CHLOE...a new family member

This is our new baby...her name is CHLOE.  It took us over a week and a few arguments to finally settle on a name for her.  She just had her first doctors appt with Dr. Krause yesterday and she is healthy and perfect!!  Her mama belongs to my Mom's neighbor and is a jet-black chihuahua...I know it's hard to believe because she does NOT look like a Chihuahua at all!!  The Dr. believes that her Daddy is Cairn Terrier or some sort of Terrier mix.  Oh...she adds a lot of life into our house.  Molly is starting to play with her and has stopped growling everytime she walks by...she is SO flipping cute!!

Wordless Wednesday #49 ~ Kansas #2 ~ How to Break a Horse

One of my favorite pictures from the trip...love these kids SO MUCH!!

Breaking a horse with love and patience...it worked!

San Diego Zoo

Yesterday we went to the San Diego Zoo and had a great day. The weather was perfect and the zoo was mobbed with people, but we didn't care. We took our time and read about all the animals and stayed most of the day.

The flamingoes are always one of my favorites...although they stink really bad!

My "monkeys" waiting for me...aren't they cute??!

Trying to take a self-portrait of Nathan and I and the guy behind us decided to add to the photo. Weirdo!

Skinny polar bear...

The meerkats are very interesting...the second after I took this photo they all ran underground.

HUGE ELEPHANTS!

Checking out the monkeys...Nathan loves to watch the monkeys!

Inside the Aviary, a beautiful bird just looking at us!

My favorite of the day...The mama and baby Panda Bears were so gorgeous sleeping beside each other. Amazing to think these animals are almost extinct and the next generations may not be able to see them...

The New Babies

Tanya (my sister) and her family live up in the mountains. Last weekend she found out, after her husband had started the engine, that a Mommy bird had made a nest in the tailpipe of their RV...bad idea. The Mommy and some of the babies were killed, but these 2 little birdies lived. She took them in, and is raising them as her own. Don't worry, she got a lot of advice from Bird Authorities on the internet, and plans to release them into the wild when they are ready.

She feeds them dog kibble soaked in water until it is all gushy and stinky. They are SO CUTE and SO LOUD when she feeds them.

This is her version of a nest. A plastic food container lined in clean paper towels...so funny. They are so soft and sweet...Eldon and Holly named them "Piggy" and "Bobby." You can kind of see the one on the left has a bum leg from flying out of a tailpipe. Good luck Tanya...aka "Mommy Bird."