Place's You'll Go:: The National Zoo

Our family loves animals.

My one year old knows a lot of animal sounds with her favorite being the elephant (trunk and everything). The cow comes in a close second.

A group of our friends decided to go to the National Zoo in Washington DC in mid-July (yes, I'm a little behind!). I jumped on the chance to take Baby to see her beloved animals.

SHE LOVED IT.

They had wonderful exhibits. Fun animals.

And lots of cooling stations. I don't recommend going in mid-July when it's 100+ degrees. Go in the spring or fall. The animals will be more willing to be seen in their natural habitats rather than through glass in a cool building. Plus you won't almost die of heat exhaustion.

Best of all:

IT'S FREE!

All you have to pay for is parking and it's about $22 a car. We had ever seat filled in a van so $22 for 7 of us. Not too bad!

Of course a trip to DC wouldn't be complete without checking to see if the President was home!

Places You'll Go:: WOLFCG

My first addition of Places You'll Go!

Yes, yes, you can go anywhere you want with a book. But sometimes you just need to visit a real place. That's what I want to share with you. This type of blog post will be about the places we visit.

This first place is where we spent the last few weeks. Hubby was out of the country for work so Baby and I spent some time hanging out here. And we're going back this summer for our week vacation.

It's the Word of Life Family Campground.

We love it here. We've spent many years growing up on this campground. I've very excited about taking my family there for the first time (as well as some awesome friends!).

It's a place to sit back, relax, and getting immersed in the Word. A place to recharge. A place to grow as a family. A place to let your kids run wild (yes, you can!) with other kids, get connected with other christian kids, and form friendships that will last a life time.

During the summer weeks of camp there are usually 2 speakers that come each week. There are at least 2 meetings every day where you can sit under the leadership and teaching of men like Erwin Lutzer, Ray Pritchard, Stanley Toussaint, and many others. Performances happen once a week also. This year you get the privilege of seeing Bebo Norman in concert!

But for the past few weeks we've been helping the staff get ready for a busy, blessed summer.

Making sure the playground is ready for the kids!

Train's ready

So is the beach!

Working on the bookstore now.

Testing out the pool. We wouldn't want anything to go wrong with that now would we!?