nashville zoo

 Today was an exceptionally amazing day.  The kind of day I always want to remember with these three little girls.  First of all, the weather was amazing.  As in, absolutely the most beautiful kind of day that wasn't too hot or too cold.  We started the day by going for a nice run around the lake. Heidi is getting so good on her bike and loves to ride every chance she can.  Savanna pushed her Dora doll in the little stroller and looked so cute someone actually stopped their car to tell me how adorable she was.  Caimbree was just along for the ride and the ducks.  We got home and Jeff headed off to help with our ward service project for a few hours. The girls helped me clean the house, we ate lunch, the littles went down for a nap, and Heidi and I jumped on the trampoline until Jeff got home.  When he got home we woke up the littles and headed to the Nashville Zoo.  Have I mentioned how beautiful the weather was?  It was the perfect day to check out the zoo!

 All of the girls loved all of the animals and we really enjoyed just walking around in the beautiful scenery on an amazingly beautiful day with our little family. We bought a family pass so that we can come as often as we want to and I am sure the girls are going to want to go back a lot...Savanna was already begging to go back the second we got home.

 We tried to get a picture on a little bench but a certain two year old was too interested in the berries on the bush to be bothered with a picture. I always worry she is going to think we never took pictures of her, but for the record, I tried many, many times and may have even resorted to bribery when Caimbree started getting mad, but nothing would tear Savanna's attention from those berries!  Ha ha ha!  Gosh I love that little thing.

 The absolute coolest part of this particular zoo is that there are a few areas where they let you go directly in with the animals.  We went in with the kangaroos and the turtles today.  They got to pet the animals and the girls were fascinated when they saw a baby joey in the mother kangaroo's pouch.  Heidi said the kangaroos were really soft and we all loved watching them jump around.

We stayed at the zoo until closing and then headed home for dinner, baths, and bed.  Heidi even got to go on a special trip when we got home with her dad to buy something with the money the Tooth Fairy left.  All three girls went to bed very, very happy.  It really was a perfect day for so many reasons.  We are praying this weather holds and we have many more days just like this in the near future!