through the eyes of children

last weekend we had the wonderful opportunity to share our home with walter, emily, jonah, and emma. emily had the great idea of combining the need to shop at ikea with a weekend trip to houston, and we were thrilled with the idea!

the main event of the weekend for us was a trip to the zoo. jonah and emma were ecstatic...in fact, jonah could barely sleep the night before out of pure excitement of everything that might happen at the zoo.

we could not have picked better weather for our day at the zoo...i think God knew it would only make the day more perfect for the kids and the rest of us.

we soooo got our money's worth and more at the zoo. no turn was left untaken, no stone left unturned, no exhibit left behind. we saw most, if not all, of the animals, hung out in the children's zoo, and even caught the sea lion show to top it all off.

i hope these pictures do justice to the great time we had at the zoo. i really loved seeing it through the kids' eyes. everything worked out in our favor. the happiness on their faces all day was a wonderful reminder of how we should live every aspect of our lives...excited about what awaits us around each turn and thankful for the opportunities we are given.

by the way it was "zoo boo" the day we were there. check it out if you have kids & live in the houston area...everyone likes trick-or-treating :)

also, i tried to tell lee, emily, walter, and the kids that elephants say roll tide, but they all spell go g-e-a-u-x so that didn't go over very well ;)