Africa & the Zoo!!

Look at me actually keeping up with the blog!! :)

On Friday, one of my best friends, Emily, came into town to visit us before she goes on a month-long trip to Africa. She is traveling to Ethiopia with The Mocha Club- an awesome organization that you can support for the price of 2 mochas a month (hence the name). I am so proud of her for following God to the ends of the earth to share the gospel and encourage women in need. Anywhoo--we had an AH-MA-ZING weekend!! Friday night we all played Settlers of Catan with Jimmy's brother Josh, and Saturday . . . (drumroll please) we went to the ZOO!!!!

I have been dying to go to the zoo for over a year!! Unfortunately, I thwarted Jimmy's plan to surprise me with a much-anticipated trip to the zoo for our anniversary (less than a month away!), but it was the perfect weekend for the zoo!! We loved the giraffes, the elephants, and especially the new baby monkey! The best part was spending the day with some of the 2 most amazing people in the world! After the zoo, we had a picnic lunch at the park, Jimmy played golf with the boys while Em and I went to the new Sienna pool. Maybe we utilized "adult swim" to go down the slides while the kids watched from the side. Maybe... ;) And to top the day off, a bunch of our friends came over to grill hamburgers and hang out on our patio. It was probably one of my favorite, most relaxing, fun days of all time!! I give it a 10! :)

Here are some pics from our trip to the zoo! And yes--Jimmy and I each carried our Camelbaks with us the whole day! We Griffins do not take hydration lightly! :) And lastly, the picture on the bottom right of me and Jimmy as monkeys-probably one of my fave pics of us EVER!