Tuesday July 9th - took all the kids to Point Defiance Zoo. Nate and Hollie are both big animal lovers. The zoo for me gets transformed in to something magical when I see it through their eyes. I have had our membership about two years now and have never seen the main stage show. It was impressive. They had the volcher swoop close to our heads. All the animals came out but they were really actors in this play they have put together. Lauren and I both laughed and enjoyed it as much as the other two. At the end they asked for donations to a wildlife preserve. In turn you could get on stage and pet the animal. I am always telling the girls when you want to get something from me it is all in how you present your case and to always choose your words wisely. Selecting the wrong word or not thinking through how you phrase something may negatively impact what you want to accomplish. The way the zoo put on this show and the percentage of the audience that made donations was very impressive!
Here are the kids Lauren 15 Nate 2 and Hollie 19
We went home after the zoo, put Nate to bed and got on our work clothes. The side of the house has a spot that collects water. The girls and I put on 3 hours of hard manual labor. We dug a trench as pictured. We were very proud of this, it was back breaking work! We placed two inches of rock followed by a large French drain. We laid landscaping cloth over the drain and added dirt to level it out. To celebrate our accomplishment we went out for dinner and ice cream :)
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Glad you had fun at the zoo and that the girls learned about some yard work from Mom. Way to go!
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