On Monday, we enjoyed a delicious meal outside in the backyard! The weather was perfect!
In honor of Cinco de Mayo, I made carnitas (Mexican pulled pork), homemade tortillas, cilantro lime rice, fresh corn salsa, roasted peppers, and lemon cake.
Tad and I really loved the meal, but the girls were so distracted by being outside that they didn’t eat a lot.
Jude was quite happy on a quilt in the grass!
There was lots of dancing, as is fitting for any fiesta!
Have you eaten outside lately?
I’m so glad I married into a good family! Tad’s family is so dear to me, and I am so blessed that we are able to spend time with them on a pretty regular basis, even though we are separated by over 100 miles.
I had to grab a few photos Sunday afternoon before we headed home after our fun weekend!
We blew some bubbles…
Climbed a tree…
Played a ukulele…
And shared lots of hugs!
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I’m glad God placed me in my “second family”!
This past weekend we went to Richmond for a fun couple of days with Tad’s family! On Saturday, we went to the zoo, which we hadn’t visited since Vera was eight months old.
We all had a blast! The zoo is really large, with tons and tons of different animals! I was juggling kids most of the time, so I didn’t get as many pictures as I would have liked, but I’m loving the shots I did get.
Vera and Cordelia liked seeing the prairie dogs!
Isn’t Cordelia’s little ringlet so cute?
Love my girlies.
It was a gorgeous day!
This orangutan seemed like he enjoyed watching us as much as we enjoyed watching him!
This was another animal that seemed to think WE were funny looking!
Mama giraffe just had a baby on Monday (watch the birth video here!), so we were so excited to see the “little” guy (200 lbs. and 6.5 ft. tall!) on Saturday. When we first saw him, he was nursing his mom.
But eventually he peeked out so we could get a better view.
The mother seems like she is bonding with him well! She was very doting.
I got to feed some of the giraffes by hand!
Slobbery tongue!
Tad and me
My, what pretty eyes you have!
Vera really wanted to feed the giraffe too, but she’d chicken out at the last second and drop the food on the ground instead. She really liked the giraffes, though! Cordelia fed one, but was less than enthused about the slobber on her hand.
Cousin Drew had fun feeding the giraffes too!
The baby!
He was just precious.
The other baby, even more precious. 🙂
Here’s Vera trying again!
This is the dad, we think, giving kisses to his little guy.
Jude was a happy boy all day! He really enjoyed the fresh air and sunshine.
There were also five new baby cheetah cubs, which we were able to see from a distance. I may as well not even post this picture, since it’s so far away! (Here are better images of them.)
We got to feed this adorable baby camel too! His fur was so soft and he loved having his head rubbed.
Towards the later part of the day, Cordelia was getting tired, so I popped her in the Boba and wore her for a while.
It was super sweet to get to cuddle her!
We all liked seeing the penguins.
When I asked Cordelia what her favorite animals were, she said the monkeys!
Thank you, Grandanny and Grammy for the fun day at the zoo!
I have more pictures from our weekend that I’ll post soon.
