The crew goes to the zoo

School is quickly wrapping up for my gang. We will be done next Thursday. Each spring their go on a field trip and this year was the Toledo Zoo. In the past, I have either driven or ridden with other parents to attend these field trips, but this year, with the price of gas, I decided the $3 to ride the bus was a good deal. But consider 40 kids, excited to be on a bus, and how loud they can get. I kept reminding myself of the savings, but my ears didn't think it was a bargan.

First up, was pictures for the yearbook. The lower picture is the 3rd and 4th graders. Sorry, they thought they were done when I snapped it. The upper picture is the 5th and 6th graders. From here it was off to view the zoo.

The kids and I joined up with two other families and off we went to see the sights. Suzanna had

been to this zoo before, so she was "the expert". It was a first for Thomas and Kathryn, and they were thrilled with everything. Each look at things so differently. Suzanna is a "stroller", and likes to read the information the zoo provides about the animals. Thomas on the other hand is on a speed tour. He would fly through and look at everything all at once and be done and ready to go to the next display. Kathryn, as is typical, was somewhere in the middle of the two, taking her time in some places and rushing along with a freind at the next display.

We saw all there was to see, made the necessary stop at the souvenier shop and headed back to the bus. We were all tired and Kathryn managed to fall asleep on the way home. We were able to praise the Lord that the rain that had treated to ruin the day held off until we were in the buses and on our way home.

I really appreciated that the teachers and principal tied all that we had seen to Gods wonderful creation. You can't look at a hippo or a rhino and not recognize that God has a sense of humor. God wants us to enjoy his creation and the zoo was a wonderful way to do just that. Of course, many in the world would like to say that all we saw there evolved from something else, but what on earth was a rhino before it became a rhino????