The Safari

So we went to the Dentist in Siloam Springs which is about an hour and 15 minutes away from our home.  It was the first day of fall break and so we decided to make a day of it.  The kids all had their parent teacher confrences and we were so pleased with all of them.  They ALL had straight A's... We pay our kids for their A's and so this was going to be a BIG payment out of dad's pocket book.  You could tell by his face that he couldn't have been happier about giving his kids their well deserved earnings.  I also felt they needed to be rewarded and so I took them to this Safari in Gentry.  What a BLAST!  You start out by driving on this long journey in the car searching for the animals.  Your asked not to feed them but I just had to get them close for pictures so I started feeding them bread.

This is so amazing how close they would come up to the car.

Yes these monkeys were so funny. They were all over our car and the kids were screaming and freaking out.  I was laughing so hard and we stayed in this area for quite awhile because I loved teasing the kids as well as the monkeys with the bread...

Do those faces just crack you up?  They truly were so SCARED!

Then we got out and found the baby monkeys at the petting zoo.  They were just about to take them in because it was starting to get pretty cold.  We got there just in time.  The lady suggested that Preston stay out but after many tears she said "He is ok let him come in" and look at how much this monkey loved him:)

and also Morgan.  She was loving this almost as much as her new little friend was...

The monkeys are used to grooming one another and so he loved digging through Prestons hair and trying to pick his moles.  Preston was all giggles...  He even picked in his ear.

The monkeys were pretty excited about this cute little girl. It made me a little bit nervous...

The monkeys were so cute with Morgan. They loved her hair and the strings on her sweat shirt.

Sofie loved the petting zoo

Preston got a kick out of the pigs.

so did our Sofie girl...

Brynlee was trying to say she wasn't nervous but she was not sure about petting these animals.  She was a good sport and still had a smile for her momma...

Such a fun day.  I sure do love these kids and am so proud of them.  They truly are as wild and crazy as most of the animals we saw.  But boy do we love them!