This past Wednesday we went on an adventure to the Wild Animal Park in Escondido with Mama & Papa Hayden, Auntie Ashley & Jack-a-baby!



Just inside, there is a beautiful bronze statue of a Rhino ... on the way down to the park, Evan kept saying he was going to 'ride on a rhino' ... this was it! :)




Josh spent the ENTIRE time in the stroller - poor kid! But Evan was in & out!



Me & My little sis, Ash!




The gorillas were so interesting and 100% CREEPY!!! The one closest to the camera kept watching us! I wonder if he thought we were creepy, too!





All of the boys! They didn't last sitting here so nicely very long.





In the middle of the park, there was a nice grassy viewpoint where you could catch a glimpse of the bigger animals in the remote parts of the park. We came here to "rest", but the boys ended up wrestling! Thankfully, only 1 minor catastrophe ... a small bloody nose ... but didn't bleed too much and he was back up and running within 1 minute!





Lucky boys, Mama & Papa Hayden treated the boys to a ride on the carousel! Evan wanted to see the elephants (and kept reminding us for most of the day) so it was fitting that he chose an elephant to ride!







Poor Josh was beat by the end of the day! What a total cutie!