Memorial Day Weekend

This is a view of the bay bridge, with San Francisco on the right, taken from Treasure Island. No, we were not planning on going to Treasure Island; we were headed to the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. Mapquest said we had 6 miles to our next freeway change when we really only had 2 miles. So we missed it. Luckily, the lady we got in the toll booth was kind enough to not make us pay and told us how to turn around (and NOT cross to San Francisco) and get back to where we needed to be. At least this time we went to a place we will return to intentionally another time. We've never been there before and it was really pretty! Of course when we do go to Treasure Island, we will go to San Francisco and cross the bay bridge to avoid the toll. :)

McKay was pretty excited to see a huge duck and was quack quack quacking happily!

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We went to the dolphin show again since it was our favorite last time and then saw some other shows and animals we didn't see the first time we were there. We learned a lot about Walrus' and really enjoyed the Birds in Flight show. Even McKay recognized it when one of the parrots (I am sure there is a more technical name for it) whistled the theme song for the Andy Griffith show. It was fun to show McKay real giraffes since we have been working on recognizing them by their long necks.

The butterfly habitat was another favorite. There were so many unique and beautiful butterflies. It was tricky getting a good picture because they wouldn't hold still.

In the butterfly habitat there were some Kio. They have huge mouths and are a type of sucking fish. It was funny to watch McKay imitate their mouths! He really liked the fish.

I have a feeling we will be returning to the frog ride! It was so fun to hear him do his frog sound as we 'hopped' around.

Last time we just rode Harold at Thomas Town so this time we actually waited in line to ride Thomas. We heard a lot of choo chooing. McKay enjoyed waving at the people we passed.

We also rode Bertie the Bus. I have about 5 pictures of McKay with the same expression as in the top left picture. He always wants to ride more more more when each ride ends. We actually got the front of the bus - woohoo!

Yes, this is the same ride we took McKay on last time for his first ride ever. He loves it!

I am not sure how to clip video when I take it on my regular camera. I was trying to get McKay to look at me. He was enjoying the ride so much! Watch it... it is only 30 seconds and the end is worth it! Notice he was not prompted at all. :)

On Monday we went to the scout fundraiser breakfast and did some shopping. While McKay was napping, Jordan and I finished planting our 'garden'. We thought we would be done with potted gardening when Jordan graduated from BYU and we moved. Oh well.

Jordan planted the two tomatoes, peppers ,and squash a month or so ago and there are blossoms all over them. We have about 6 inches of dirt between the concrete and the fence so we thought we'd try the squash there. So far it is thriving! In the afternoon (when we were working back there!) it gets really hot and the plants are loving it. We planted another tomato plant, 3 bush green bean plants and an Italian Roasted Pepper. We also planted two pots of flowers that are hanging in front of my kitchen window.

The rest of the day we took it easy and enjoyed being together. It was a great weekend!