grandma in jacksonville...

june was the slowest month but somehow flew by at the same time.  bizarre right? well grandma karen came out to visit right at the beginning of the month... and her time her flew by and then the rest of the month dragged on... and somehow after she left we didn't do much of anything.. haha probably rained a lot and its so hot and humid we really hate ever leaving the house.

while grandma was here we mostly hung around the house and played with daniel all day.  he sure loves his grandma.  puts on a good show for her doing all his tricks.  they laugh and tickle sing songs... its a real party.
on saturday we did venture out and go to the local zoo here in richlands.  its small but i was actually surprised at how many fun different animals and birds it had.  and we hit it at the perfect time... the whole place is shaded by trees... there was a slight breeze and it wasn't too hot at all!  here are some of our favorites...

this emu was pretty interesting.. ugly... but interesting..

i loved this strange buffalo... it had long curly hair that came down over his eyes... 

daniels favorite of course was this singing flamingo

 i loved this zebra... the stripes are just so neat!!

i also loved this miniature horse... seriously the cutest thing ever... its a horse but tiny.  and chris really liked this cheeta.. or bobcat... ha! i can't remember what it was.  and then this giant gerbil looking animal.... freaky.  

love bright colored birds

these monkeys were so fun... the mama has a new little baby that just clung to the front of her as she walked around.  and when the mom stopped moving she would sit and just clean the little baby.  the crazy dad just jumped at the cage walls warning us to get back... asserting his manhood by showing us his bright blue... you know  hahah  i also love the little monkey on the left.

the zoo keeper and his daughter kept bringing out other animals that we could touch and pet.  these were my favorite.  

and then we fed the goats... which daniel thought was hilarious.  he loved having them lick the corn off his hands.

while mom was here we were also able to take a trip out to the beach one afternoon when chris got off work.  it was a beautiful day out there... just enough of a breeze to make it comfortable and the water was warm and we found quite a few sharks teeth.  i didn't get any pictures... but we did have a good time.  i of course cried like a big baby after we dropped her off at the airport.  miss seeing my mom everyday.... miss home and family.  it was really great to have her come.