Sunday, November 15, 2009

BDay Weekend Part 1: Dave

For Dave's birthday, my mom made him this great Indianapolis Colts grill apron set! (funny, you can see he was wearing a Colts shirt when the package came!)


We went to the zoo that morning as a family and it was great! It's nice when someone has a birthday on a Saturday!




Funny thing: these statues are of a couple whose names are "Carolyn and Jim! (my parent's names!) So here's a picture of Caroline and her grandparents!
This monkey was so funny. Dave always seems to be able to get the animals to react to him!

The biggest reason we went to the zoo for his b-day was because they just opened an exhibit about a month ago, and we hadn't seen it yet.


We were quite impressed. The "Teton Trek" has a huge gorgeous cabin/lodge, grizzly bear cubs, a pack of wolves, and elk.




The grizzly cubs were very playful and got up nice and close for the kids!




The whole area was so beautiful, especially among the fall leaves.







It was a wonderful day for my wonderful man. Really, I don't know many people who work as hard as Dave does and I can't think of anyone that's more deserving of a day off (or a vacation, and that's coming soon!) Happy Birthday to an awesome guy!

5 comments:

Heather (wife, mom) said...

yeah for birthdays! we cannot wait to see all of you this week. i was trying to tell Jenna about 'Uncle Dave', but she's just really confused still. i can't wait to see how it goes.
LOVE the zoo!

Lant Family said...

looks like fun. The new exhibit is pretty cool huh. That is fun the bears were nice and playful. I like that Caroline had her picture taken with her grandparents :) Happy Birthday Dave!

Luna said...

the picture of Caroline and her "grandparents" is too funny. Happy Birthday Dave

The Sullengers said...

Wow..that pie is fancy - did you make that? I want to go to the zoo...looks like fun! What a fun way to celebrate a birthday!

Brooke said...

such cute pictures of your family! we're excited to see you soon!