Friday – to Fort Wayne for one of my best college friend’s wedding (Eric) – here are the kids playing on the steps outside the church

Here they are taking a breather . . . . . gearing up for dancing aka. the reception

Picture of Eric and I – yes, he was that happy , and I was excited for the cake line!

Picture of Angela with one of her closest friend’s in college (Tricia)

There is really never a bad time for a family photo!! Oh, in case you were wondering the younger two were back at the hotel with Justine (a Bethel student who often babysits for us – she was great this weekend!)

Saturday – Hitting the hotel pool for an early swim –

it happened to be Dane’s first swim ever. . . ok so he was barely in the water. . . . but it still counts!!!

Off to the Fort Wayne Zoo – love being S. Bend zoo members, half off of the price here!

In honor of their aunt Nichole and Uncle Aaron (in Zimbabwe right now), we started off here:

Here is the giraffe – amazing!!!

Here is Kya feeding the giraffe – just crazy!!

Here is the sky ride – neither kid was scared at all! – They loved being able to fly like a bird. . . .

Here is Justine playing around with Dakota

Just some other of my favorite pix from the zoo

The carousel is always a fan favorite – not sure what Elliana is riding?? But Kya was pretty pumped about his Kung Fu Panda!

Here is Dane after being told that the little known fact that 10% of a Komodo dragon’s diet is other Komodo dragons!

Here he is after being told that he is big and strong and could easily fight off a Komodo dragon with his bare hands

Back at home after a long weekend. Using the map, the kids are trying to recap the whole adventure at the zoo for Dane, since he was asleep for most of it – Dane is just trying to get a really close look at it all!

It was a great adventure – as one of my friends would say. . . . we were Making Memories!!