Louisville Zoo

Last Sunday, we spent a great day with Grammy, Kelly and Anna at the Louisville. It is a great zoo and we'll definitely be going back!
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The highlight of our day was Reagan having the opportunity to feed the largest male giraffe, Walker. Unfortunately I don't have a good picture of it to share. I'm hoping to get one electronically soon but until then here is a picture of Kennedy and Grammy with one of the giraffes. They were pretty cool!

Reagan had a great view of the animals a good portion of the day from Grammy's shoulders

Reagan and Grammy checking out the rhinos

Reagan and Anna both loved the elephant calf

Kelly and Anna

Kennedy riding an elephantAnna hugging the elephant

Reagan and "Big" Anna by the zebras

We had the opportunity to see baby Naked Mole-Rats while we were at the zoo. Woo hoo! That's true excitement for you let me tell you... Do you detect a bit of sarcasm in my writing? Well, to a two year old I guess they're a bit more exciting because Reagan took a look at them and said "For goodness sakes, I need one of those!"

Coming through the bamboo forest on the way to see the gorillas

Checking out the size of an adult gorilla

Anna and Reagan looking at a gorilla

Anna and Reagan helping Grammy donate money to save the gorillas

One of Reagan's favorite animals has always been the giraffe. There was no doubt that after getting to feed a giraffe that it was what she loved the most that day. Reagan found two giraffes (a "mommy" and a "baby") she could NOT live without in the gift shop and Grammy insisted on purchasing for her.

Thank you, Grammy, for taking us to the zoo! We had a wonderful visit! :)

Kentucky Fun

Grammy, Charlie, Kelly and Anna came to spend some time with us in Kentucky this past week. Here are some pictures of the girls having fun from our visit.

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I can't remember exactly how it started but here's how it ended - with Grammy and all 4 little girls playing the piano together. :)

Grammy brought suckers which Reagan refers to as "twirly whirlies" for the girls to enjoy

Grammy wanted to give Reagan a play kitchen back at Christmas but we simply didn't have enough room in the townhouse. She said as soon as we had a new home she would get it for Reagan. This past weekend she delivered on her promise and went and purchased a dream kitchen for Reagan. Here are Charlie, Kelly and Tim working on putting it together.The girls had a great time exploring the food even before the kitchen was put together

Thank you Grammy and Pa for such a cool and fun playset!

Fun in the Sun (and Water)

Grammy brought an outside animal water play set along to Kentucky for the girls to play with last weekend. As you can see from the pictures below it is a super cool set and the girls (especially Reagan) absolutely loved it!
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Kelly and Grammy (with a bit of "help" from Anna and Reagan) setting everything up
Kennedy's first pool/water experienceReagan's favorite shoes right now are her Crocs from Aunt Nancy and Beth

Anna trying out the giraffe sprinkler

Two cute girls in the frog (Reagan is pretty insistent this is not an alligator) pool

Reagan loves to play in the elephant fountain

Grammy and Kennedy having fun :)

Kelly and Anna

Reagan and Anna being silly and trying to climb the deck

Gotta love that smile!

We gave the girls popsicles and Kennedy was very happy when Grammy offered her one as well. She took her job of eating it extremely seriously!

Later in the week Heidi spent the day with us and the girls played outside again for a while. What cuties!!!

Kennedy enjoyed her swing on the deck while the two year olds played in the water. We think she's pretty cute too! :)