Luke's 8th birthday party and Zoo trip

                                                                   party time

                                                                                  8

 Presents

                                         I couldn't resist...

                                         Fun toy...

                          He likes clay gift

                                      has joey votto signature

                                                              wooden louisville slugger

from Micah

From dad:)

 Luke really wanted to visit the Zoo again since we didn't see much earlier in the summer. This is his actual birthday saturday July 26th, Emily and Madeline and Max joined in on the fun!

praire dogs

moose

polar bear

bears

                                                                 better view I suppose

entering Africa

trainer feeding the lions

enjoying the view

then got a visitor

nice kitty

                                                                 Giraffes

bobcat

eagle

beaver these were Luke's favorite

bison, well my son but a Bison is in the background..:)

enjoyed the elephants

                                                       Luke  is quite the poser

anaconda

Bats and the batboy

cute he has elephant ears

bengals in the back...clay getting out of the way lol...

scary gator or croc ;)

stingray

manatee

                                                          This carousel went really fast!

                                                                 no hands!

A mob

Joey

Loved the Mist fan

Dino boat ride

            Met Tom, Punky and Parker at the Texas roadhouse for dinner, they had went to the fair

                       Luke getting a birthday Yee-haw

Oh Luke has so many crazy faces..great birthday and He's finally out of a car seat!

Happy Birthday Luke we love you dearly!!!!!!