Memorial Day at Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch Part II

After driving through the park, we headed to the petting zoo, which was just a whole bunch of goats. We tried to feed them, but they weren't very interested. A few were extremely interested in eating our clothes though. The girls loved this part, too; it was really hard to get them to leave, but the need for a potty break and the promise of getting a souvenir helped.

Off we headed to the bathroom in the souvenir shop; I took all 3 of the girls with me (Tom won't be solo for long though), and today was an especially exciting day. Everything was fine with Shelby (as usual), but Taylor was having some sort of stomach pains and was screaming and yelling and throwing fits. Payden was here there and everywhere and screaming and yelling because she likes to hear her echo (a trick she learned from . . . Taylor), so I took care of Payden while Shelby stood in the stall with Taylor. At this point a huge line had formed. I handed Payden off to Tom, so I could finish dealing with Taylor. Tom was a bit worried that we were the reason for the huge backup, and with all the commotion from Taylor and Payden it certainly looked like it, but fortunately we weren't the cause. Needless to say, many of our trips to public bathrooms end up being a bit crazy like this.

Anyways we finally finished up, headed to the shop and got souvenirs (Tom can't resist buying the girls something . . . the power daughters have over their dads). It really was a great day, and I'm glad for these family outings and the memories we make together as a family.



There was pee and poo everywhere (we caught this goat adding to it all). It was really gross. The workers would clean it up, but it would get dirty all over again.



Payden just wanted to hug the goats, which of course they didn't accomodate very well. At this point I caught her kissing one too. Uck!!!



This was pretty cute. Payden was petting one goat when another walked by. She wanted to pet the other goat, but she didn't want to stop petting the first one, so here she is trying to straddle between the two.