Life in the wild

Over winter break we went to a wildlife preserve. It was a beautiful day and the kids had a great time. Here are a few of the fun things we saw.

The kids get so excited to see the animals up close!

The day started getting pretty warm and that nap looked pretty good to me too!

Is this not the FATTEST prairie dog that you've ever seen?! They were pretty cute though!

This otter kept swimming in a circle and pushing off of the glass right in front of the kids. They laughed and said that it was giving them five !

Travis took this picture of us by the big horn sheep exhibit. They were down too low to get a shot with real sheep, so we settled for the statue. :)

As we were leaving, one of the rangers was showing off this parrot and answering questions. This shot shows how he can crack open a peanut to eat it. The amazing thing was that it used it's tongue and beak to peal off the skin of the nut as well as the shell. We were pretty impressed.

Now it's time to go. Maddy and Travis were the only smart ones in short sleeves, so the rest of us were getting pretty warm and Ally was definitely ready for a nap. We had a fun time though!