An evening trip to the Zoo

Thursdays in the summer, our local zoo hosts what they call, "Animals and all that Jazz." They have a jazz band that plays in the center of the zoo, and they keep the animal exhibits open later than normal. Usually they close at 5 or 6, but on these nights they are open several hours later.

We decided to go this Thursday. Almost every Thursday we talk about going, but usually something comes up or it is raining. This week, we made it. We didn't really listen to the jazz, but just made it a family night of animals. We had a great time and topped off our evening with pizza. Fun times.

Abby and Matt attempting to pet a dog shark.

Being that Abby is a small fry, she needs some assistance from Daddy.

Success!

Lily, being incredibly patient, while Abby pets sharks.

Seeing the elephants was most important to Abby.

Carousel ride! This is what Abby picked to ride first, and then...

...she saw the pink and purple horse!

Ahhh, Dinner was late. We were hungry.

We look ragged, but were so happy to be eating pizza and breadsticks!