Abilene Zoo

Brian's cousin & his wife, Kenny(Brylon calls him Nenny) & Vicki Batla, asked if they could take Brylon to the zoo on one of Kenny's days off. Are you kidding me? YOU are asking IF you can take her for a fun day at the zoo? OMG! She would love that. OF COURSE you can take her.

Well, they did - and she had a blast. She came home talking about monkeys & tigers & giraffes. They even bought her a stuffed giraffe that her & Nenny named Gladys. She had to take Gladys to school & tell all her friends about the animals at the zoo. She is still tugging Gladys around.

Brylon & Nenny feeding the giraffes.

The Abilene zoo has this really cool cross walk over the giraffe's home where you can feed them. They come right up to it & stick out their tongue - which almost reaches all the way across the cross walk (OK I'm exaggerating, but not by much) - just waiting for you to put a cracker down for them to get.

Brylon thought this was pretty cool.

Brylon & Vicki with the buffaloes.

Brylon was mesmerized by the monkeys.

Labor Day weekend, I decided I did not want to go Dove hunting & I didn't want to sit at home while Brian went hunting. So, two of my friends & I decided to have a girls weekend and go back to the zoo. Jaime has a daughter, Hannah, who is 5 months younger than Brylon. I have posted Hannah & Brylon on previous posts. Brandy, who is my right arm at work - I couldn't do my job without her, has a daughter, Macee, who is 7. We had a great time & the girls wore themselves (& us) out. Between the zoo, swimming at the hotel, & staying up waay too late - we all needed our extra day off to recuperate.

Jaime, Hannah, Macee, Brylon, & Brandy

The girls anxiously awaiting to share their crackers with the animals.

Hanging out with the zebras...
...and the giraffes.

The girls had a blast!