the penguin is also proof of God's sense of humor.
A bird that doesn't fly but swims like a fish?

Another new arrival--the baby giraffe.
There were two of them just running and jumping and playing around. Too cute.

It was Anders' first time seeing wild beasts other than Haiku. We had a great time. He spent some time in the Baby Bjorn, some time in the stroller and some time sleeping in the stroller. Sadly, his one arm and cheeks got a bit pink from the sun. I went and purchased baby sunscreen immediately following our return from the zoo! Here are some pictures of us having fun at the zoo!

Dad and Son.
Two Peas in a Pod.

Cousin Kenna.
You have to get her picture fast because she is on the move!
She and Anders are definitely related!

Cousins Tobin, Arden & Charis with Uncle Joel



Our newest nephew--Baby Lucan born just 6 weeks ago!

Watching the Wise Old Elephants. They might be my new favorite.

Despite the look on Joel's face, we really had a a great time at the zoo. You can kind of see in this picture--I got my hair cut again yesterday. Every time it's just a wee bit shorter...

5 comments:

Ski said...

Love the hair! And zoo passes are worth it if you have a little one and the zoo isn't too far away. Also, many passes can get you into other zoo's around the country for either free or half price. We had a zoo pass even before we had kids and now it's a must. One of our favorite things to do is go to the zoo and with a pass you if only stay a couple of hours it's okay. Our zoo has zoo lights which our pass lets us into and we can also take a guest for free.

Happy Mothers Day Sarah!

Tricia said...

Oh, I do love the zoo.

And your hair.

But I love them differently. :)

(Thanks for the updates!)

my3boys said...

1. Love the membership. If you are in the neighborhood, you can stop in just to ride the train!
2. I've never seen that thing at the zoo! Where is it? Is it new?
2.a. Lucas does a cute penguin impression...ask him sometime.
-Joel is a great photographer!
-LOVE the new do! Totally cute and summer-ey!

Ski said...

I looked again at the picture of Rhonda and Joel and it was like a time warp picture of our dad and Rhonda. I am not sure if he would have gone for the orange sunglasses though. Joel it's amazing how much you look like a very skinny daddy especially with the beard!

Beverly said...

Great pictures! Thanks for all the updates! Now, if only I can find some quiet moments to update our blog...