Exotic Zoo

A few weeks ago we stopped at the Exotic Zoo when we were in Johnson City, it was AMAZING! We laughed and laughed and laughed, this is a place we will stop at again and certain we will love it every time! While we were waiting for the tour to start we hung out in the petting area. The animals were everywhere- some freaked out Bailey while trying to chase her and were excited that she was their size :) Jaxson was fearless, he loved this area!

This porcupine was crazy! He was pulling on the metal cage with his teeth trying to pull it apart. 

This hairy guy was first up on the tour, we had a bucket of food and he was ready for his meal. That tongue freaked me out!

  
                                               
This one was hilarious! There were a few animals that they said to drop food in their mouth, well Scott missed the mouth and dropped it in his nostril! That animal snotted right in Scotts face after that happened- GROSS...but oh so funny!!
                                           
The camels were HUGE and really ready to eat! This guy had no problems sticking his head in the trailer and eating out of the buckets!
       
The ostriches were huge and really ready to eat. This was an animal they said to put two hands on the bucket and let them eat out of it- they were wild! I got a slow motion video of them pecking at the bucket of the family next to us. This second picture is the male- he was HUGE!
      
Every time we would stop to feed the animals or pet them Jaxson was hanging out of the trailer at his waist to pet the animals- fearless!!!
    
The Zebras were so pretty! We were on the best side of the trailer, all of the animals came to our side.
    
   
This Bison was at the end and he was massive! They had a baby Bison there too that wasn't ready to come up to the trailer but was so cute to see. Another animal with a massive tongue!
   
   
This picture cracks me up- the animal were constantly following the trailer trying to get more food at each stop. The Lamas were hilarious, they followed us throughout the entire park, watching them run with all of their hair flying everywhere was so funny!
                                       

Pool Progress

The past couple of weeks we have had some exciting and new progress on the pool. The weather has been nasty and delayed a lot of activity but we were excited to see the sun come out and new people show up! Here they are putting the plaster on the pool to finish the bottom coat.

The finished product is gorgeous! The bright sun makes it hard to see in this picture but its a beautiful blue.

       
Once that was done we were ready to start filling the pool- 36 hours later it was full! That's a lot of water!
   
On Friday they came and hooked up the filters and lights- the waterfall is gorgeous!! We are still waiting on the pump that runs the waterfall on the right side and the pump that runs the bubbler. We've enjoyed many nights on the porch staring at the pool, playing around with the lights on the remote and mesmerized by the sound of the waterfall.
   

This past week we also had our safety net installed- such a huge piece of mind! It is so neat! Scott even walked on it to test it out- its good to go! Removing it is so easy and putting it on is going good, I've helped a couple of times and am very impressed! Its so great knowing we can protect our kids and others around the pool.

Sunday it was quite chilly but Jaxson was itching to swim- Scott told him no....and really the water is 61 degrees so the kid is crazy to think about swimming. So when Bailey went down for a nap I told him he could walk around on the sun ledge with me out there- which turned into him jumping off the rocks. I didn't expect him to go to the ledge below the rocks...and I don't think he did either. We have laughed and laughed and laughed at this video....and once he got all the way in he decided he was done with the idea of swimming and quickly went inside. 

We hope to see the final pumps this week and can show the finished product- we are getting there!

A Special Day for Bailey

On Bailey's actual birthday we had such a fun family day! To start the day off she requested pancakes and strawberries. We had a few gifts for her to open up.

After breakfast we got ready and headed out to a fun park in Georgetown. She insisted she wear these silly socks over her pants and the dress shoes as well. When its your birthday you can wear whatever makes you happy :)

The weather was so gorgeous, the boys played catch and we enjoyed our first stop.

Next up was a trip down to the San Gabriel river to check out the duck. The kids found a duck that had the head of a chicken and lovingly named him Chuck.

After we filled our tummies with some lunch we headed over to the Blue Hole.

The kids ran, laughed, threw rocks and had the best time!

This birthday Princess had the best day and we did too!