a trip to the zoo...

...the kids had a short fall break from school so we took advantage of the warm weather and went to Hogle Zoo! We had a great time! It was so much fun to see Katiana's reaction to all of the animals! Here are some of our favorite pictures....

elephants and giraffes...and Zac's beloved penguins....Katiana and Marisa's favorite was the baby Orangutan...
I cheated and pulled this cute photo from Wikipedia because we couldn't get a good shot of the cute baby orangutan that entertained us at Hogle Zoo.

very cute sisters....
All the kids....(minus Steven but adding cousin Amber) posing pretty with the giant ape!

uh..ooh...starting to act like...
...an ape
They were convincing me that maybe they should LIVE here too!

We ended the day with a train ride, some silly souveniers and Marisa losing her cell phone in the duck pond! Yes, it was retrieved.....and unbelievably it still works!