A birthday party and a trip to the zoo in early July

The weekend after Olivia's birthday we had our 3rd birthday party in a row as Olivia's good friend Addie had her 5th birthday party.  Addie had her birthday party at her Grandma's pool in West Linn.  Olivia and Brandon had a blast in the pool and I blew up this giant Frog float we had.  It was amazing to see how good both kids were in the pool after their swim lessons and I didn't have to go in much at all.  The kids swam for a while and then went inside and had snacks and then got to do a piñata.  Both my kids love pinatas so they were excited for that.  After that, they got to have cupcakes and then Addie opened up her presents.  It was a fun day celebrating Addie.

The frog gloat was a hit!

Olivia enjoyed it

Brandon, Logan and Luke enjoyed some boy time on the frog too

Olivia swimming around

Walking the piñata 

Candy time!

Singing to Addie

The next day, I took the kids to the zoo.  It was a warmer day so it was not quite as crowded as I thought it would be.  The kids had a blast at the zoo and we went on the zoo train.  We saw the elephants quite a bit and the giraffes.  I had fun bringing my new camera with me and trying out the two lenses I had.

Zoo train fun 

The kids enjoyed the zoo train 

Olivia 5 years old on the zoo train

Group selfie on the zoo train

Olivia's hair has suddenly gotten so long 

Giraffe on my new camera

Love the vividness of my new camera

Tortuga

Brandon loved the leopard 

Brandon and the elephants

WE really got to see the elephants 

Best I could get of the two of them looking at the camera 

Eating our picnic lunch