Monkeys, Giraffes, Kids and Cars!

We are so fortunate to be a part of a wonderful company that David works for. XTO is all about the people that work for them. They put family first, they even have a grant for adopting families that work for them. We are truly blessed to a part of XTO. This past Saturday we had the company picnic at the zoo in OKC. We have a beautiful zoo that is spread over a very large area of land. They are always improving our zoo, we even noticed that in the upcoming future they are adding an Asian exhibit to the zoo, filled with the animals and culture of Asia. Very excited about that. We enjoyed the weather on Saturday, it was very beautiful day and a lot of fun with my girls, Erica and Kuyler as we hung out and laughed all day long. I hope you enjoy the pictures.

The Gorillas really put on a show for us!

The Giraffes are our favorite of them all!

Oh my RUN, they have spotted a Dinosaur!

Kuyler, Ashley, Erica and Kaylee in the Oklahoma Exhibit!

Kaylee and Erica, apparently Kaylee was tired of walking!



Erica and I just having fun!

On the Carousel, notice the Panda Bears, this was as close as we could get to seeing Panda Bears at our Zoo, all three of them hope to be able to go to China and see for themselves.

Kaylee and Erica, again just having fun!

Kuyler and Ashley on the Carousel

Also on Saturday my sweet, getting older daughter bought her first car. We went down early on Saturday morning so that she could car shop. Our first car on the agenda was a 2002 Ford Focus, unfortunately the pictures of this car were taken strategically, not showing the flaws that were really hard to get by. So after looking at the car Ashley decided to keep looking for other cars, keeping the Focus on the list. We then went to a few dealerships, and ended up at a Mazda dealership. They had a Lincoln LS, that at first sight looked like a "Grandma Car", but after a test drive Ashley was convinced that it was not. She loved it! It is a Maroon 2000 Lincoln LS with some real nice features, that she bought and paid for herself. After much back and forth she even got it for $300 dollars less than the top of her budget. We are so proud of her and her determination and willingness to work hard and save her money to purchase her ultimate dream car. Way To Go Ashley!!!!!!!

Oh my she did, she just bought a car!

Signing the paper saying "yes I accept this price"

Ok whats wrong with this picture, we have a paper tag but no car. Car needed to be cleaned and detailed so we left it to come back later.

Here it is "2000 Lincoln LS"

The proud moment, after handed the keys, ready to drive.

We are done and headed home! What a DAY!