simple pleasures

today we got to go to the louisville zoo.

the ER nurse that took care of alaythia, invited us to go. crazy how you end up making connections with people when you know no one. she has been great though... the day after when alaythia pulled a stitch out, i called her, because she had given me her cell number the night it happened. she said that she would be over in our neck of the woods later in the afternoon and would be willing to stop by to take a look... i was so thankful and shocked that she'd be so willing. so she came over, along with her 2 boys later that day. her oldest and isaiah got a long fantastic while they were here, she mentioned that they had zoo passes and that they would love to take us since they get guests in free.

so yesterday, when i saw her while she was taking alaythia's stitches out (everything looks great) she asked if we wanted to go today. we met them at the zoo this morning. it was a fantastic trip. there was NO ONE there. the kids could get right up to everything. we happened on to the tiger being fed. i was totally taken with how beautiful this cat is. when we went to see the gorillas they were freaking out. chasing each other, wrestling each other, banging on the walls. after i got isaiah out of his state of shock and a little fear, he really liked it. it really was quite fun.

this zoo has a play structure and we even nabbed the table in the shade... we had lunch and the kids played. it was just what we needed. a break from the routine and a day to be out and about. i was thankful today for new friends and their generosity in asking us to go.