Zoo and Splash with Friends

Hello Everyone!! :)

Just a few updates on Mari! She is getting more and more confident in standing with no hands and yesterday she stood up by herself with no help from me or any objects. I was shocked to see it and so excited. I have a feeling she will be walking before I know it. It is so great to watch her progress.

We have a bunch of friends that all got married around the same time and all have kids with in a year of each other. With these great friends we get together and have dinner twice a month. So every summer we try and do a little retreat, which before kids was a camping trip. This year it was a day trip to the Denver zoo.

Having lunch before we start the day.

Daddy and Mari by the giraffes.

All the moms and kids in front of the huge polar bear.

Look how big Mari is getting.

This was one of our favorites. We got to watch them feed the elephants and it was fun to see Mari react to them.

There is a water park down in Denver that is small enough for little ones called Splash. So last minute Mari and I decided to go, because Greg wasn't going to be home until late. I thought why not go soak up some sun before the snow begins to come here in the high country.

Here are some of our friends that invited us to go. They had so much fun playing together.

Bridger, Mari, and Jude

Erika and Jude, Heather and Bridger, Me and Mari

What a great day we only wish that Daddy could have been with us. Mari and I did go down the blue slide behind us and she didn't seem to mind it.