Schu News: Wild Weekend

Grandma and Grandad came for a visit the weekend before Halloween. We had a very full weekend. The first day out we headed to Folsom to the Global Wildlife Center. We had a great time! We got to take a safari through several miles of open fields where animals can walk right up to you to be fed. I think it's safe to say that this was the highlight of the weekend for the kids and even the adults! What a fantastic place to visit and get up close with wild animlas :) The second day out we went to the annual Monster Mash festival in the park in our neighborhood. This is a huge festival with food, drinks, games, crafts, moonbounces, music, vendors, and a trick or treat village. The kids got to debut their costumes and sample some candy. On Sunday, we went to church and then headed to the Madisonville Wooden Boat festival. This is also a fun festival, and Grandma, Brighton, and I enjoyed doing some shopping while the boys waited with Will to get his face painted. We got to see some really neat boats before the skies let loose with a thunderstorm. Grandma and Grandad stayed one more day, so they could see Will's preschool and do a little shopping for Christmas and Brighton's upcoming birthday. It was a fun visit, and we are very blessed to have family that enjoys visiting as often as they can!

This is what we rode on to see the animals up close.

You get a bucket of feed and several cups, and you can feed some animals from your cup and some by hand, but every once in a while...

...the animals might give you a little love bite!

Grandma got to break in her new camera.

Our little wild thing got pretty worn out.

Will found that walking could be difficult in his costume. Fortunately he had Grandad aka Ed-O-Lantern to help him navigate the tricky Covington sidewalks.