vacation finale

on our last day of vacation, we headed to the san diego wild animal park. i was hoping that it would be a gorgeous park of rolling hills and grasslands, where animals roamed free (or mostly free). and i was a little disappointed by how zoo-like the park was. also on the negative side was that it was BLAZING hot. blazing! and the map of the park was very poorly drawn and not to scale. so it was a little bit frustrating trying to navigate our way around the large park. we had a lot of fun, though, seeing some great animals! one of the highlights were the elephants, two of which were little tiny baby elephants - adorable!!!

which one's the gorilla? haha!

another highlight of the park was the petting zoo. it was not the typical goats and sheep, they had some really exotic animals (none of which i can remember specifically at the moment), and they were so cute!!! the best part was my nephew (#2), who would tiptoe slowly up to an animal, hover for a minute, and then slowly stretch out his arm to pet the animal. he was trying really hard not to disturb the animals!

little gramma enjoying the petting zoo

my brother making friends

nephew #2 enjoying the animals

it was a great family vacation, and a great way to celebrate my big accomplishment. i am so glad we were able to enjoy it all together!