at the beginning of march, mom & dad kauffman came out for a visit. saturday was forecasted to be sunny and spring-like (with a high in the mid 40's!), so we decided to take mattie for her first trip to the zoo. we had a great time watching mattie's reactions to the animals. she liked the elephants best!
eating funny cake for breakfast before we left - yummy!
monkeys!
we all enjoyed watching this chimpanzee eat his apples
watching the big gorilla
fun with gramma & grampa and the stoic gorilla. what is grampa doing?
are you finding any bugs?
i love this one of you two, mom & dad!
colorful fish!
octopus!
elephants!
we loved her reaction to the elephants. she was in awe, speechless. they're for real!
pretty lizards
family pic with the tortoises
lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
watching the birds
taking a stroll with grampa
laughing with mommy
look at daddy!
these eagles put on quite a show for us. in this picture, glenn caught one in mid-flight!
what a great time! we will definitely be back this summer!
eating funny cake for breakfast before we left - yummy!
monkeys! 
we all enjoyed watching this chimpanzee eat his apples
watching the big gorilla
fun with gramma & grampa and the stoic gorilla. what is grampa doing?
are you finding any bugs?
i love this one of you two, mom & dad!
colorful fish!
octopus!
elephants!
we loved her reaction to the elephants. she was in awe, speechless. they're for real!
pretty lizards
family pic with the tortoises
lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
watching the birds
taking a stroll with grampa
laughing with mommy
look at daddy!
these eagles put on quite a show for us. in this picture, glenn caught one in mid-flight!
what a great time! we will definitely be back this summer! 