Selah loved the zoo. She loved following her cousins around. I don't think she was in the stroller for more than 20 minutes tops and that was about it. Highlights: the REAL pony rides, bongo drums, feeding the giraffe, and the carousel ride.
Love all these girls! We are blessed!
Selah got to feed the giraffe a piece of lettuce. She loved it although I don't have a picture to show the experience, too many little bodies around. Just use your imagine :)
Then it was on to the bongo drums. After the kids had their fun, Adam showed them how it was really done.
The pony rides were quite fun. Selah rode on Cookie. Her pony was a little slow and got lapped a few times, but she didn't seem to notice. All the kids looked like they enjoyed it. Addy and Brooks got on the larger horses. The younger kids all rode the ponies and Bay even rode without any hands for a while :)
Grandma got some snuggling time in with Finn during the pony rides. He was fighting off sleep for a while. The poor buddy was so tired half the time. Full days mean no or little naps. He ended up falling asleep in the stroller for quite a while so that was nice. 
Great day filled with cousins. Not for sure which are the real monkeys in the picture, you can decide for yourself :)
Lastly we went on the carousel ride. Finn rode with Grandma and loved every minute!
I used this picture because about half way through Selah started telling me she was done. Ha! I told her we couldn't get off yet, secretly worried that she was going to throw up on me or something. No, she has never done that but she looked a little aprehensive for a while. She ended up being completely fine and smiled a little more during the rest of the ride!
That evening we went back to Brad and Vera's for dinner followed by a sneek peak of Troy's new pad - awesome! After putting the kids down about 11:30 or so, we were up the next morning for church and then after saying our goodbyes headed back to Illinois. Finn slept for about a half hour, yep that is all for the 5 hour ride home..a measly 1/2 hour! And Selah, not a wink. We stopped at Monicals for dinner and during the last 10 minutes of our ride home, this is what I look back to see. Aaahhh! All the mothers out there know what I am talking about. Selah couldn't even hold her head up and Finn couldn't even get his thumb to his mouth he was so exhausted. I guess the full bellies finally did them in. Needless to say, they got woken up after we had unpacked the car and after bathes and playing for a little were in bed by 6:30pm.
The end of a wonderful weekend of memories. Time with family is precious and treasured around this house. Thanks to Uncle Brad and Aunt Vera for all their time and effort they put into making this year's reunion fun filled. We love you all!
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