Sunday, July 19, 2009

Springfield Zoo

While in Missouri we took a day trip to Springfield, which is about an hour and a half away from Joplin, to see the zoo. The weather was nice and we were pleasantly surprised at how nice the zoo was. Kate absolutely loves the zoo! I think this was the highlight of the trip for her.

One of our first stops was to feed these very hungry fish. They wait at the surface of the water with their mouths open waiting for food to be thrown in.

Next stop was the petting zoo




There were beautiful flowers all over the zoo. These hibiscus were the size of Joshua's head.


My very cute niece Payton. She is the best baby in the world.

This was my favorite part of the zoo. We were able to get so close to the giraffes and feed them. They were very stinky and slimy but it was still tons of fun!



Petting a bearded dragon

The one and only hippo that the zoo had. He looked like a very large baked potato.



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3 comments:

Jeni said...

you guys did some FUN stuff on your vacation. and your niece is totally cute!

Tori Orgill said...

that is soooo funny! and that hippo does look like a big ol baked potato!!

emblair said...

Looks like fun! And Kate looks so grown up in those pictures.