Turning 30

This post is about 3 weeks late, but turning 30 was definitely not as bad as i thought. I heard once from i think jessica simpson on a talk show that when she turned 30 she was no longer an old 20 year old but was a young 30 year old. I like that, and i embrace that. I had a party out at a restaurant with friends on Saturday, and went out to the Melting Pot with my hubby on my actual birthday which fell on a Wednesday. Because i didn't plan anything extravagant, the birthday gift that came from my boss and the office was so cool. I took the day off on Wednesday, and then came back into work on Thursday and Friday my brother in law and family were coming into town. About a week before my birthday my boss asked what my birthday plans were and i mentioned what i wrote about above, and also told him that my mother in law and brother in law had talked about going to the zoo on Friday. The week of my birthday came and my boss presented me with my birthday gift: Tickets to the zoo for Me, Adam, Adam's mom, my Brother In Law, Niece Lily, Nephew Issac, Asa and Aria. Money to spend at the zoo, Monorail tickets, and a "special" tour of the Grizzly Coast. SO FUN! We got a behind the scenes special tour of the entire exhibit, Asa and Lily got to "prepare" food for the bears, saw their lair where they slept, and got to go on the roof on top of the exhibit and throw ice treats down to the bears. It was so fun because we could see all of the people behind the glass and they looked up at us and watched us as we gave them treats. We also were able to call their names, and have them do tricks. I don't think i will EVER get this experience again, and it was just the neatest thing.

 Asa and the new penguin exhibit.

 Asa by the sleeping bear. They were all sound asleep until we came with the ice treats, and then they all woke up!

Where the bears sleep at night

 Asa helping put all of the bears food together.

 High five and knucks for the zoo keeper.

 The zookeeper said it took some 42 locks to open and close every night in order to get the bears from the outdoor enclosure to where they sleep at night. CRAZY!

 Here come the bears! Once they saw us on the roof they knew they had treats coming.

Haines doing a trick!

 When we were on the roof, Asa picked up a rock and threw it over the edge and Kenai got it and put it in his mouth. You can see the rock in his hands...oops!

 Then he kept the rock in his mouth, leaned back and grabbed his feet!

It was such a hot day, so we had to take run in the splash pad!