Other random September happenings...Zoobilee,a Court of Honor, Derek jet skiing in the rain, hurricane clean up in LA

Zoobilee - $1 admission, sure!  The big cats and wolves are favorites.

 Goofing off in the gift shop

 Derek and Dustin receiving scout awards while Roger was Scoutmaster

 Rain?  What rain?

Roger, Derek, and Dustin volunteered during hurricane clean up in Louisiana.

 

 

Demitri's funeral - Kaylee's favorite hamster

Brandon's 4th grade Biophilia Center Fieldtrip

Brandon loved the trip out to the Biophilia Center.  Lots of hands on fun!

 Brandon's teacher, Mrs. Brannon

Random Animals - again

Brandon riding horses before the missionary activity at the Cornelius' house.

Our resident animal lover, Kaylee. She took the following pictures to make an animal calendar for Dad's birthday. 

 Romeo crashed out

 The tetras in Kaylee's room

 Kaylee's latest hamster

 Goldfish in the boys' room

 Fiona tolerating another photo

 Jo Jo - Kaylee's rooster from the classroom hatching project

 Ripley the turtle hiding under the upside-down pool

 Kaylee visiting Jo Jo before he got too aggressive and became dinner!

Blue-tailed Skinks

We found some eggs near the wood pile. They finally hatched, and Roger says they're blue-tailed skinks.  

Dustin says Goodbye to Rio

We don't have any idea why Rio died, but apparently his time had come.  Dustin had just been playing with him earlier and he seemed fine.  We are pretty accustomed to losing pets around here, though.  

No, the kids didn't dress up for the funeral.  They buried him on a Sunday.

Dustin carved a rather fancy headstone from an edge of our old coffee table.

Nap time with the animals

Dustin was very tired when he got back from Youth Conference.  Apparently the animals were tired, too.  They crashed out with him!

Dustin, Kaylee, and Romeo

Vultures on the roof

So, this freaked me out just a little.  I was working inside one day and kept hearing these big flapping sounds and thumps on the roof.  I looked outside and saw 4 vultures on the carport in the back and then went looked out the front window and saw 5 or 6 more vultures sitting on the fenceposts.  I can only imagine that there were several on the roof of the house, too, given the noise level.  I didn't particularly like being surrounded by scavenging birds!