One of the best decisions I have made in recent months is a ZOO PASS! So great...we can stay for 20 min. or 2 hours ...no pressure to see everything or push a 3 year old into walking more than she desires.
I am not really into pictures of animals...especially from the zoo. But when I saw this....

I couldn't help but to think of this... For those of you who don't know this is the statue in front of the Dallas Zoo. I get that they want to be known for their tall statue but I never really fully grasped the creepy tongue until I saw Patches (giraffe's name above).

Then we saw these Jaguars. I have never seen the spotted one before...cute that they are cuddling but very creepy that the spotted one looks like her eyes are open...when they are not.

And then there was this cute, crazy faced kid who joined me (along with her two snoozing brothers). She had fun. For those of you who may make a trip to the zoo soon with your kids you may want to print off one of these activity sheets. Isabelle and I had fun doing the little scavenger hunt.

I was so excited when I found these overalls on clearance (and that there were two of the same sizes that I needed) and then the hats were practically given to me from the cashier. They say "sherriff" when really they should say "sheriff"... ANYWAY...It is ALOT of work getting two sets of overalls on wiggly, back arching babies. Not the ease of putting on a little dress with some cute little bloomers.

They didn't quite turn out to be the cute cowboy look...they are more of a Boss Hog look from the Dukes of Hazard.
Teddy was being very verbal in this pick. Through some choice babbling he was letting me know that his future was NOT smiling for photos or putting up with that "red eye" flash.

Cooper was exhausted...looking "pretty" is not his thing.

I think Cooper's new nickname should be Bubba...cuz with that belly in those overalls no other word comes to mind.

Roger and I got to spend a night AWAY from the children!!!! Whoo Hooo!!! A date and a weekend getaway all in the same month. Amazing things are happening in Little Rock people!

The really great thing about our weekend was that we got to leave our children in the care of Uncle Web, Aunt Kim and cousins Emmy and Gordon. We knew there would be nothing more going on than lots of snuggles, playing, and some heart felt care.

Looks like some super sweet cousins bonding to me!

First of all, I just love this picture in general, second I can't believe how big the boys look in this picture (the twin boys), third, notice how the boys are holding hands...isn't that sweet? That is their little twin trademark...if they are within reaching distance they are holding hands.

Everyone survived. The crazy part was the house was clean, laundry and dishes done, some extra groceries in the frig, and these great pics on my camera!

Love you Grapevine Mangham's. Thank you so much for loving us!