zoo with patty

So.

In the planning stages of Patty's visit I said to her,

via email,

"Don't worry...I won't drag you around the zoo

in this weather!"

To which she said,

"Oh my gosh, we would LOVE to go to the zoo!!!"

To which I said,

"Oh GREAT, okay, we will go to the zoo then!"

To which I now say,

"You STUPID STUPID IDIOT! Why would you

drag anyone to the zoo in this weather?"

But,
I did.

Yes, that's what I did.

Ok so, here are our zoo pictures.

I am pretty sure it was 127+ degrees.

Hell will be more pleasant.

(Not really)

And we were pretty heavily grumpy about

7 minutes into it.

Just saying.

But we were pretty adorable anyway.

Take a look.

This is Patty and me when we escaped to

the funny farm in Maui.

Don't be jealous.

And the look on Macy's face pretty much sums

up how ridiculous we felt

for going to the zoo on such a day.

We will never ever EVER go to the Topeka zoo

in July for as long as we live.

You can count on that.

And we will not talk about this experience

again from this moment forward.

the zoo will never be the same....

Wow, what a day we had at the zoo!!

And ummm....I took 200 pictures.
I narrowed it down to a few (ahem..)to share with you...

Brenden and Lucy enjoyed the zoo the most....you'll see...

Two....there's two of them Mama!

Hurry up you guys!! Look what I found!

Those elephants are pretty stinkin' amazing.

Brenden.....pondering?

A quick stop for a cute snap shot!

As cool as this looks....Lucy wasn't all that intrigued. Go figure.

Brenden, however, found the lion statue quite amusing.

Ooops.

Nick took a likin' to the little lion.

And Brenden played leap...lion.

Apes are so lovable.

Ummm, Brenden.....that isn't an exhibit.
(Nick gave him a hard time for looking in
the MEN's restroom....B said he didn't have enough
nerve to look in the ladies'! Wise choice.)

K-man had to convince Lucy there wasn't anything to look at
after Brenden pretended that there was....thanks B.

My handsome boy and me.

No, Lucy didn't take this pic.....it was, of course, Brenden.

The cutest girls at the zoo.

Perfect!

Lucy AND Brenden are pouting after they got in trouble
for climbing on a brick wall.

Dog-gone-it....I totally didn't have my camera ready
when this ape came raging towards us & hit
the glass. It was so cool!

At last....our day was over.