I wanted to get the traditional (atleast to me) Christmas picture with Santa, but everywhere I went you were not allowed to use your own camera or if you did you had to buy a picture then you could use yours. Well that was not for me, so today I remembered that Irvine Regional Park had an awesome pumpkin patch (remember this post?)that we went to, so they must have an awesome Santa, right?? I get online and they say that Santa is there from noon until 8pm and that can you take your own pictures for FREE!! YAY!! Brett's parents came along with us and we got there and they said it was not the park that had Santa (they had him at night and you had to ride the train to get to meet him for $8 a person! Sheesh!) it was the zoo that had Santa! Did they just say the zoo?!?! I had NO idea that they had a zoo at that park. We were so surprised and very impressed with the small zoo that they had. It was only $2.00 a person and Gwenie was free. They had so many animals and we were amazed at how awesome their selection was:
Lions,bears,bobcats,beavers,goats,sheep,eagles,peacocks,leopards,turtle doves, raccoons,and so much more. Here are some of them. I got some great pictures.
Doesn't everyone look so amazed? lol.
I love this family photo. If only we had this in time for the Christmas card, oh well.
We had so much fun, it was such a surprise to be at a zoo and to see all the cool stuff that they had. (NOTE: Girls we so have to go as a group one day soon.) Santa was in the middle and he was great with Gwenie trying to get her to be his friend.
But I had to get into the picture with her this year. She wasn't afraid she was just shy.
We left the zoo and went back to the park and went on the train. On the ride we even got to see some wild peacocks. Gwenie kept saying "whee" the whole time, she loved the train ride. Thanks Mom & Dad.
Doesn't this pictures crack you up? Grandma & Grandpa posing with Gwenie when all she wanted was a drink of her water.
My little elf. She is such a great helper.
We had such a great time. I will have to remember to go to this again next year.
8 comments:
Darci you are so photogenic! I love all the pics of the anamals, way cool. Great shots. I think it is a great idea to go soon, before I have this baby! I think it would be a blast.
That zoo is great - so cool that it is hidden and it's never busy because people don't know about it. So cool that they had a Santa there though!
That looks like so much fun! Clearly I should have stayed and gone with you!
Fun! We definitly have to do this next year as a group. That is weird about the Santa thing everywhere I went they let you take just one and then they take one. Great pics! I am glad you had fun!!
How fun! I wouldn't expect to see Santa at the zoo. Very cool! FYI: I'm not sure if you have a Bass Pro Shop up where you live but there is one down here in Rancho Cucamonga. They have a really great Santa and I'm pretty sure you can take a picture with your own camera but even if you don't have a camera they give you one 4x6 picture free. If you want more you can of course pay for them...or you can keep going back and get your free 4x6's...ok, we haven't done that but you could if you really wanted to.
Yeah, the zoo there is great. It is small making it easy to see everything without getting exhusted, and it has cool animals. We've been there with my family a bunch of times. You all look so cute!
All of those pictures are incredible! The colors are so vibrant!! I love how you and Gweni are both dressed in red and white...so cute!
We should have gone this year, but we did not. Booo to me and derek, but oh well. I love that zoo:)
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