The Oregon Zoo with our Granddaughters

We have been a busy bunch around here lately.  Thursday we attended the graduation of my granddaughter from kindergarten, Friday I went swimming and hubby and our son took our two little grandsons for their first fishing trip, and today we took our granddaughters to the Oregon Zoo!

I can't remember the names of the primates, but the one above is a large furry red one! :-)  Now I have to admit, seeing the monkeys was kind of sad, they looked a little bored, but the Oregon Zoo takes very good care of them and many if not most have outdoor play yards accessed from their cages.

These two were cute, the white one was grooming the black ones face.

This one has a very colorful face!

On to see the elephants.  Twenty-seven Asian elephants have been born at the Oregon Zoo since 1962, establishing the zoo as one of the foremost elephant-breeding facilities in the world.

We took a rest here at this animal sculpture garden and the girls had fun trying out all the animals.. here is J on a baby elephant.

Baby girl looks like a cowgirl on this hippo!

BG on a camel with J mid run to join her.

Here is a cute photo of the girls, I think the steam locomotive blew it's whistle here, hence the look on BG's face. LOL

The train trip took around 45 minutes through Washington Park, the sun was streaming through the forest, it was so pretty.

J looking cute for the camera.

The train stopped here to pick up passengers that were boarding from Washington Park and the Rose Garden.

Chooooo chooooo!! Chugga chugga chug..

When we were heading to catch the last train this tiger was out in the middle posing beautifully in the sunshine.. when we got back, he had gone up to take a nap in the shade. :-)  Next was a stop in the gift shop to buy the girls a couple of stuffed elephants and some crystal rocks.  Then we took them to the Sonic drive in and sat in the outdoor dining area and got the girls some chocolate sundaes.  Then we delivered them home and drove another 45 minutes to our home.  We are *TIRED*!  :-)

And I wanted to share photos from our first grandchild's kindergarten graduation.  She's the one looking at the camera.  The each got to decorate their own cap and keep them.

Here she is receiving her diploma and the teacher told a story about the specialness of each child before she called them up.  J's talent is her art! Proud!!

Here is Grandpa holding Baby Girl during the ceremony.. when the kids walked in the room wearing their caps and gowns, BG said in a loud voice.. "Why are they wearing those funny hats?"  LOL

Here is J posing in front of a life size picture of herself that she colored!

And the cap that she colored.  We're proud of this little girl.

Thanks for visiting and I just loved all the nice comments on my last post.
((hugs)), Teresa :-)