A Trip to Tampa
We had such a great time last year when we went to Tampa for my birthday that Peter and I decided that we should do it again. We headed out yesterday after work and school and drove over to meet Reba at work. We picked up some pizza for dinner and went back to Reba's place to hangout and eat. After we put the kids to bed us adults just sat up and talked. It is always good to catch up with Reba so we really enjoyed ourselves. We wanted Reba to come with us to the zoo since she missed last year but she had previous engagements. This morning we woke up bright (well not so bright since the sun was still down) and early and got all ready to go. After cleaning up all our stuff everywhere and packing the car back up we said good bye to Reba and headed out to breakfast. We were meeting some friends at 
Panera Bread and weren't sure how long it would take us to get there. We had a wonderful breakfast and once our bellies were full we drove to the Lowry Park Zoo to spend the day. All the kids had a great time and love how interactive the zoo is. They fed the birds and giraffes and got to pet the stingrays just like last year. Javan 
tried to eat the giraffe cracker and really didn't know what to think when the giraffe stuck out his long tongue and ate it himself. Javan just stared and stared at him, maybe he thought he would give it back. We went to the petting zoo and groomed the animals and then cleaned up to go view some more. We saw lots of birds in the aviaries and lots of fish in the aquarium.
We visited Asia and the FL wetlands and saw the animals of Africa. 
We skipped over the primates once again as they really don't interest us. Bresa didn't know what her favorite part of the day was but Abbi liked feeding the giraffes and I liked feeding the budgies (small Australian parrots). Javan really wasn't
sure of the animals but he was very interested in them all. I think Peter's favorite part was back-tracing his steps in search of Javan's lost blanket (he found it!). After all the excitement at the zoo the girls each picked out a gift from the shop and we loaded up the car once again. We drove about 45 minutes to Lakeland where we stopped to meet Peter's Aunt, Uncle, and cousin for dinner.On our 
way home we made one more stop. Our friend, Rena, just happened to be in Lake Mary as we were going home so we stopped to see her for about an hour and catch up a bit. Our long day was coming to end so we packed up one more time and went home. The kids were happy to see their beds and I was happy to get everything unloaded and unpacked. Tomorrow will be a day of housework and chores but our great weekend full of family and friends will definitely be worth it!! (photos: 1. Bresa and Abbi watching the zebras and giraffes before we went to feed them, 2. Abbi feeding three budgies, 3. Javan giving up his cracker to the giraffe, 4. The girls watching the sharks (they probably would have sat there all day), 5. African Penguin viewing, 6. Javan watching the meerkats, 7. Bresa being the tour guide and telling us where we needed to go next.)
posted by We are the Taylors @ 11:47 PM
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Looks like you all had a great time! That makes me happy,too. Mom
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