Safari Fun

A Canadian Safari....

We went to visit Dave's sister, Andrea, and her family a couple of weeks ago. We had a blast hanging out with the nieces and are getting excited to the newest addition in December. How exciting that our little one will have a cousin about the same age! While we were there we visited the African Lion Safari. Such a cool place! Giraffes, rhinos, baboons, and of course--lions!, right outside of our car! A little bit of Africa... right there in Ontario.

Christel and Dave on the Safari train.

Several baboons hopped right on the van! I'm not sure who was the most excited. Geneva and Brooke or their parents and aunt and uncle. It was so cool! We checked the van for "monkey damage" after safari car trip. Thankfully the only evidence we found were little monkey footprints!


Geneva, left, feeds some deer while Brooke, in Uncle Dave's arms, can't decide if the baby camel is worth petting.

Back in Midland....
The Safari theme continued when we returned to Midland and put the crib together in our Africa-themed nursury with a little help (a lot?!) from Aunt Rebekah and Grandpa.

Adam, Erin, and soon-to-be-cousin Tristan joined us for some Michigan summer fun. Tristan splashing with his Daddy.

I'm not sure what they were pointing at here. Maybe Rob had just completed one of his famous back flips.

I'm thinking that this little kid's gonna have a cousin!

A Safari Shower....

Rebekah and Erin hosted an awesome safari-themed shower for Baby Mulder in Huntington. It was great to see family and friends from Indiana. Thanks, sisters, I had a blast!!

Friends from Bible Baptist Church

Great Aunt Judy sits between Great-Grandma Deal on the right and Great-Nana on the left. (Although, I personally think they've all been "great" people for quite some time!)