The HEN House...The house of Hallie, Emily and Nathan

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Sunday, February 23, 2014

Off to the Zoo!!!

Portland is about 2 hours away from where we live BUT Portland is where all the fun stuff is!  We decided to get a membership to the Oregon Zoo.  If we only go 3 times, we've gotten our money worth...but it's nice to have something free to take off and do for a day when we want.  This was our first trip to the zoo since moving to Oregon. 

One thing you must know...is that Hallie is SCARED to death of flying things.  Birds, butterflies, bugs...you name it, if it flies Hallie doesn't like it.  Normally, she won't even go into an exhibit that has birds.  For some reason, today she decided she could handle it.  It was really a neat experience for her and I am SO proud of her.

Emily LOVED the otters!

I thought this was a neat picture of Nathan and a big fish

Penguin watching





Hallie was SO nervous and scared, but decided to feed the birds.


Then they got a little closer.....

And then more came....

You can see the look of terror on her face..but she wanted to keep going....

At this point, bird on head and arm, she is in TEARS...but still going...

FINALLY...a smile!

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