Family Day...

We just had the best wee family day ever! I am loving every minute of life with Emma and Rique! We decided that today, Monday, we were going to have a family day. The past weekend was good but busy; Work, outreaches, CFC worship night, church and more church. . . yes today was a much needed day off for us. The weather seemed to be pretty good so we opted for a picnic and a zoo trip!

SIDE NOTE: Because the Belfast zoo doesn't have hippos, I decided bringing Hippo Jr was a must. Ems then decided she'd have to bring Jique (a penguin who's full name is Jique-Rulie. . . named after her two favorite people). And the "family day" would not have been complete if Rique didn't bring Shaggy along as well. (One day I will need to write about the adventures of Shaggy)

Once we were all buckled up we headed off!

It wasn't as sunny as we would've liked but we still were able to enjoy our picnic just fine! Haha we had SO MUCH FUN! All the animals were out and talking! I can't remember a past zoo day (and there have been loads) where I have heard so many of them talking. Lions, monkeys, seals, pigs, goats, eagle, otter. . . to name a few.

Towards the end of our trip we walked through a rainforest bird house which also had bats and a sloth. The goal is finding Jasmine the sloth as you walk through. We tried twice and still no luck. Rique wasn't too happy about it. . . .  hahahaha!

That night we decided to watch Star Wars. Finally found a place that had the fifth one and after taking forever to figure out how to get it to play in our gameroom we were near exhausted! But it was soooooo worth the effort! I have recently realized how nerdy Emma and I are! After half an hour or so Rique called it quits as he was tired so Ems and I finished the movie without him.

Still as our first wee family day I deem it a huge success! Love them guys!

-J