Odds and Ends

Grandma Steffens came to visit and we loved every minute of it! She only gets to come out about once a year so we were very excited to have her come. She of course spoiled my already spoiled kids with bikes and goodies. The boys about died when they saw the bikes! Every time we go to the store they are begging to ride bikes and try them out.

Jenna got a little car that she can sit in while her servants push her around. She is in seventh heaven in that thing. She runs out to it everyday, sits down, then gives you the, "I'm waiting!" look. And let me tell you she has that look DOWN! She's a very lucky girl to have a Grandma that will push her all over the place. The only place mommy wants to push her sometimes is off a cliff. I kid, I kid! Seriously, I was joking, don't leave any nasty comments or report me.

We were sad to see her go but all good things must come to an end. So we got over our sorrows with a little target practice. That's right, nothin' gives you a pick me up like shootin' a gun. Chuck helped Dayton and Wyatt with the gun. Which reminds me of a funny story. We were all out in the front yard when a flock of birds flew over head. Dayton looks up and says,"Look mom birds. Quick dad shoot 'em!" No need to mention the cut off shorts either, we know we're red necks.

This week end we went to the "Zoo" in Reno. It was so much fun watching the kids looking at all the animals. My favorite was the alligator purely because of the boys' reaction. I wanted to take a picture and Dayton flat out refused to turn him back on the alligator, he was a little nervous, I loved it! Here is the alligator.

This is the picture we finally got. Look at their faces, can you see the fear! Alligators are not to be trusted.

Was saw two zebra,

Five lions,

A white tiger,

And peacocks! Oh my!

I think the kids' favorite was the petting zoo. They had deer and goats for the kids to maul. They boys were running around trying to pet all the deer, followed closely behind by Jenna. She liked to say,"Hi" to all of the animals and if she was feeling brave she'd inch up to them and quickly touch them and scurry away.

Jenna had a deer that was following her all over the place. It was really cute, then we found out why. Jenna didn't mind though and they made up after we got her hat back.

Well, I think that covers it. Till next time.