Matthew's Birthday Weekend Celebration

Well we spent Saturday at the Zoo for Matthews

Birthday. That was our gift to him and we all got

to enjoy that. We had perfect weather and all the

animals were out and about so we got to see all that

the Zoo had to offer. We also went to the Botanical

Gardens in Columbia since it connects to the Zoo.

The kids were getting tired by then and it was quite

a hike up to it, but it was beautiful with all the flowers

and things starting to bloom. Sunday Matthew got

family B-day gifts and from my parents he got a new

motorized scooter. Needless to say he loves it!

It started to rain right after he got the scooter so

it was almost night before he got to ride again.

This was funny since Matthew seems more like the size

of a dinosaur than this little statue did!

The flowers in the Zoo were beautiful all blooming

brilliant colors.

These are some huge smelly creatures!

This was also another amazing site once he got up and

moving he was pretty swift.

No Matthew is not in this picture. HA HA

Anybody know what this is? It is beautiful, but I

have no idea what type of plant it is.