Petting Zoo

This post is a little out of order, oh well. The weekend before school started I wanted to do something fun with the kids. We didn't have time to go somewhere far so we headed to Moab to spend the night with Javan. On Friday night we went to the movie "Despicable Me". It was hilarious. Ryan did great as long as we kept him supplied with popcorn, soda, and candy. Then we went to dinner, and back to Javan's house, where Javan and I slept cozily in his twin bed. Then next morning Javan made us a yummy breakfast and we headed for home.

On the way home we stopped at the Hole n''the Rock store. They have a little petting zoo, that was actually really fun for the kids.


We bought a bucket of food to feed the animals. First we fed the deer.


Then the goat.


There were two huge bull-things (they had some crazy name) that were fighting over the food.


We were hoping the camel would spit or something.


The birds were hilarious. They would walk around normally and then I guess when they felt threatened or wanted to show off they would puff their chest up and walk around like the owned the place. Look how far back their heads are. Crazy birds.



The horses were fun because if you walked by without feeding them they started kicking the fence until you came back. So we thought it was pretty funny to tease them by walking away until they started kicking and then go back and feed them.


Ryan tried to feed the ostrich a carrot and it about ate his whole had. It scared him to death, and me too a little. Once the scariness wore off he was fine, no lasting damage.


The turkey was the last animal and Ally was feeding it the last of our food when it nipped her. She screamed bloody murder and I thought for sure one of my children had lost a finger this time. But, after she calmed down, and saw there was no blood, she was fine too.


We decided not to take a tour of the house but walked around the grounds a little. The kids liked the "dead guy" up in the mine car.


But were pretty disappointed that this old ride didn't work.


We had a pretty good time on our little "staycation". Next time you're near Moab check out the petting zoo.