We're in Phoenix for Christmas vacation. Yesterday we spent the day at the Phoenix Zoo before heading home for naps before the Christmas Eve service. It was a gorgeous day to go to the zoo!
Unlike our zoo back home, Phoenix has LOTS of giraffes and a huge open space for them to live.
We even got to see them close up AND feed them!
Coolest. Zoo. Ever!
Uncle Dave had to work, otherwise he would have joined us, too. We took the kids by his work the day before - they got to go up in the Tower to watch planes take off and land, and see the air traffic controlers at work. That was pretty neat. Too bad it was illegal to take photos. So just close your eyes and imagine the kids in awe of the airplanes ;) Anyways... back to the zoo...
There were lots of animals and neat landscapes to see.
Faith had no interest in the little cave once she saw the bugs painted on the wall.
She said, "Um, there's bugs. No thanks, I'll pass"
She cracks us up with her use of the English language ;)
Peek-A-Boo Ruthie! I see you!
The big kids got to ride camels at the zoo, too!
And we even stopped to break some rules and feed the animals ;)
Ruthie has warmed up to Gramma and is in love ;)
There was another larger cave in the zoo, it was a pretty neat play area.
Even the big kids had fun!
There was a monkey village, we walked through and tried to spot the squirrel monkeys.
And orangutans to hang out with.
Then there were the monkeys hanging around outside the exhibits ;)
Baby komodo dragons...
And crazy, silly, kid dragons...
And wart hogs...
And goats at the petting zoo area...
Even Daddy connected with a little goat :)
Just before heading home for naps, there was time to stop and milk the fake cow ;)
It was a great trip to the zoo, but with temps in the upper 60s,
it was hard to believe it was Christmas Eve!
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