Other things we've been up to.

Well it's kind of sad to say but I recently turned 27 years old. I guess I'm really growing up. This is the birthday cake that Micah made for me with a rainbow chip cake mix, rainbow chip frosting and lots of sprinkles on top. I love sprinkles! Here the cake is lit and Esther and I were posing for a moment before they sang to me...well just Micah sang. Esther just sat there and waived her arms and smiled. He He!

Last Saturday, the 27 of June, we took a trip to a private Zoo in a little town about 1 hour from where we live. It's just a man and his wife that own it and keep it up, and because of the cost of taking care of all the animals he has on 70 acres of land he decided to open it up to the public. This has helped him pay for all his costs. The zoo keeper's name is Mike and he has an Australian accent which made the zoo tour even more exciting!

This monkey likes to drink Coca Cola and eat Lay's Potato Chips. When Mike tried to take the chips from the monkey he slapped Mike's hand. This monkey was a hoot to watch. Sorry, but I don't remember what kind of monkey it was, just a cute feisty one!

These monkey's had some babies but their not in the picture. The are called ring tailed monkey's. They were cool to look at but not as entertaining as that first monkey.

He had a number of tigers and 3 lions. This was one of his Bengal tigers. They were really cool to see!

Here are two white Siberian tigers that are about 2 or so years old. A boy and a girl.

Yep! Those are snakes on my neck. It's my new necklace. Their corn snakes and are not poisonous. I don't really care for snakes so this took a little courage for me to put them around my neck.

Micah, however, is not afraid of snakes and big ones, really big ones. This is a 16 foot, 110 lb Burmese Python. Yikes!

Here is a cougar, which I think is quite pretty. Look at those teeth!

Bubba the black bear standing up for us. He's showing off for the audience. He is huge!

This is a two and a half year old grizzly bear who already weights 350 lbs and could rip a car door off if he wanted too. Mike, the zoo keeper, got this grizzly bear from Alaska when the bear was only 1 lb in weight. He's certainly gotten bigger since then.

But He's just a sissy grizzly bear who eats marshmallows out of his owners mouth! Yea, seriously! That's what the bear is doing in this picture. Eating a marshmallow out of Mikes mouth.

The zoo just had one lone camel whose really big. Look at that hump, it's got hair on it! I think camels look really cool.

Overall the Zoo was really good. They had other animals like ostriches, kangaroos, emus, buffaloes, two deer, some peacocks, and a bunch of bunnies. You know, I'm not sure if the bunnies were as pets or as food for the other animals. Ha!

We found this little animal at the Zoo and since we thought she was so cute we asked if we could have her. They said "Sure!" So we brought her home to stay. Look at her! Isn't she so cute trying to suck on mommy's water bottle. She's definitely a keeper! :)