Toledo Zoo!

In July we met up with our friends the Riches for a visit to the Toledo Zoo.  We had a very fun day and it was good to see Carrie, Doug, and Bella.  (And Happy Birthday to Bella!  She just celebrated her birthday a couple of days ago!)

Dancing before we headed into the zoo.  There is
a little monkey statue next to me.

The Polar Bears are a favorite feature of any zoo.
Thanks Mrs. Rich for the great pictures!

Here I am getting my face painted!
It was a special treat!

Bella got her face painted like a penguin!
She was adorable!

Bella and I are checking out the penguins!

The Toledo Zoo even has a baby elephant!

Bella and I were enjoying a ride in the wagon!

Family picture after our fun day at the zoo!

Fair through the years!

Every year we go to the fair, we have our picture taken by the cardinal statue!  Here they are!

2012

2010

2009

Meet me at the Fair!

 Once again I went with Maria, Sarah, Aunt Debbie, & Uncle Bob to the Ohio State Fair!  We had a lot of fun and watched a band concert, saw horses, pigs, one cow.  

This is Smokey the Bear, he is awesome.
He knew my name was Natalie and talked to me.  

We watched a concert for a long while, I
enjoyed the music they played.  

Here is the (1) cow that we saw.  It was for
sale and I wanted to buy it.  He couldn't fit in
the Portman's van, so we left him at the fair.

The piglets were waking up their Mom for lunch.

Here is a picture I took of the sheep!

Lastly, no trip to the fair is complete without seeing the
annual butter sculpture (and having some ice cream.)  The
cows are celebrating Columbus' 200th birthday.

Thank you Portman's for the fun adventure.  I hope I can go back next year too!