The Wolfley's: The Zoo & "Daddy's Work"!

We recently made a trip up to Portland as a family to go to the zoo and meet Judge Svetkey (who Nate worked with through the summer)! It would be an understatement to say that it was just fun because Makenna talked about it non-stop for days before and after the trip! We had a blast! We started out going to the “Quarter” as Kenna calls it (really the county court house). The girls and I hadn’t met the judge that Nate has been working with, so we were excited to finally put a face to all the stories we’d heard. Nate had a wonderful experience working with her. She was very accommodating and really let Nate take part in every step of the litigation process. I’m not sure why, but Makenna felt instantly at home in the courtroom! She ran up and down the steps and kept climbing in the judge’s chair. Not to mention, Judge Svetkey gave her 3 cookies…an instant best friend! We went there first and when it was time to leave, we kept saying, “Don’t you want to go to the zoo?!” She just answered, “No I want to stay at the quarter.” Like father like daughter! :) Well when we finally peeled her away from the court house, we headed off to the zoo. Oh man did we have a fun time! We ran from one animal to the next and both girls got more excited with each one. Kenna completely skipped her nap but you’d never guess it…she had about as much energy as a two year-old can have! The Oregon zoo is neat because it has a couple petting zoos within the zoo. Both Kenna and Sage got to touch a bunny, a chicken and goats. Makenna even got to brush one of the goats all by herself! I was amazed at how comfortable she was - she was in heaven! When we went in the building with the alligators, she started yelling “OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH!” (What a girl!) :) I think every person in that building turned and laughed at our very enthusiastic little lady! In fact I don’t think our girls were very quiet at any of the exhibits. When Sage saw the monkeys she started squealing so much I thought she might pass out! One funny little tidbit…Kenna has been quite obsessed with dinosaurs lately. Before we actually went, if you asked her what was at the zoo, she would usually say dinosaurs or elephant bones (?). Well we went at the right time because there was a dinosaur exhibit at the zoo! Only Kenna was terrified of it! She saw an animated dinosaur (that might have been the problem) and wouldn’t get within 10 feet of it. It was “too scary”! Guess they’re more fun in books! Oh I could go on and on about what a good time we had. Who knew the zoo could be such fun? It was so awesome to spend time all together doing something so fun. A perfect family day! Can’t wait to do it again!

Some of my favorite random Kenna quotes from the zoo:
That giraffe is strong and big
(very enthusiastically) There’s the daddy elephant’s butt! (where the heck did that come from?)
(repeated over and over…and over) The dinosaur isn’t real, Daddy touched him so he isn’t real.
The monkey has a mustache on his back

Nate & Kenna in the eagle's nest

Couldn't she pass for a baby bird? :)

Natural cowgirls!

Sage petting the Polar Bear...

(Okay so really it's a goat. :) But seriously, who else gets this excited about a goat?!)

Taking a nap...what a trooper!

This pictures makes me laugh because Kenna is looking at one of the dinosaurs. We're saying "check out the elephant!" and she's thinking "that one's not real either, right?!" :)