We’re Back!

And we’re still in May—yikes!  Alright, so I didn’t really jump on this like I should have.  At all.  I’m not going to make excuses; life itself took priority over documenting it for a while and, frankly, that’s okay.  There’s not going to be a flurry of posts in the immediate future either, because Jake will be home tomorrow night.  I’ll get caught up eventually.  Although we may be reminiscing about July visitors into December . . .

May.  Three birthdays in a row: Adalyn (that’s my brand-new niece!), Mom (Clara) and Janet.  Giant cards for everyone!

    
Last stop on Henry and Janet’s grand tour: the Safari Park.  We are greeted by a couple of animal ambassadors . . .

and encounter a rather unusual bat.

                            
The birds are playing nice today.

And so are Henry and Janet.

        
As we head out for the actual “safari” part, it seems most of the animals are cooperating today.

                              
Naomi looks rather mournful; honestly, I don’t remember why.  But Logan’s face says, “I’m intently observing and I’m going to ask you a million questions about it afterwards.”

                     
Ugly bird, good picture.  The antelope are rather more majestic.

I like seeing the giraffe up next to other animals for a better size perspective on how tall they really are.

         
We had a great view of a couple of sleepy lions.
 Time to move along before other, smaller (human) creatures start getting sleepy as well.

                  
Which one is more photogenic?

     
Lots of parent-child pairs in the park right now.

You can’t pet the elephants but you can rub the statue for luck.

Lastly, it was feeding time for the gorillas so the whole family was out.

Voila!  That finishes up our time with that set of visitors.  Only 2+ months to go!