Zoo Animals

Just a few of my favorite shots from the day. As always, I loved the giraffes. We missed the giraffe feeding times today, but still got to see the giraffes up close. To me, their eyes, fur and awkward yet beautiful lankiness is always unbelievable. Their tongues are amazing too, and totally unexpected: black, snake-like fingers that grab food for them.
The lion graced us with his presence today and once again the handy-dandy aquarium mode on the camera allowed me to get a good picture despite the glass.



The anteaters were eating when we passed by today. They are the most curious looking creatures. It's hard to even tall which part is their head, it is so narrow. Here they are both facing forward, the black "strips" heading back over their shoulders. The one on the left has his bizarre long thin tongue sticking out.

Funny Bird

We have never seen this bird before at the zoo, but there he was today. When we first came up he was trying desperately to kiss/eat a little girl through the glass. Then he started picking up his feet and trying to climb over or through the glass. As Isaac moved his head around, the bird copied his movements. I was able to capture one of the times the bird was putting his foot up and Isaac reached at the same moment and gave him a high five.

Trip to the Zoo

Isaac and I took a trip over to the zoo today. We have a membership and it's only a couple miles away, so now that it's not killer hot (under 100 degrees) it seemed like a good time to go. They have a small water splash area and after Isaac came out he was happy to have cooled off. Snapped this picture right afterward.








This photo was downstairs at the polar bear exhibit (it's at water level so you can see the polar bears up close as they swim). I really like how the light looked, and the handy dandy "aquarium" mode on my camera kept the reflection down on the glass. Have I mentioned how much I love our new camera yet? Oh, and could he look any more adorable, asked the biased mother?

My Six Year-Old Tween

Isaac has just started getting more into music and often asks to use my iPod so he can listen to his music. On this day he thought it would be extra funny and like a teenager to wear his hat sideways while he ate his lollipop and listened to the High School Musical soundtrack. This photo was followed up with some lip-syncing and dancing. Watching him grow is such a mixture of sadness that he's getting so big so fast, but at the same time excitement to see him becoming the grown-up version of my baby.

More Army Guys

Grammy and Papa, knowing Isaac's propensity for "Army Guys" sent Isaac a big bag of Army Guys. The smile on his face speaks for itself. He loves to use the Jenga blocks to set up broken down buildings and walls for his Army Guys to have a battle scene. We went through his toys and took out old toys he doesn't play with. That cleared out a toy tub on his toy shelf and made room for him to have an Army Guy tub.

Uncle Brian & the Kids

While Paul's family was visiting, we went over to the pool at their hotel so the kids could swim. Uncle Brian is always their favorite uncle and all the girls, plus Isaac, naturally gravitate toward him. Lorrie and I zoomed in for a couple of pictures of them all together. From left to right are Stephanie, Daisy, Isaac, Brian, Samantha, Sara and Ashly. Lots of the girls are doing bunny ears, but Isaac, the interpreter's son, when with "I love you" instead.

Ring Bearer

No so recent, but I'm just getting to it. At the beginning of August most of Paul's family came down to Tucson. During their stay, Paul's sister Lorrie and her fiance asked many of us to be in their wedding. Isaac was thrilled to be asked to be their ring bearer. As an additional surprise, Lorrie had t-shirts made. To the right Isaac shows his proud grin above his cool *black* and silver shirt with Lorrie and Neil. Below Isaac donned the shirt and gave a little "check this" attitude.


Isaac can't wait to wear a tuxedo, he has been asking for one for a couple years now but I could never justify the cost just for dress-up. The wedding isn't until NEXT October, but I'll be sure to post pictures when the time comes.