One Full Day & New Family Member

I can't believe that the school year is approaching faster than I anticipated. So, I told Matt during the week that WE HAVE TO do something this weekend, Rain or Shine. So we thought that we would go to the Mesker Park Zoo in Evansville. We knew that the rain was in the forecast, but we thought if it was raining then we would go to the Childern's Musuem, then when the rain stopped head to the Zoo. As we heading out we saw the rain clouds approaching, so we just kept going. It was POURING the most of the way, but by time we got half way there the rain subsided and it started looking promising. When we got to the zoo the weather was nice, slightly cooler, but once we got going it quickly warmed up and turned into a really nice day.

We decided that the girls would prolly not like walking so we rented this nice ride. Thanks for my strong hubby for pushing it up, down, and back up all those hills. Bless his heart, he was pretty much sore by time we left the zoo.

Ready for their Zoo experience...This is Izabelle's first time at a zoo.

My Lil Bats. They petted this...
And This... They got do this too.

After the zoo we headed to the mall to get a backpack and lunch box for Miss Grace. She was excited to pick it out, but before we got the those she did this:

That's right she got her ears peirced. We went in to see a toy Grace saw through the window and another little girl was in line to get hers done, so we thought (well I thought) this would be a great time for Grace to get hers done. But before she did it, she watched a teenage girl get her 2nd hole done, so she knew how it was done and the sound. She was afraid of the gun, so after all that she got up there and got ready and was nervous when they put the markers on her ear to mark the spot and then they were ready. She did cry, but only because one of the girl's glove got caught on the back of her earing. She has been showing EVERYONE that she got her ears pierced and happy she got it done. Oh, and she got the toy she went in there to see in the first place.

Now for more exciting news: We have a NEW FAMILY MEMBER. That's right we adopted the most adorable little guy.

Meet Gizmo...

Petsmart lets the local Humane Society use their facilities to showcase their dogs they have up for adoption. Went in to just look and saw this little guy and couldn't help but fall in love with him. He is a terrier mix...We think it kind of looks like Tramp off of Lady and Tramp, but only black. He is 2 years old and is really good with the girls, as I writing Izabelle is pulling on his legs. Poor guy! Matt is glad that he finally has a male in the house. He is a house dog, he shouldn't get any bigger, which I am glad. He has been really good about not making any messes in the house, which makes me REALLY Happy! So far we are all adjusting good with our new family member.

As you can see we had quite an EVENTFUL day Saturday...I am hoping to get our days I have off fun-packed before school starts.

I will post some more on what we did Friday...A day full of swimming with my cousin Lindsay and her kiddies.

Until Next Time...

God Bless

Jess