Mom's Day Recap

Last Sunday we decided Mother's Day would be a good day to introduce the kids to our church.

Aren't they a great looking group? (smile) Doesn't get any cuter!!

Apparently Summer was practicing for church...

The service went quite well with the kids. We headed out a little earlier than we used to, figuring we'd need a whole pew! Well, actually, since we have quite a few little bums in our family, we won't need a whole pew for a while yet. We talked about it earlier, and followed through with our plan to sit down fairly quickly after arriving so that the kids wouldn't be overwhelmed with people. After the service we did the same, and we skipped Sunday School. The kids sat really nicely during the service. However it probably helped that Gabe and Summer we're quite taken back (scared?) by it all. Halfway through the service they warmed up a bit and started acting a bit more like kids. So we'll see what tomorrow brings!!

To celebrate Mom's Day we took the kids to a zoo about 50 miles away. I had to laugh. They were running a special on memberships. The sign said your family membership will be paid for in just 2.5 visits! Nope. Let's try 1.5 visits. LOL! Never expected we'd have a zoo membership, but if 1/2 of us go again it will be paid for.

The zoo also has a very nice museum. Here are some indoor pics...

Poor Shi put her purse down when getting some "food" at the petting zoo and realized it about 5 minutes later. It was gone. She was so upset! (haven't all women been there before?) But thankfully someone had just taken it to visitor services. Whew!

The double stroller worked great! Aren't they cute in there?

"Hey hey we're the Monkeys..." The monkeys and the tigers were the favorites of the day.

It was a very nice day. And the weather was absolutely beautiful!! Although with 7 kiddos on an outing, there weren't very many times where at least one wasn't upset about something. But then again, this was a big day for Svanna, Gabe and Summer...and they did SO well! Everyone did. It was wonderful that we got to spend the day together. A great Mom's Day gift!