up and out the door pretty early today. we packed up and punched our destination into the GPS and headed to the state capitol to visit their zoo! and guess what...topeka has an amazing zoo, quite possibly the best we have ever been to and its in the process of getting better. there were so many new exhibits being constructed, i can only imagine how much better it will be in a year when kellie and randy can bring their own baby there!
all of the habitats were so natural and spacious. it was the kind of zoo that reassures you that these animals are living a good life in captivity. they had posted all of the personal information about the animals, their names, birthdates, where they came from. many of the animals were siblings - the female lions were sisters, born of the same litter and in the wild! the male on the other hand had been human raised. there were 3 tigers, all from the same litter, a brother and two sisters. the tigers were only a pane of glass away from us and the male was pacing back and forth. it gave you the sense that you could just reach right out and pet them! it was awesome. the boys loved it!
frank and his boys!
after the zoo we headed to the mall for some chik-fil-a for lunch. it was just as good as we remembered it and the service from the food court in the mall was amazing! while there i grabbed two new pairs of much needed work pants at old navy, they were a steal of a deal and the best part is, they actually fit! i also found for baby mac super cute pea pod jammies! tuscan was so excited to "surprise" kellie with them when she got home!
the guys went golfing this afternoon and then met us at old chicago's for dinner, another resturant frank and i had been looking forward to hitting up while we were out this way. as much as we missed a lot of the "buffalo food" while we lived in CO, there is a lot of CO resturants that we sure do miss now. Our pizza's were amazing, the italian nachos were to die for and we all over indulged on a pizza size chocolate chip cookie with vanilla ice cream for dessert. despite how late it was by the time we made it to dinner, the boys did awesome!
we ended the night with another 2 rounds of Wii bowling and tonight, randy was the one that forgot to show up. kellie and i kicked their butts again! if we had more friends to hang out with back home, it might even be kind of fun to invest in our own Wii!!
now its time to sleep...rest up for another day of fun!
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Shannon, I just LOVE the vacation updates!! You and your family are very much missed back at home.I also like the new background- you are so creative. So, have lots of fun, come home with lots of stories and I'll keep looking for more awesome pictures. Love to all of you and give all those great men a hug from me.
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