Como Zoo

What a fun morning/early afternoon!
We headed to Como Zoo
to hang out with my high school friends
Mandy & Maren
AND
all our kiddos!

We have 9 between the 3 of us
(with one more one the way for Maren!)
Mandy's middle (Lucas) was helping his dad
so he did not join us today.

Here are the kids
(at the beginning of the excursion!)
Ally (with Melody), Paige, Sophie, Claire, Esther, Cole (with Noah)

Thank goodness we got this one picture
of all the kids early -
they all did pretty well, it just got to be a long day!

We saw the Polar Bear...

Sophie loved Ally...
Here they are,
looking at the giraffes...

My little giraffe (legs!),
checking out the mommy & her baby...

I think the giraffe
is my ultimate favorite zoo animal...

The kiddos climbing on the
toy giraffes.
It is another group picture (barely!)...

Claire Bear on the giraffe...

At the end,
they all got to go on one ride.
Sophie & Esther picked the cars.
They had a lot of fun!...

Claire & Paige chose the swings...

They did have fun,
although this picture makes it seem like they
did not enjoy themselves.

Great friends,
so many memories!

It was really nice to catch up.
I can't believe how busy each of our lives our!
Mandy with a highschooler!
And Maren with a 3 yo, 1 yo twins, and 1 on the way!
Even if it was just for a few short hours,
I'm glad we were able to share some more memories.
Love & miss these girls!