Zoo Fun

Good afternoon guys and gals! I hope you all had a splendid weekend. Mine was good and bad. Saturday, Ben, Emma, and I spent the day with Peter and the rest of the family. Peter came into town from "the Y" and it was very nice to see his happy face. We spent Saturday afternoon at a place called "Rawhide". It's a western town on the outskirts of Chandler. We had a good time... Ben rode the mechanical bull (and has some great bruises to show for it!), Adam rode the camel and Peter got arrested by the local sherrif. Even the Adam and Emma spent some time in the local jail. ;)

I mentioned earlier that this weekend was good and bad. Well, Sunday I came down with the stomach flu all of a sudden. I won't disgust you with the details, but I was quite miserable for the day. After a very long nap, however, I started to feel much better. This morning when I awoke I felt great... thank goodness! I was able to relish in my quick recovery and spend a little more time with Peter before he went back to Utah. Peter, Emily, Adam, Emma, and I spent our Monday morning at the zoo. I find my way there quite often, but this time I finally got some pictures taken of our excursion. A couple of these pictures have been uploaded as links to the side. Some quick notes to describe our outing: Adam ate a lot of fruit snacks, the train was very informative, Emma was a daredevil in the water, among many other things.

I've added a new link to the side, thanks to the direction of "the other Ben". Google is sponsoring a DaVinci Code Quest, in which they post a new puzzle everyday until the movie release. Most are simple, and some are more tricky. If you want to be a cheater you can find the answers straight out on several webpages (but how would I know that?). The puzzles are getting a little more puzzling each day. Anyway, look more into it, or play the puzzles yourself, by clicking on the link I've provided. Also, ABC is now offering their popular shows as streaming video on their website! I've added this link as well to the sidebar. So, you can now watch new episodes of Lost (apparently not past episodes, just the most recent one and upcoming ones will be posted as they air) and the entire 5th season (thus far) of Alias! It's just great. The best part is you can view it with "limited commercials", so less time wasted. So, if you end up missing any episodes, they are now there for the taking. How nice! I hope more channels will start offering the same service.