Jonah's 12th Birthday Party

 

A birthday party at the mall with pizza  and movie tickets to Men in Black 3-D.

 Aaron, Jonah, Pee Paw and Jaime

Jonah and Brody - 1 year after he was Jonah's birthday present last year. Brody was more interested in a treat than in posing for my camera. (Opps! My camera was set to the wrong year.)

Jonah - Nature Photographer - Zoo Trip

Seth, Mia and Jonah

Had to include Jonah's picture of the birds mating

There is a baby in this kangaroo's pouch going for the carrot I think.

Mia playing in the water park

I love this picture.

Gar - They have teeth!

Turtles

Manatee

There is a sea horse on the left hand side.

This guy moves so slowly and so seldom that he doesn't look real.

So many pictures. I tried to edit, but there were still so many from just one trip to the zoo and the park surrounding it.

Zoo - DinoQuest

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Jonah, Seth and dinosaur

Jill and friend

Mia on merry-go-round
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We went to the zoo yesterday to see the special dinosaur exhibit -- animated, life-size dinosaurs who moved, roared and sometimes spit water at the guests. On the way to the zoo, Jonah told a joke. He said he needed a new butt because his old one had a crack in it. That got a lot of laughs and a stern comment from his grandma. At first, Jill was terrified, but not Mia. Seth and Jonah rode the flume ride and Jill and Mia stood at the end of the ride and got spashed again and again. We had a special reason for visiting the zoo because Jaime and Aaron were busy moving into their NEW HOUSE!

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Mia spent the night with me last night and as she was going to sleep, she said, "Remember my mommy putting my bed together in my new room?" Then she laughed and said, "Remember getting wet at the flume ride?" Then she turned on her side to go to sleep and said quietly, "And everybody loves me." What a happy day for our family.

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