Day at the Como Zoo!

Blowing a kiss and leaving Eau Claire for the day, "Arrivedeirche!"
Ready to get wild with the animals!
Let's roll!
A funny little monkey came to see us at the window

One of these guys was swinging on the ropes and went SPLAT into the window...
he was okay though... I wasn't!

Baby orangutan, Jaya, and it's Mama and Daddy.

Jaya and Jordan have the same hairdo!
Whoa, we'll stay way back from the glass
Pretty pink flamingos
Jordan loved to point out all of the animals
Mama and Daddy managed to
tame the wildest animal at the zoo for a few pictures!
Holy cats!
Jordan, we'll stay up here, they'll stay down there
Important lesson, never wake a sleeping lion... shhhh
If looks could kill... yikes!
Glamazon

Sad little zebra
Mama and Daddy giraffe, baby giraffe was camera shy
Checking out more animals,

we like that we have the fence between us

Caribou

Thanks for touring the Como Zoo with us!

Come again soon!

Just a walk in the park

Beautiful day in Eau Claire, so we went for

a walk around Carson Park Looks like some weird 70's album cover--
way to go with the trick photography, Justin!
Yes, she's wearing her jammas, it was jamma day at daycare!
We found out she has a new obsession...
ICE CREAM! Didn't even show signs of brain freeze...
just a messy face.
Pink, pink, pink
All shiny and clean

Sunday in Hallock

Sunning my legs
And she's off!
Just sweet
Like my ride?
My chauffeur, Grandpa
Cool shades, kids

Sorry Grandma,
this one was so cheesy, couldn't help but post it...
"Looking out the camper window to the imaginary lake,
watching the boats in the water"

Natalie's Bridal Shower

Grandma Evie is there somewhere,

covered by her 3 great-granddaughters,

Jordan, Haley, and Taylor,

and 2 of her granddaughters,

Mama and Kelly

Co-stars of the bridal shower, Jordan and Natalie

Mother's day art project... will we ever work together again?

So...

So what do we do now?

Slop the blue on my hand...

Press firmly...

and ta-da?

Sitting with green toes... eww!

A little tense moment of creative clashing

between the artist and the subject...

(too many cooks in the kitchen--look at her face!)

but the next moment we were both smiling again!

All done?
Mama is the production supervisor, and she says it's good to go!

Baby "Ephalent"

Big ears, little snout

Wild manes that can't be tamed!

I really manipulated the color on this

so you could see how wild her hair got after wiggling

in the couch cushions after a bath...

the next Einstein?

Crazy!

It's got a mind of its own!