Zoo Boo

We all went to Houston to spend the weekend with Shanon and Alex. We were there and back in 48 hours since we couldn't leave until after school but it was plenty of time for some fun! We went to the Houston Zoo for Zoo Boo on Saturday morning (along with half of Houston ;) What could be more fun to my animal loving girls than a trip to the zoo? Add free candy and craft stations! We were there about 3 hours and that wasn't long enough to see everything but plenty long for us. 

Rachel (Janet's daughter) lives in Houston and met us there to spend the morning playing with her new nieces. 


We all loved the baby flamingoes. 



The lines were long so we said they had to pick between giraffe feeding and the carousel. Lilli wanted the giraffes and Katie wanted the carousel so Matt took Lilli and I rode with Katie. 

Candy corner! I don't know why we brought bags, they ate it as they got it. 

Her scared face 


They really liked pumpkin painting. It was a fun idea but took a little longer than the grown ups would have liked. :) 

And about 10 minutes after painting, it was time to go. Katie reached for Shanon and went to sleep. 

We went back to their house where the rest of us got naps to get rested up for the LSU/Florida game. Our Tigers won but the real star of the night was Shanons meal. I wish I would have gotten pictures of the boudin, bacon wrapped stuffed jalapeños, ribs, chicken, baked beans, green beans... And there were only 7 of us with the kids! Thank you both so much for a wonderful weekend. We're so thankful for friends like you. 

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  1. UnknownOctober 18, 2015 at 5:39 PM

    We had a blast! It is always nice to get to spend quality time with yall. I miss living so close and cherish every weekend we get.

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