At the end of March we took a trip to Los Angeles to visit Auntie Randi and the Fisher family in Malibu! We had a great time! We flew in on Thursday night and after picking up Auntie Randi we drove down to San Diego. Yes, it's a couple of hours away, but when you're already that close it's totally worth the drive. The zoo is wonderful and they have pandas!! We had a nice time, even though it rained on us for most of the morning.
The koalas
Daddy with Drew and Josh
This is the way the boys spent most of the morning, huddled under the canopys of the stroller, peering out at the animals.
Giraffes
PANDA BEAR!! This one was actually really active when we were walking through the exhibit. Here he's licking some food paste off of the end of the log.
Amber with a sleeping panda
Randi
Mommy, Josh, Drew, Auntie Randi and a panda
Checking out the snow leopard
Daddy and Drew with camels
Auntie Randi and Josh with elephants
Josh/Auntie Randi and Drew/Daddy
More elephants
Auntie Randi LOVES elephants
Can you guess which one is the seal?
Drew "flying" a helicopter in the arctic exhibit
(The sun came out!!!) Drew and Auntie Randi with the pandas
On the playground
Drew and Josh with their new safari hats (Thanks, Auntie Randi!)
Silly faces...
On Saturday we drove out to Malibu to spend some time with Kim, Brian, Evelyn and Marianne. We had such a wonderful time with them and the kids got along beautifully! They took us to a nearby beach at low tide and we were able to go "tidepooling." Not something you'd really get to do anywhere around here. We saw lots of starfish and sea anemones. We had lots of fun exploring and just enjoying ourselves.
Family picture
The Fisher family
Drew found a stick and practiced writing his name in the sand.
The view outside of Kim and Brian's condo - God is good!
A rare picture of just Russell & Amber!
On Sunday night we went out to the Santa Monica pier on our way back to Randi's apartment. It was pretty windy and the boys weren't in the best of moods, but we got a few pictures anyway.
