Columbus Family Trip 2016

We took the kids over to Columbus last weekend to see their friends.  It was the first time they had been there since Christmas and Elli has asked weekly when she would be able to go visit her best friend.

We went to the zoo on Sunday, as our membership expires at the end of this month.  This will probably be our last trip to that zoo (maybe ever) since it is pretty pricey for us all to go without a membership.  We rode the train, saw the polar bear, black bear, bats, flamingo, snakes, lizards, monkeys, fish, manatees, rode the pirate ride and saw a few other animals.  It was extremely hot and we didn't last more than a few hours.

 Emery absolutely loved the zoo.  The last time she was there was almost a year ago.  She squealed and laughed at just about every animal that she saw.

 Elli doesn't love the pirate ride, so we stood up top and took pictures of Scott, Emery and Connor.

 We tried to get a good picture of all three….

 Next, we picked up Kendyl, Elli's best friend, and met up with some other friends at Max and Erma's for dinner (Elli has also been asking to eat there since we left Columbus).

 Emery and her buddy Lexi...

 We spent Monday swimming with Kendyl, Lindsey, Javen, Jess, and Noah.  The kids held up pretty good considering Elli and Connor were up multiple times talking during the night.

While leaving to go pick Scott up at work, we stopped by to see the Swartz girls.  The kids got to play quickly before heading back to Indiana.

It was a good, short trip!