We had a much needed weekend filled with just our little family of 4. Ryan had worked a 16 hour overnight call shift Thursday night, so we had most of Friday, and all of Saturday and Sunday to spend together. We were blessed with some beautiful weather and some fun things to do. We headed to the Zoo on Friday to see the week old baby giraffe that had been born. The kids were excited to see the black bear in the tree as we had never seen that before.
After we had fed the ducks and koi fish, this peacock thought it deserved a snack as well. The kids were not afraid to get close to him and feed him.
Here was the cute baby giraffe. I was a little disappointed that we weren't able to get any closer, but it was neat to see anyhow. It is funny to think of a baby weighing 155 lbs and standing 5'7''! We love our little zoo here in Sioux Falls. It will definitely be missed if we move when Ryan is done with school!
Saturday morning we hit up the farmer's market and Falls Park, then headed back home for lunch and naps. When the kids woke up, we decided to take them to the Sioux Empire fair. The weather was perfect as it was not too hot, but warm. The kids both wanted to go on some rides (or so they thought) so we bought them some tickets and let them ride. This was the first ride they chose and were both very excited about it...until it started. Landon loved it, Kadence did not.
As you can see, once it started moving, Kadence was not happy. She cried the entire time yelling for me. It was heartbreaking. Landon was such a good brother talking to her and giving her hugs trying to make her feel better. I think they stopped the ride a little early in light of her screaming. I don't think she will be going on another ride anytime soon.
Landon loves rides. He would have rode them all day if we let him. So me and Kadence hung out and watched while he enjoyed the rest of their tickets.
He finally got to go on a carousel! The one he usually rides at the zoo has been down for a few weeks, so he has been quite disappointed. This one was bigger and went faster though, so he was happy!
Kadence just hanging out, holding her tickets that she wasn't going to use!
Landon on his motorcycle. He thought he was pretty cool and even cooler when the cute blonde girl jumped on the back with him!
Kadence did venture into the funhouse-holding daddy's hand.
After the rides, we saw all the animals and the kids both had an absolute riot doing that. Then we enjoyed some healthy (yeah right) fair food. What a great way to spend the afternoon as a family.
Sunday we just relaxed and ran some errands in the morning and headed downtown for a long walk after lunch. The weather and weekend could not have been better. Our summer has been so jam packed with traveling long distances that it was so enjoyable to just spend some time here together.
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