Labor Day '11

Since the weather was absolutely BEAUTIFUL today, we thought a trip to the lake to feed the ducks would be fun!! Here is our afternoon wrap-up...

Jackson's favorite place....daddy's shoulders!

At the end of the pier....looking for hungry ducks.

There they are....too far out to feed.

Oh well, off to explore!

This is genius....Since the lake level is down about 10ft, this group of people decided to canoe out to what should be under water, and play a game of baseball.

All this grass should be under water...how lucky are those ducks? The people come to them, AND they get fed!

After the lake it was off to the playground...

Jackson LOVES the slides (or "at's") as he calls them. Such a fun time!!

Family Outing to the FW Zoo!

We could not have picked a more perfect time to venture out to the zoo. Yes it was hot, but we chose the Sunday before school started (Aug. 21), AND tax free weekend which equals a zoo to ourselves!!! I love Jackson at this age! (I hear this phrase coming around a lot in the future) I love the way he soaks everything in, and how it comes out in the biggest expressions. I would love to know what his little mind thinks sometimes...

Here is Matthew and Jackson ready to conquer the zoo!

First stop....some Rhinos!

These two chimps caught our eyes...they were playing so sweetly together. So cute!

Here is Matthew with the white tiger...this tiger LOVED Matthew. He got up on his back legs and scratched at the glass while Matthew did the same thing back to him. I wish the shot I took turned out...

cooling off in the heat...

Say cheese!

Checking out the bird exhibit...

After we filled our bellies with Dickies BBQ, our last stop was the train....

My two favorite people in the world! LOVE these boys...