Walk for Hope

This past Saturday, Mitch, the kids and I ventured out on my 3rd annual (minus the year abroad) participation in the City of Hope "Walk for Hope Breast Cancer Walk". We left the house at 5:30am in hopes of getting there in time to fill our bags with all the free goodies the vendors give away. We got some bread, candy, ice cream, apples, water and office supplies. It was great fun.

Then we get ready to start the walk. It was a 5K walk which took us through the Phoenix Zoo.

The finish line! We were rewarded with tags at the finish line.

After the walk we hung around the vendors a bit more and the kids got to meet the Coyote's mascot.

After the walk, we headed back to the zoo to enjoy the animals.

Sara wanted to sing a song to her new frog...

Down at the wallaby walk about - trying to get the kids use to the idea of seeing kangaroos and wallabies...

Taking a break from the animals and enjoying a playground.

Then we headed down to Harmony Farm to enjoy the petting farm.

Sara was in heaven...She loved petting and brushing all the goats.

This one was rather tall...Almost as tall as RJ

This was my favorite picture of the day...Sara sat there stroking this goats goatee for quite some time. She often does this when anyone has a goatee....

Then off to some other hands on exhibits...Mitch was a good turtle (or sport)

RJ and Sara are "all clammed up"

Daddy was wrangling this crocodile to save Sara from his jaws....

Our last stop was the Giraffes. The kids talked dad into walking up the look out tower to get a better look.

It was a great morning!! Mitch and I were down for a nap by 2:30pm...the kids lasted all day but were out by 7pm.