Zoo: Part 4

Jim and the stroller stroll along the Amazon Trail.
Help! Becky's being abducted by aliens!

Peek-A-Boo! I see you!

We're being eaten!

All the little kiddies on the lions.

Becky and the twins riding Simba.

Caleb!

The boys on top of the world.

Don't fall in!

Advise posted next to the gators:

SOMEONE ignoring the warning.

Creatures of the night, come out to play!

High on the hill lived a lonely goat herd...

Taking a break from the heat in the aviary.

End Part 4. Please move on to Part 5.

Post # 100: Part 5

Start part 5. Sea lions!
The fishes swarming. They like popcorn too, you know.

Me riding a rhino. Cool, huh?

Mike and his girlfriend.

Becky, dead on the turtle.

Gracie and the duck (swan?).

All of us cooled off in the spray by the elephants.

We weren't the only ones who were hot.A third of our group waiting for another third of our group to catch up to us while the other third went on ahead.

The newest fashion statement: 3-D Bug Glasses!

End. Go home. Sleep.

Rie

I was looking through my last few posts, and I just realized that I haven't posted any pics of our Japanese sister. This is mainly because I haven't had my camera lately, and as such have not taken many pictures. So without further ado: Rie!

Pot Luck. Hooyer Style.

We had a pot luck today. Of course, all who regularly read this blog (and are not in my immediate family) were not there. This made for a sad event. For all of about two seconds. Anyway, the pot luck was to remember Grandpa's birthday and also because some people who are related to us were here from California. I don't know them so I didn't pay them much attention.

The swings: no matter how old you are, they are still fun.
The line beginging to form for food.

Mike pushing his little brother, er, cousin Ethan.

Mike and Dexter learning how to share.

Heidi and Holly. James forgot who they were (Holly was HeatherHollyOrHannah and Heidi was HeyYou).

Probably the most intense game of Connect Four ever played. Thankfully Grandma was there to mediate.

Marco! Polo!

We got ponies! And someone (dad) was complaining that we hadn't posted pictures of them. Here goes: James on his favorite, Polo... ...Becky on our second pony, Marco...

...me on my favorite pony...

...and here's Sarah on Polo.

They are cute and I love them. And when I say 'them,' I mean mostly Marco.

Work, Ponies, Cards, and Movies

If your wondering why I haven't posted, I have a very good excuse: work. I miss a lot of activities because I work, and then when I do get to do the activities, I don't blog about them because I work right afterwords. The 4-11 shift translates to "you no longer have a summer."

We got ponies! Marco and Polo! They don't look like those shaggy hill ponies, but like miniature horses. My favorite pony is Marco. He actually listens (when he feels like it) and is cuter than Polo. Actually, everyone (but James) likes Marco the best (and let's face it, James isn't the crunchiest cookie in the box). Anyway, James and I took Marco and Polo over to Paul and Maria's one day. We get there and Dillon runs out of the place waving his arms yelling 'Ponies! Ponies!' I than realize that I have to be at work in an hour and it takes me 20 minutes to drive there. And I need to shower because I smell liked four-hoofed animal. So I call Sarah to come pick me up to drive me home, and to take Mike to take care of Marco. Thankfully, I made it on time.

Anne came over on Sunday night to play cards. We ended up playing rook. It was really fun. I haven't played rook in the longest time. It was made funner by the subsequent creaming of Mike and Dad by me and Anne. I think the final score was something like 230 to 850.

Also on Saturday we (all the kids minus Becky and plus Rie) went and saw The Dark Knight. I thought it was really good, though not as good as the hype said it would be. Rie thought it was really scary, but I don't really get frightened by movies (which is why I don't really watch horror movies), so I was fine. We also saw the X-Files movie today. It was ok, but it would have been better as a slightly longer TV episode than a full length film. But Skinner made an appearance, so all is forgiven.

Becky's Having Fun. I'm Not.

I know dad has erratically posted pics of Becky's trip that he got from the tour sight. Here are some that he missed. I'm posting them because someone (coughsarahcough) told me I needed to have pictures on my posts, and as Becka has my camera...

First off, the group in front of the Heidelberg castle.
Becky, Paula, Elizabeth, Hannah?, and Brantner (the extremely cool teacher who made this all possible) in Venice.

And the last stop of the trip: Paris.