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Jun. 15, 2009

ZOO!!

Last Thursday, June 11, I took the kids to the zoo! Yes, I went alone with 7 kids. I was feeling fine, in my right mind and everything :) We went to the Potter Park Zoo in Lansing, MI. It was a perfect size for us. It was small, yes, and they didn't have every animal imaginable, but it was a lot of fun. The kids enjoyed themselves, there were very few people there, and I didn't have to keep counting heads!! Ethan was even super good :) Well, here's the beginning of the story. I had checked the weather report all week and no rain was predicted for Thursday. So, I chose that day to go. I know, pretty smart, right?! Well, we woke up Thursday morning and it was cloudy and cold. Hmm. I checked the weather again and there was an 80% chance of rain in AA and 40% in Lansing. Ugh! I talked to Tom and he said, "Pray and go." Ok, we'll try it. I wasn't thrilled with the idea of driving an hour and getting soaked, but we had seen the Lord stop the rain for us on a previous vacation (neat story for another time). So, we loaded up (in the rain) and started driving. We prayed in the van--each kid prayed and then I prayed. As we were driving, the rain got harder and harder. At one point, I couldn't even see the road. When we turned west, it seemed to clear up a bit, but the rain continued and even got harder as we got nearer the zoo. However, when we got to the zoo, not a drop of rain!!! We didn't get a single drop of rain until we were headed out of the zoo :) It rained most of the way home, too. What a neat thing for the kids (and me) to see! Daniel said on the way home, "It'll be easier to believe next time, too." That's exciting to hear coming from your son's mouth :) When we got home and talked to Tom about it, he had some more news to tell us. He said that it had rained all day in AA. And, he said that he checked the weather later for Lansing (around 2pm--when we were there) and there was a 70% chance of rain! He looked at the radar pictures, too, and noticed that the rain was all around Lansing, but not in Lansing like it was supposed to be :) It might not seem like a huge deal, but it was to us. It was very exciting to see the Lord answer prayer so specifically.

I have a zillion pictures from the zoo, but I don't want to bore people with all of them. Here are a choice 'few'

Looking at the monkeys

Ostrich

Hanging over the fence

Cute Sarah

Birds--we went into the bird house! The birds were flying around everywhere!!

Mom and Ethan by the llama

Ethan showing Nathan what the camels do! They spit :)

Camel

Sarah lion

Ethan trespassing!

This peacock was so beautiful! He was trying to impress his lady friend (the white one) :)

Rachel lion

Rachel looking at the mountain goats (maybe? I can't remember the technical, zoo name)

Sarah petting a goat

Rachel petting a goat

Ethan loved the goats! He was laughing and walking right up to them. It was so funny :)

Ethan petting a goat (The older boys wanted nothing to do with the goats!)

Starfish--by Nathan

Kookaburra (We're reading a book series right now that takes place in Australia and talks about these birds. It was really neat to see one!)

I HATE snakes

Nathan- and Sarah- roo

Daniel- and Rachel- roo

Peter- and Andrew- roo

Mom- and Ethan- roo

Mom- and Rachel- roo

The kids loved climbing on these giraffes. We spent so much time here--it was the last thing before we left.

This was a neat exhibit, too, because we had just studied about crabs and sea anemone. We got to see a lot of both--super cool :)

Underwater--by Nathan

Time to leave--bye Ethan!

I hope the pictures aren't too overwhelming. I took 181 pictures that day :) We had a really good time, but we were tired when we got home. Ethan stayed awake the whole drive there, the whole time at the park (4 hours), and all the way home, minus about 10-15 minutes!! Everyone slept well that night.

I still have pictures from Friday School Field Day coming. Be patient!!

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Jun. 16, 2009 - ohhhh

Posted by meriadoc

I love the pictures of Ethan...... Whats with nathans expression while posing in the kangaroo??

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Jun. 19, 2009 - Intresting

Posted by Anonymous

Are the monkeys your kids or the animals in the cage because you did not specify. jacob koski

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Jun. 20, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

That is a great story about answered prayer, and Daniel's comment is encouraging to me too! Looks like a really fun day.
Nathan took some great photos too!

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Jun. 20, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

Sorry, forgot sign my name on that last comment. I don't like anonymous comments!
Its me ... Shannon!

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Jun. 25, 2009 - books.........of course

Posted by meriadoc

What book series were you reading???

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Jun. 26, 2009 - books

Posted by weadockfamily

It's a series called Adventures Down Under by Robert Elmer. You've probably already read them, but if not, you can borrow them. We're on book 4 of 8 right now.

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Jun. 26, 2009 - Books

Posted by Meriadoc

I thought it might be those..... I have 1,2,6,7,8......could I borrow the other ones?? :)

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