ok....the zoo.....

i'm going to admit something that is quite embarrassing to tell you the truth. until august 4th of this year, i had never ever been to any sort of zoo before. i know that's hard to imagine, and i blame it fully on my parents of course, but it's true! i went with my in-laws on the august long weekend, and i felt like a little kid again. i loved every single second of it, sore feet and all, and i'm soooo happy that i finally experienced the calgary zoo!

here are some of the pics:)

here we are just before the main doors - sooo excited!


the giraffes were probably my favorite, and we got to see the new little baby - so cute, and they're just a very fun and intriguing animal :) loved them!


uhhh.....really???

here's the fam just eating some lunch and taking a break from walking - it felt so good!

here's the baby elephant, and he was so cute too. check out that hair on top eh?!

and here's the baby gorilla. the picture was taken through the glass, so it's a little blurry, but the mom was just dragging this little guy around all covered in hay from its sleep - so little and so fun!

not sure why we took this one, but it turned out cute! here's me and lacey - my sis in law posing with the elephant statue....

and finally, the bear picture. i seem to see bears quite often on our waterton trips, but we don't usually pose sitting on top of them, so good times at the zoo!