Fat Ninja

We had a great afternoon yesterday. Yahoo! held its annual summer event at the Oregon Zoo. So, after putting a few hours in at the office, Laura, the kids and I hopped on the Max bound for a fun-filled afternoon of barbeque, exotic animals, train rides, and entirely too much cotton candy.

Trust me: There is such a thing as too much cotton candy.

Lunch was pretty good, consisting of potato and/or green salad, baked beans, chips, burgers, hot dogs, barbecue chicken breast, and all the Blue Bunny ice cream and popsicles you could possibly want. It was a lot of fun and there was a great atmosphere of community. In fact, this is the first company I’ve worked for where I actually kind of feel like a family.

Byron before a bag of cotton candy

We met up with the Nelsons and the Burches right away, and after some serious grubbing, we rounded up the kids and made our way through a fairly large part of the zoo. The kids had tons of fun hanging out together, chasing each other through the meandering paths and mist sprinklers throughout the zoo. It was great to get all of the kids in one place to run around like a bunch of monkeys so that the adults could all catch up with one another.

Byron after a bag of cotton candy

After a lengthy trek through many of the exhibits, we recuperated back at the Yahoo! pavillion before parting ways to do our own things before leaving. We closed out our afternoon by taking Byron and Brynn on the zoo train; something Byron has incessantly asked to do on every previous zoo visit.

Brynn and mommy are tired

By the time we got done with that, the kids (to say nothing of Laura and I) were just wiped out, so we hopped on the Max and headed home to unwind. All in all, it was a great way to spend our Sunday afternoon. Thanks Yahoo!!

Byron and me clownin’ at the Max station

“Why, you little…!!!”

^Brynn was feeling left out^

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