What an amazing day to enjoy the beautiful variety of His creation! We love the zoo! Actually we were having a camping night in the backyard with the kids cousins first and that was going along beautifully with pillow fights, popsicles, and some s'mores...until the fire ants decided to visit. We decided it was going to be an indoor campout then! Yesterday was a flaming 97 degrees but the Ft.Worth Zoo is designed so well that there's plenty of shade and indoor viewing areas that you really don't even notice the temperature. When we first got there we were able to view a gorilla behind a glass. Lots of us were crowded around that glass and he was just sitting there, munching his food and occassionally throwing a glance our way. I suddenly felt sorry for him because I realized I know that feeling when we live in China. We with our cute little pale children walking around is like a feature exhibit for attracting gawks and stares. And all we're doing is eating out. It's a strange feeling but i felt a special kinship with this gorilla that I might never have before if we didn't live in China :)
anyway, the kids were great. Grandma and grandpa had brought matching teal shirts from Malaysia for Marissa and DJ and their cousins so they were nice and easy to keep track of. I loved the joy and excitement when we spotted a zebra (DJ's favorite) and the horse (Marissa's favorite). But they especially loved the water tower which dumps water on you when you walk under it. So fun! Well enjoy the pics- we're just having a relaxing day today to recover from all this excietement!
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