Family Day...Minus One...

   Well, since the weather was BEAUTIFUL today (80 and sunny) we decided to have a nice family day!  We don't get many of these because we are always busy with other things like family get togethers with the extended family or sports.

   We live about 45 minutes from Michigan City, Indiana so we decided to visit the zoo there!  Washington Park Zoo is the name!  It is a pretty small zoo...we caroused the whole zoo slowly in about 1 hour!  It is small but still big enough to enjoy!

   They have a Bengal Tiger!  Very pretty!  As well as 2 BEAUTIFUL white tigers!  I could sit and watch them roam their habitat all day!  There are other awesome animals like the grizzly bears, zebra, eagles, several types of monkeys and what not!  There is also a little group of goats you can pet!

   The admission is only $7 for adults and $6 for children 3-11 so since Dakota was not with us we only spent $27 to get in the zoo!  That is a great deal considering most zoos cost that much for one adult alone!  Parking is $7 for the whole day and you can walk right across the street to one of the many beaches!  We didn't do that today but we will!

   After the zoo we went to McDonald's for dinner and then to Big Lots to spend money...because we always seem to do that! HEHEHE!  We had a great day in all!  I wish Dakota was with us but he is enjoying himself with his friend Ian and his family at the go-kart races!

   Next weekend we have Jaedon's 3rd birthday at his great-grandparents home in Kokomo!  Then the weekend after that is my cousin's baby shower!  However, I do plan to make time for more awesome family outings like this before the kids go back to school in August!