First Zoo Outing

On Saturday we took a family outing to Des Moines. We met Brandi, one of Steve's former athletes, at Toys R Us where we picked out some birthday gifts, and then had lunch together. After lunch, we said good-bye to Brandi and then headed on to the Zoo! This was Garrett's first trip to a zoo, and though our timing wasn't the best (his afternoon nap only lasted the 20 minutes it took to get to the zoo from Chili's) he really did seem to enjoy the day!

This picture was taken just seconds after the emu in the background buzzed by us!
Garrett really enjoyed the various birds we saw throughout the park.
Inside the petting zoo...
Steve and Garrett were impressed by the bull. He was HUGE!
I really liked the giraffes. They are such beautiful creatures. This guy had just started to have a snack when we arrived.Garrett liked to watch the otters zipping by him in the water.
Daddy snapped a picture of us up on a viewing tower.
Garrett enjoyed the beautiful day - it was only about 75 degrees. Perfect zoo weather!
A waterfall inside the Discovery Center.
A tired, happy boy at the end of the zoo experience.
One picture that I wish we could have gotten was his reaction to a tiger that walked right up to the glass enclosure. Garrett grabbed onto me a little tighter, but was intrigued. There were too many people around to get a good picture, but I think if he could talk, Garrett would say that tiger was one of his favorite animals to see!