a day at the los angeles zoo!

aunt amanda, uncle brad and micah's cousins colby and avery came to visit last week for a few days. we had a fantastic time together! (sans a little sleep deprivation by a few)

on tuesday we ventured out to the los angeles zoo in the morning until nap time.

it's safe to say the flamingo exhibit was by far the worst of all the animal displays. take about 200 pink birds standing around, and then pretend they're standing on top of a huge pile of rotting cow crap, and then multiply the intensity of the scent by ONE HUNDRED, and you have our experience standing before these lawn ornaments.

gorillas in the mist



the orangutan cages were fun, although colby was only interested in seeing the mah-grillas again.

micah and i in front of the zebras...i think he's more interested in snagging some of that delicious popcorn brad and colby are snacking on before noon.... (who eats popcorn at 10am?!? I DO!)

posing in front of the giraffes

what you don't see in these pictures is the large male giraffe sniffing the females backend.... and then, sure enough as a steady stream of pee-pee begins to trickle (more like a hose) he DRINKS it! [insert vomiting here]

family photos under the waterfall


we were able to escape the zoo without having any monkeys fling their crap at us, whew! and finally, nap time on the way home. :)