Reunions, Zoo and Home...

We have had a busy end to September, busy but good! We had my Great Grandmother's birthday/family reunion on Sunday. It was fun to see all of my first cousins, aunts, uncles, grandma and siblings. But I'm really not a mingle with people I don't know well kind of person. Anyhow, my Grandma turned 95 this year! She has been saying for years and years that her time is almost up - but she just keeps on going. What a lady! This is my mom and dad with Grace and Max-













Grace had fun on the bouncing horse, she just kept saying "bouncy, bouncy", and she got so mad at me when I told her we were done. But I'm the boss. I just have to keep repeating that. Over, and over and over.

On Saturday Mike and I took the kids to Hoogle Zoo. We got there early and had such a nice day. It was the perfect temperature, and it was hardly busy at all. We have been saying all summer that we were going to go, and it's a good thing we finally did, it was the last day to see the white alligator. (Which I thought looked dead... but anyways....)

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The kids had fun, Max is so animated sometimes, every time he

saw an animal move he would kick his feet really fast and get excited. Grace liked the reptile/small animal house the best, and liked to pound on the glass. Which is against the rules and I tried to stop her... several times. She called the alligator's bugs - so we bought her a small white alligator stuffed animal, her own big bug!

-As we were leaving there was not a single parking spot and there must have been 100 people in line waiting to get tickets, thank goodness we got there when we did because we

all know how I love crowds!

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And last but not least - Grace has been quite the comedian lately. Friday night she dropped her dinner on the floor and she said, "Oh dang it." It was the cutest thing I had ever heard, it was so hard not to laugh at her. She has been saying it constantly now... Thanks Grandma Ruth, I know where she got it from! :) Tonight while I was making dinner I found Grace invading Max's space, just a little bit - I have no idea how she was sitting on his walker, but she sure was!

Anyways, there is our week in a glace, sorry it's so long! Hope everyone is well and happy!