THE BOYS ALL SANG AND WE ATE CAKE AND CUPCAKES FOR DESSERT AND THEN FOR BREAKFAST AND LUNCH THE NEXT DAY.
This big TREE is what greets you when you walk into the zoo. It is the welcoming center and the gift shop and the entrance and it also has the food area in there too!!!. So does that give you an idea of how small the zoo is ?????
There's trails that take you around to all the localized animals and their habitats. There are Mountain Lions, Lynx, Elk, Bobcats, Wolves, Caribou, Black Bears, Wolverines, Llamas, Wild birds, Turkeys (Free range hahaha) an Aviary & a petting Zoo too!!! We weren't able to see the Black Bears because the day we went it was the first nice day since Spring started a few days earlier, so they were bumming it and still hibernating.
Marcel was a trooper. He rode in the wagon for like 4 minutes and then was like "I got this mom"
Here's a shot of Ronan climbing on stuff as usual, my little Monkey Man
THIS IS WHAT I MEAN BY "FREE RANGE TURKEYS" 
.......These things are huge...look at them, and yes they walk right by you and ruffle their feathers and show you who's boss. Personally I was freaked out by these big bitches and took these pictures with the zoom lense......
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.:TEAMWORK:.
THIS IS THE CASTLE PARK
This is the park at the top of the hill. The zoo is off to the side and we came here afterwards, the kids LOVE it here. They run wild and look forward to coming every week.
The boys love the tire swing
and basically if Ronan can hang off stuff it's a winner!!
thats all for that.....
atleast that day is finished. Also note that it was in the high 40's and lower 50's this day and we all took sweaters and eventually took the off, except Ronan cuz he likes to keep his wardrobe intact.
THIS IS A SHOT OF THE RIVER ~DUH~ LIKE YOU CAN'T SEE THAT...
ANOTHER SHOT CLOSER TO THE SIDE
THIS WAS COOL TO SEE IN PERSON BUT ALSO A COOL PIC TOO!!!
HERE IS A SHOT OF THE FRONT...
SO....WHILE WE WERE GOING ON ABOUT OUR DAILY ROUTINES....
HE IS THE 2nd GUY FROM THE LEFT
AND THIS IS WHAT HE WILL BE DOING IN AFGANISTAN... THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN AT AP HILL IN VIRGINIA WHILE THEY WERE TRAINING...NEAT HUH!!!!
THIS IS A BALD EAGLES NEST & BEHIND MATT IS ITS WINGSPAN
THERE IS A PARK INSIDE THE ZOO AND THE KIDS WANTED TO PLAY BEFORE WE WENT TO THE PARK TO GO PLAY!!! SUCH DORKS
ONLY 50 OR SO DEGREES AND NO SWEATERS
THEY HAD A BLAST....
AND NOW I WILL END OUR JOURNEY AND DEDICATE ANOTHER ENTRY TO ZOO AND PARK PICS FOR ANOTHER TIME...I'M SLEEPY!!!
SO I'VE BEEN KINDA BAD AND DIDN'T GET MY PICTURES ON THE COMPUTER IN TIME FOR A WEEKLY UPDATE...I'M SORRY!!!
HERE'S A RECAP OF THE LAST WEEK .....
THE WEATHER WAS OKAY TIL THURSDAY AND WE GOT OUR FIRST SNOW THIS MONTH, THEN IT JUST BECAME ICE AND REALLY SUCKED FOR US. NEXT DAY IT STAYED ON THE GROUND AND MADE WALKING ON THE PAVEMENT A SUICIDE MISSION SO WHEN VALENTINES DAY ROLLED AROUND WE WERE RELIEVED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT WITH THE KIDS AND HAVE SOME FUN FOR MARCELS BIRTHDAY... WE TOOK THE KIDS TO AN INDOOR PLAYGROUND IN TOWN CALLED VELOCITY...MATT HAD ALOT OF FUN GOING DOWN THE SLIDE AND ON BASICALLY EVERYTHING THEY HAD TO OFFER...
NEXT YOU CAN SEE RONAN CLIMBS IN THE MAZE , BUT DOESN'T GO ALL THE THROUGH...I THINK IT'S TOO HIGH!!!
IT TOOK MARCEL ALITTLE LONGER TO WARM UP TOO!!!! BUT HE DID EVENTUALLY
AFTERWARDS WE CAME HOME AND I SPENT THE DAY COOKING AND BAKING AND WE CELEBRATED MY BABY TURNING THE BIG 2...... HE LOVES SPONGEBOB SO I TRIED TO MAKE A HEART SHAPED SPONGEBOB GHETTO CAKE....I HAD KIDS ALL AROUND BUGGING ME WHILE I DECORATED IT...I THINK I COULD HAVE DONE ALITTLE BETTER, NOT MUCH, BUT MAYBE JUST A SNERCH 
HEART SHAPED SPONGEBOB
WISH I HAD DECORATED IT THE NIGHT BEFORE
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR MARKY,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!
I GUESS HE GOT HIS WISH
HE WAS SOOOO HAPPY EATING HIS CAKE LIKE A BIG BOY WITH A FORK
