Week #9-Jungle

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Although a few weeks behind, bear with me, as this was a really fun week! We studied jungle animals of all kinds. During the week, we tried to catch up with friends we haven't gotten to see as much and the weather was a precious gift from God. We took Kyndall and Jack to 3 parrots for Kyndall's birthday. (So sorry we had to miss your party friend but glad we got some play and personal time with you and your family!) Tuesday we headed to the zoo to meet the baby elephant. Many of you have had this chance to visit but not every one is fortunate enough to get a peek. I believe the cooler temperatures helped bring out all the animals. Not only did we see the first baby elephant to grace our city's zoo for 20 years but we also saw a baby rhino and a baby chimpanzee. It was the day for babies! We also got another little blessing in that we ran into a friend of Isaac's, Mason, and his family so we tagged along with them for our zoo day. Thanks Bruck family! Wednesday we had some fun park time with friend's from church and even recruited our neighbors to join in the fun. What a fun time to catch up. Thursday, we got ready to head out to San Antonio to go see Nick's parents and friends. It was a great trip! Friday we had the place to ourselves and I had one goal get Vivian some boots for her Aunt Janna's wedding coming up quickly. (More about that soon enough!) We did have success and we even got to have a date that night with two couple's from our college days. Good to visit with you friends! Thanks to Gail and Bob for a night sans kids. Saturday we got up and moving and headed to the edge of town to Natural Bridge Caverns. I was so excited to show the kids a truly amazing site that I hadn't seen since my childhood days. Even though it's not necessarily jungle animals, I still thought it would be a neat site for the kids and a cool chance to take advantage of our time in San Antonio. They really did well hiking through dark and moist caves and I was uncertain when we first entered. After the cave climb, we had some lunch and then headed out doors to a pretty elaborate ropes course. Isaac was able to do the kids version but Vivian was just a little too tall (all legs!) for the kids version and a little too scared for the big version. (Let's be honest, I was a little scared but Gail was again gracious to keep Vivi and let Nick, Bob, and I go on the big kid version. Sunday we relaxed and had a great leisurely breakfast before the road trip back that was not so relaxing= 6 hours of stop and go traffic! Oh well, glad we made it home safely and soundly. Enjoy the slideshow.