visit with grandma/libby's b-day/ny trip

Grandma Bell (my mom) came to visit and of course she brought the girls matching dresses. Too cute!

For Libby's birthday she wanted to go to the pitt zoo. The doctor Jake was working with for the month found out Libby was going to the zoo for her birthday and let him off early to meet us and spend the day with her. It was nice to have him there.

Grandma and the girls with the bats.

The girls petting a lizard.

Girls on a log ride.

Grandma and the girls with the deer. This is Libby's favorite part of the zoo. (petting the deer)

Lib opening her birthday presents.

Libby says to tell all the family thank you for all the wonderful presents.

The girls in front of Libby's barbie cake. That is the cake she wanted and my horrible attempt at cake making. She loved it anyways though.

My mom has a sister up in NY and everyone but Jake went up for a visit. They live close to Niagara Falls, so we had to visit. Here is Bristol checking out the falls.

The girls with my wonderful aunt and uncle.

The American Falls, from the Maid of the Mist.

The girls and me in front of the falls.

The girls a little wet from getting so close to the falls. Canadian Falls behind them.

Grandma and the girls getting wet.

In the ponchos, waiting to board the Maid of the Mist.

That is a lot of water, you know that's what they are thinking.

My aunt also lives close to Palmyra, so we took a trip there too. Here we are walking over to the sacred grove. It started to rain on us a little so we broke out the umbrellas for a minute.

The girls checking out the cooper shop near the Smith home.

Us outside the framed home.

Grandma, David, Ann, Holly, Bristol, Jonathan, Audrey, Libby, Ian, Avery, Lisa, Chloe, and Joshua, all in front of the Smith log cabin.

Checking out the garden outside the framed home.

Bristol enjoyed the tour.

We had to make a quick stop at the Grandin building. It was really a neat place to stop and see.

We had to stop at Hill Cumorah. Here are the girls in front of the Angel Moroni monument. It was such a wonderful trip that we are definitely going to make again.

Randomness

We have had a lot going on lately. So this post is a lot of different things that have been going on at our house lately. We got passes to the Pittsburgh Zoo, which is an amazing zoo. We loved it. The girls checking out the shark.

Libby put Mr. Potato Head's glasses on Bristol. They almost fit.

Bristol and the shark.

The girls loved the aquarium at the zoo.

We were able to get a great view of the polar bear eating his dinner.

They have this cool walk way under the water to get a closer look. Avery loved it. We had to drag her away.

The girls touching the sting ray. They don't have their stingers any more, but still pretty cool.

The girls and the rino.

Avery loved the snakes. Definitely not my child, I hate snakes.

There was this duck wandering around and Libby kept trying to touch it. She would get really close and then jump back. I think she did actually touch it once.

Libby and her giraffe that she just had to see.

Jake and the girls in the bat cave.

The girls on the mole rat tunnels that the kids could climb through.

The girls waiting to see the kangaroos.

The girls and me walking across and crazy, wiggly bridge.

Climbing in the kids play area.

Bristol chilling in her new hat on the deck.

The girls petting the deer.

Bristol in her new bumbo. Doesn't she look like she loves it?

Dr. Jones in his real white coat. I took this picture because I thought he looked so professional with his coat badge and pager. His face isn't so professional, but we still love him.

I went to get Avery up from a nap the other day and this is where I found her. She finds the strangest places to sleep.

Yes, she did put the lid over herself. I had to take it off to make sure she was in there.

Sorry this was such a long post.