Zoo times with friends...

Have you checked out the water feature at the zoo?  If it's summer (or even just hot) and we're going to the zoo, it's hard to keep my boys out of that place.  Tanya and I joke that we come to the zoo just to talk and let the kids play happily in the little river...and whatever animals we see along the way are a bonus!

I love meeting up with Tanya and her boys, Jed and Peter, at the zoo or REI downtown.  We do the usual chasing after kids, lathering on sunscreen, repeating our directions too many times and just trying to finish one or two conversations.  And if we happen to do that--even just one conversation--we try to consider ourselves fortunate.  The problem is that neither of us are very good at that (settling for the bare minimum and giving and getting the shortest version of every story) so parenthood and staying connected, in general, has been an adjustment for us.  Here's to all of our efforts past, present and future, my friend.  May we keep trying and living as friends and mothers and daughters of the One who made us to be in relationship.  

Wouldn't you know that all four of the boys really enjoy hiding in this rabbit hutch looking place?  That description is a step up from what it really is--the empty area under the outdoor changing table around the corner from the water place.  Forget the animals behind the cages...let's just put them in a cage and call it a day!  And they made it easier on us when they did it themselves.  Let the conversations begin!!  Just kidding...mostly.