Ben's Birthday Party

 We had Ben's birthday party a little early so we could celebrate with our family in Michigan.

His party was on July 30, 2012.

 We had a great day and got to celebrate with lots of family!

 Great Grandma Marie

 I still can't believe Ben is going to be one next week!  Where did this last year go?

 We sang to Ben in English & Mandarin!

 Mmmm...this is pretty good!

Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate and also for all the great gifts!!

Splash Pad

 On July 28, 2012 we went to the Splash Pad at the Bay City State Park so the kids could run around in the water.

 Having some snacks

 Water fight!

 Best buds!

 Little Miss Attitude!

 Sun bathing!

 Cheese!

 Swinging!

We had a great time splashing and playing on the playground!  It was great day!

Mid-Michigan Children's Museum

 We went to the Mid-Michigan Children's Museum on July 27, 2012.

 Tanner

 Kenzie

 Open Wide!

 Oh no!

 Little nerd!

 Littler nerd!

 Water table

 In the boat!

 Splashing around

 Construction Worker

 Aunt Beth & Kenzie

 Me & Benny

 Rockets

 Play-dough

We had a lot of fun at the museum, there was so much to do and explore!

Saginaw Zoo

 We went up to Bay City to spend some time with Aunt Beth, Uncle Todd and Tanner.  We went to the Saginaw Children's Zoo on July 26, 2012.  

 Bald Eagle

 Blue Macaws

 Otter

 This peacock seemed to follow us through the entire zoo

 Riding the rails

 Prairie Dogs.  They even had a few baby ones.

 Aligator

 Ben relaxing!

 On the playground at the zoo

 As you can tell Tanner didn't want to sit still for the picture, unlike Kenzie she wanted her picture by everything.

 Ugly!!

 Milking the cow (good thing it was a fake cow, not sure a real one would like 3 kids milking it at the same time!)

 Petting the goat

 Turtle

 Kangaroo

 Feeding the birds

 Aunt Beth is afraid of birds so I took the kids inside so they could feed the birds.

 Taking a ride

We had a great time!  It really tired the kids out!

This was on the ride home!