Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Grandma and Grandpa and Uncle Andy's Visit

WARNING: This post is EXTREMELY long and photo heavy, but I couldn't avoid it. Grandma and Grandpa where down here visiting for a whole month AND Uncle Andy came for a week of that, so we end up with a long post!!!! Good times!


THE ARIZONA STATE FAIRMmmmmm, corn dogs!




Like father, like son!









Carousel fun with Grandma.....


and Grandpa!





Oh, the petting zoo!





Our kids LOVE the petting zoo! I always think our kids are ruined by being so desensitized to animals because of all that we have. But yet it continues to surprise me that they really enjoy petting zoos! They can't get enough! We were in there for AT LEAST 20 minutes!





A boy and his ice cream! :)




All of us (except Grandma) at our finest!!!!! ;)


THE ZOO

More carousel fun!






Peaking at the White Tigers!


Bam-Bam the Rhino!





Taking a snack break! My good friend Alisa and her sons Lincoln, and new baby Briggs joined us for the day!


Camels,


Giraffes,


and Kids, oh my!!!!




Playing on the playground!

Angelina


Valentina


Lester


And Grandma!

(Sorry mom, I had to post it, too funny!)


Feeding the birds!
I'm not sure if the birds or the girls ate more of the apples. I used to cringe when I would see little kids eating the apples at the Lory feeding when I worked there, and now MY kids do it! I guess they could be putting worse things in their mouths, right?!




UNCLE ANDY

The girls sporting their pink MN TWINS shirts! Thanks Uncle Andy, they are perfect! Lester got a 'Lester' jersey from the Boston Red Sox but I didn't get a good picture of him in it!


Trying to squint through their bangs that we are attempting to grow out!


ICE SKATING

Everyone, except Grandpa and the girls, skated at the skating rink! Mommy and Uncle Andy even had a race!!!! Uncle Andy was the winner......of course! :)


Daddy and Lester are getting better every time! Joe even went for a fast lap all by himself at the end and was going so fast his eyes were watering!!!!


Grandpa and Valentina cheesin' for the camera!


Grandma and Angelina cheesin' for the camera!


JUNGLE JILL SHOW
While Grandma and Grandpa were here, I did a Jungle Jill show for one of Grandma's friends! It was fun for the whole family to get a chance to see what I do! And fun to get pictures of all of us with the animals! This is pretty rare! I have TONS of b-day party pictures on my computer of other kids from parties, but none of my own!!!!


Me, my helper Lester, and the girls with Freckles, the Chinchilla!



Uncle Andy with Freckles, the Chinchilla!


Valentina with Freckles, the Chinchilla!



Angelina with Freckles, the Chinchilla!



Lester and Uncle Andy with Squeezer, the Boa Constrictor!


All of us with Squeezer, the Boa Constrictor! Angelina has her serious face on!

It was a fun visit! In fact the girls still ask on occasion, "Grandma and Grandpa come over today?" Maybe sometime soon they will be closer to us!


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