Ft. Worth Zoo

2 days after Christmas we headed up to Ft. Worth to visit Tanner's brother Joel and his family.

Tanner's parents were also there visiting, so we got to see a handful of the Steveson family.

It was so much fun!

Sarah and Joel were so great, letting us use two of their bedrooms. 

Way too nice.

They took us to the Ft. Worth Zoo and we all had a lot of fun.

Layla's favorite part was the train ride at the end and Gwen can't stop talking about the silly orange tiger that was shaking his head.

Maggie never made a peep.

Such an sweet baby.

Here, the girls were waiting for everyone else in our group to get tickets and come through the gates. 

My kids never look directly at the camera anymore, such old news to them.

Layla told me that the monkeys, who were making these loud, high pitched shrieking noises were singing Christmas carols.

I think Gwen looks a lot like Tanner here.

While we were looking at the Rhino, someone commented on how Rhinos look a bit like Dinosaurs.

Our nephew Ethan (4yrs old) said, "Rhinos are a TYPE of Dinosaur."

Hehe... he's such a fun kid.

I thought this picture was funny.

Emma and Layla were waiting their turns to go see this kangaroo statue.

This girl looked like she was having way too much fun.

I think it's so fun how girls HAVE to match at this age.

Emma and Layla got along great and Layla can't stop talking about all the fun things they played.

When Layla was looking through these pictures with me, she said,

"I can't believe I stepped on the baby's head! I feel so bad."

haha

We were all getting a bit worn out at this point and ready to hop on the train to take us back to the entrance. It was such a nice zoo, with everything kept nice and clean. 

Joel and Sarah's family took us out to this really great BBQ place afterwards and we stuffed ourselves silly. Nothing like good ol' Texas BBQ.