Philly Zoo trip

On July 15th we went to the Philly Zoo with Aunt Karla, Jude & Eva. The big attraction right now are Lego displays of 10 different animals. This is the largest one, the polar bear, which used 95,000 pieces to build.

And here is another display, the golden lion tamerins.

All the kids on a bear. We had a great time!

Eva, Alyssa & Jude.

Another new attraction at the zoo is the Rainforest Carosel. Eva is on a cheetah and Alyssa is on a frog.

FLORIDA!!

We just got home from a wonderful visit to Grandma & Grandaddy Kane in The Villages, Florida. New on the list of things we did was visit the Florida Carriage Museum. They have an awesome display of horse-drawn carriages (among other cool items), as well as offer trail rides and tours of their breeding barn. Joceline thought she was in heaven!

One of the other cool items at the museum is this Rolls Royce!

Ice truck.

Alyssa is not as in love with horses as Joceline, but she did want to pet them.

The fine print says John Deere Wagon Co. The very small beginning of a big endeavor!

Just some of the carriages.

Gorgeous horses!

Swimming at The Villages is a must! Some of the fun the girls have with their Dad!

We couldn't resist an invitation from Danielle to visit with her, Steve, Nady and of couse, the little man himself, Xavier!

John entertaining Xavier (or at least trying to!).

Joceline & Xavier.

Joceline & Danielle (who had burned her arm at work earlier in the week).

Daddy & his not-so-little-anymore Joceline.

It's a little easier to pick up Alyssa, but not much!

And Alyssa with Xavier.

Visit to Granpa & Grandma Schneider's

So back on June 24th the girls & I went out for a "quick" visit to see Grandpa & Grandma Schneider. Unbeknownst to me, part of 81 South was closed at that time, so it took us over 5 hours to get there, and we turned it into an over-nighter. Here are the girls just falling asleep on the air mattresses.

And here are my girls with my folks.

We had a great visit and will try to do a sleepover again sometime soon (deliberately).