Zoo members

This year, we decided to get a family membership to our fave zoo.  The kids are always asking to go to the zoo, and by the time we went twice it would pay for the admission, plus we get free passes for friends.  We pretty much had the park to ourselves.  We met our fave home school neighbors (their dad was doing a contract job nearby) and we were two of twelve cars in the parking lot.  Miss Kirsty packed us a picnic lunch. We had some great zoo memories.  Our favorite was the male lion huffing at us (but for some reason, I cannot get videos to post to the blog).  The kids were up close and personal for it and it was awesome.
We also got to meet several of the zookeepers and learn some interesting facts about the animals and the way they are trained.  Did you know there are new tiger cubs at the zoo, but you have to get there before noon to see them b/c Daddy Tiger likes to be alone and his time in the outdoors is in the afternoon?
They have now officially moved to North Carolina for a season, and the kids are starting to realize we won't see them for awhile.  This past weekend some tears were shed when the girls wanted to go play and R2 was asking for Han-Han (Hannah), but I know the Lord has awesome things planned for them.  And he is stretching us by taking us out of our comfort zone to make new friends.