Ward Family Moments: San Diego zoo

Last weekend we drove down to San Diego and spent some time with our good friends who were visiting from Michigan. Cory was Joe's best man at our wedding. We are lucky if we get to see Cory and his beautiful family once a year. This time 2 years has gone by since our last visit. We were very excited to see his family. Cory and Rebecca have 2 little girls, Julia ( who is 3 months older than Audrey) and Caroline who is 15 months.

We decided to take a trip to the San Diego zoo. We went in the late afternoon due to the heat. Olivia had one request, she wanted to take a ride on a lion. Hmm... Lucky for her they had a statue that she was able to ride on.

Once we got into the park the girls made a b- line to the face painting kiosk.

Julia and Audrey had to get the same pattern. They saw each other earlier in the day and their friendship clicked immediately. Julia was also very nice and loving to Olivia.

The girls were painted up and ready to go see the animals.

The Julia and Audrey both in braids studied the map in detail and informed us of where we were to go.

We were traveling in a group of 11; 7 adults and 4 children. Frank and Cathy White joined us as did Shelby. Shelby walked around the park holding Julia's and Audrey's hands. At the end of the night Shelby knew more about mermaids and princess than he ever wanted to know. It was very cute!