Fun on a hot summer day

We took the kids out for a little summer field trip today to Dinosaur Valley and the Fossil Rim Wildlife Center. It was HOT (I think our high was 104 today) and we were worn out by the end of the day, but the J's had a blast and Derek and I did, too. Here are a few pics from our fun summer outing.

Jakob, our tour guide, reading to us about the dinosaurs (he's a self-proclaimed expert)

Teeny tiny girls, one big dinosaur

All my cuties

Hiking down to get to the tracks, did I mention it was HOT?!?! The sun reflecting up off that gazillion year old mud was a killer!

After sweating our booties off checking out the dinosaurs, we grabbed lunch and then headed to the wildlife center. The kids loved it because they got to take off their seat belts and throw food out the window to the animals (which reminds me I need to go out and find all the food that didn't quite make it out the window before it stinks up my car). The animals came right on up and waited (patiently, for the most part) for the kids to toss them some goodies.

Pretty brown and white zebra

There were all kinds of deer, but I thought these guys were the prettiest

My view of Jakob, LOL

The coolest animals at this whole place, to me anyway, are the giraffes. It's one thing to see them at the zoo from a distance, but it's another to see them sticking their head in your sunroof to get a snack. This big sucker was standing right smack in the middle of the road.

Smile!

Here he comes!

Please don't eat my camera!

See what I mean about them coming right on up?

These guys weren't hungry and Jack was pretty sad that they wouldn't come over and talk to him. He kept saying "But aren't you hungry?" in his sweetest little 3 year old voice and offering his food to them, but they just weren't interested.

I asked this fella nicely not to leave a dent in the side of my car and, thankfully, he obliged.

Pooped out after their fun day

Hope y'all had a good one, too!