We had a great time at the Zoo last night. I think there were five families in all with their kids who came. We met around 5:45p inside the zoo entrance as they don't let anyone in after 6:00p. They let you walk around the zoo & hang out until dusk, which gave us a couple of hours to enjoy it. One thing that we didn't realize that they also shut down at 6:00p, unfortunately, are the eating venues. They were supposed to be offering $.75 hotdogs & soft drinks as part of the "Way Back Wednesdays" festivities, but we missed out on these (I did get to take the boys on a highly-anticipated tram ride through the zoo for $.75/piece).

It was a nice night - not too hot. The crowds were non-existent which gave us plenty of wandering room to enjoy the animals & let the kids play on the various playgrounds interspersed throughout the zoo. All-in-all it was a great night & a good way to officially end the kids 'summer vacation' from school.

Tonight we are having our house church pastors, Ryan & Carmel Litz, over with their kids for dinner & to watch our TiVo-ed Olympics. Looking forward to hanging out with them.