Zoo Bird Smiles

"My favorite weather is bird chirping weather." - Unknown 

This past weekend, we took a little trip to a small little zoo a couple of hours away from us.

The animals were so cute. It had been raining all week. The weather was cool this past Saturday but the sun was out.  All the animals were out just enjoying the sun and getting out their energy. We were able to get a pretty up close view of almost all of them. And, the next best thing was that the zoo was not crowded at all.

 

Our favorite animals this go around was three little baby black leopards and this momma monkey with her tiny little baby who was having a grand time climbing all around the place. We could have watched them for hours.

Sights and Taste of Newport KY

To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.- Barbara Bush

Beloved’s business trip has us hanging out in Lexington, Ky.

We have been to Lexington a good bit so Beloved decided to have a little Family outing up near the Kentucky/Ohio border to see what the up state has to offer for a lovely afternoon.

We drove an hour and half to Newport, Kentucky’s Riverwalk

and had lunch out on the veranda of Mitchell’s Fish Market.

It was a lovely lunch with beautiful weather, a wonderful view, and absolutely delicious salmon!

A trip to the Newport Aquarium was the Little One’s gift for the afternoon.

They are petting the sharks!

Snack time required us to be taste testers of a few deserts out on the Riverwalk porch. The boys ordered carrot cake! The girls ordered Shark Fin Fudge Cake. I won’t be revealing the size of the girls desert but I don’t mind telling on the boys! Yep, that is one slice of a 7 layer carrot cake!

A late afternoon walk over the Ohio River was required!

A little late afternoon snooze!

And then we finished our day with a duck tour of the Historic Downtown Areas.