Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My

Mardi Gras is s pretty big deal here. Like in that Jack had three days of school off and Dallin had the Tuesday off too. So we decided at the last minute to go to Houston and go to the zoo. 

The day started out very cold so as bundled up and checked out a lot of the indoor displays. 

Kate loves checking out the animals. 

Soon the sun came out and things started to warm up. It was a great day to be at the zoo. The weather was cool, but pleasant and hardly anyone was there because of it and because Texas doesn't let everyone out for Mardi Gras. 

Sadly the monkeys weren't out due to the chill, so these were the only monkeys we saw. 

The carousel was lots of fun. Kate was giggling throughout her whole ride 

If you look closely you can see three cute prairie dogs in the bubbles. 

By the end of the day, everyone was exhausted. 

But it was well worth it for the fun!