My day started off pretty sweet. Unfortunately, my hubby had to head to work @ 4 but he was sweet enough to let me sleep- leaving me with sweet kisses before he left. I finally woke up around 8(gotta love summer) and decided that I was NOT getting on the computer before I went for a run. Well....I was expecting an email so I just HAD to check it while I was putting my shoes on. Thank goodness I did!! No, I didn't get the email BUT I saw on a blog that I follow they were talking about product that I had been wanting to get but it didn't want to spend the money on. So I checked out the blog post(quickly of course, by this time I could have put about 10 pairs of shoes on! haha) and sure enough they had a coupon for 50% off!!!!!!! 50% OFF....HOW EXCITING IS THAT. But, it was only for the first 100 people to buy it(this blog has over 10,000 followers) so I was in a panic. I ran around the house trying to find my purse, only to see it was sitting next to the desk I was at, pulled out the credit card and clicked away as fast as I could to try and be one of the 100 and I GOT IT!!! I was on cloud nine. I phoned Nathan who was hard at work to tell him the good news. He was pretty excited for me too and then kindly reminded me to go for that run before it got too hot. :) After all that excitement that was the fastest and most fun run I have had in a long time!
After the run, I was in a productive mood so I finished up 2 loads of laundry and cleaned up the house. The I waited patiently for my SIL, neice and nephew to arrive...we were heading to the zoo!!! I was very excited to say the least.
Once they arrived we were off and going, the trip was great until we got to Navy Pier and traffic stopped...this is never a good sign. After a few minutes we noticed that everyone was getting out of their cars...this is never a good sign either. We realized that the reason everyone was stopped saw they were opening up the bridge for the boats to go under! This was entertaining and kind-of cool for the first 10 minutes. Then after it went down and we were still sitting it wasn't so cool! Through the whole thing the kids did great but we were all getting a little ancy and ready to be at the zoo.
We finally arrived and made our way to the barn part. This was too funny. It was cow milking time so lots of people were crowed around to see everything. One of the cows was 'sick' so the vet was checkin it out. By that I mean, taking the temp. from her but, and giving it a few shots. Morgan and Marek were not too impressed with this part BUT everyone around us was- here were these two county kids surrounded by the city kids who had never seen anything like this before. Everyone was pretty grossed out, except for Morgan & Marek....they had seen this plenty of times before! They were ready to see some zoo animals!
The day was a blast and we got to see lots of beautiful animals. Marek was amazed by everything and I think could have stayed all day...Morgan on the other hand- liked it all but was ready to move to the next thing pretty quickly, thank goodness Mandy had brought two strollers...it made everyone much happier!
We finished off the trip with a stop to get a little icecream treat. This might have just been the best part of the day. We enjoyed the treats on a little park bench before getting back into the car. Poor Marek dropped his popcicle on the ground but Aunt Erin came to the rescue and 'cleaned' it all off so he could finish. :) Morgan had hers all over her and was as cute as can be! Once we were all cleaned up we piled back in the car and make our trip home. I don't think we had pulled out of the parking lot and Morgan was fast asleep, it took Marek a little longer BUT he wasn't far behind. Mandy and I had a great talk on the way home with two snoring kiddies in the back. I was so glad they came up...and I love being their Aunt!
The night finished off with an enjoyable dinner outside with Nathan!
it was a great day to be alive! :)
Today I have another fun day planned...will fill you in on that tomorrow! Have a great day everyone.
This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!
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