The Oregon Zoo

Most of my family got together in Oregon this week. My sister and one of my brothers and their families both live in Washington and another brother lives in California so it's a little easier for us to get together in the west. Another brother is about to head back to school in Idaho in January, so he and my parents came out from the east coast so we could all get together. Wednesday we all went to the zoo. My brother in law works there so he knows all the ins and outs of the zoo. I was pretty impressed with the zoo. It was very nice. Here's Scott welcoming us all to the the great northwest.

In the eagle's nest.
Matthew loves all these little displays at the zoo.

The cougar! That thing was BIG! We missed seeing the baby cougar, who is only out in the morning.

Barrel horses to sit on.

We rented a double stroller and it was so worth it! Everyone was so helpful pushing or watching the kids! Thanks guys!! Here's my mom with Anna.

Some of the Keeler's checking out the animals.
My brother Dave, sister Ruth, my Dad (hiding), Anna and my Mom.

We also got to see the zoo lights since we were there in the late afternoon and early evening. We rode the zoo lights train too which was fun. Matthew thought the train was too loud, but I think he liked it other than that. Here are my mom and Anna on the train.

This picture is blurry, but I kind of liked it anyway. Matthew fell asleep on Anna and she wasn't that happy about it, although Matthew looks nice and comfortable.

The lights at the zoo were really cool, we even found all five Alice in Wonderland lights, part of the light scavenger hunt for that night. It also started snowing pretty good as we were leaving which added to our wintry experience, although some people thought it was a bit on the cold side. :)