Sweet Baby & Zoo Safari

So I finally did so scrapbooking layouts.  It has been awhile since I did any of these. 

I signed up for Scrapbook.com's July's Scraplift the Peroson Before You and I lifted Bubblegirl. This is of my sweet niece and me when she was 4 days old. When she was born, she got an infection and had to go to the NICU for 2 weeks.  It was scary seeing her in there, but she pulled through and is a happy, high energy little 3 year old.  I love this little girl so so much!

Materials Used:

Making Memories: pink scalloped pp

Echo Park: green crisscross, little heart, purple striped (title), and yellow scallop; stickers

Die Cuts with a View: blue journaling strips 

Prima: Flowers

This is from last October when we went to the Omaha zoo for a little family day trip. Baby B was really excited to go. From what I heard, she was a little impatient waiting for me to get off of work. I used a sketch from Becky Fleck's  PageMaps 2 book.

Materials Used:

The Paper Studio: kraft cardstock, red cardstock (under the animal stickers)

Bella Blvd: teal crisscross pp, yellow/orange circles pp, flower pp, gray dotted pp, pink flower pp

Bazzill Dotted Swiss: teal cardstock (under the animal stickers)

Doodlebug Designs: animal, title stickers

Little Yellow Bicycle: pink letter stickers

I hope everyone's weekend is awesome.  This weekend was my town's summerfest.  We had a parade yesterday and I walked along side my employer's float.  It was a western themed float.  It was super hot, but really fun.  Last night, they also had an Amazing Race and I had to sit at one of the stops and make sure the teams finished their challenge.  It is just like the show.  The teams get a clue and have to figure out where they have to go and then they have a challenge they have to complete.  I was at stop number 3 and their challenge there was one team member had to eat a whole can of Spam and a pint of ice cream.  We only made them eat half of both because I think all the teams would still be there trying to eat that stuff.  Ick.  It was fun though!

We Went to the Zoo, We Went to the Zoo...

I have not been to the Omaha Zoo in such a long time, I was excited to go, I'm not going to lie! It was fun, but we didn't get to see everything that I would have liked to see. I am also sad that I didn't take more pictures, but I think my sister took a lot more than I did.

My niece, Turk Face, was super excited to go to the zoo! We left after I was done working Friday and she and my stepmom were waiting outside for me. My stepmom said that Turk was getting so upset that I wasn't getting home fast enough! It was about a 3 hour drive down to Omaha (due to a ton of road construction) and Turk did so well on the ride. Normally she doesn't sit still too well on car rides.

We got to our hotel around 7:00 p.m. and checked in and then tried to find a place to eat. We drove around in circles for about 1 1/2 hours trying to find somewhere to eat. We ate at the Ameristar Casino at Bourbon's BBQ & Steaks. I was nervous at first because I couldn't find anything to order that I thought I would like. I ended up ordering the ribs and chicken with garlic mashed potatoes. It was delicious! My stepmom got sea scallops and I tried them and actually like them. Surprising since I don't like seafood and fish!

We went to the zoo this morning and left around 2:00 p.m. It was a lot of walking, but I could have stayed there a little bit longer, but everyone else was ready to go.

Turk was excited to see the monkeys and orangutans. My stepsister and stepmom holding Turk looking at the orangutans.

I love this picture of Turk sitting on this gorilla. While we were in the gorilla complex, one of the gorillas came running up to the window and banged on the window making Turk jump about 5 feet off the ground and she started crying. Poor kid!

I was excited to go to the aquarium. I wanted to see the sharks and an octopus. I saw the sharks, but not the octopus. :(

The guy who drove the tram told us that the elephants' tusks can grow up to 10 feet! That is huge!

We went to the desert dome and I didn't really care for it. It was hot in there and it was smelly. Turk was sitting in her stroller and started touching the cacti that they had in there. My dad told her not to touch them and as he said that, she pulled her hand away and had some cactus needles stuck in her finger. I think it scared her more that hurt her as she couldn't pull them out herself.

All in all, it was fun, but I would have like to have visited more things there. Next time!