Boise Zoo

Spent the day out at the Boise Zoo. We love our little zoo and it is a pretty good one too! It was kind of a flashback for Tommy and I. We hadn't been to the zoo since Howie was eight months old. There was some new additions which we liked too! Great improvements over the last few years. Great way to spend the day.

Stopped and smelled the roses in the rose garden beforehand.

Look at these gems! Howie was only 8 months old last time we were here. We tried to take as many of the same poses as possible. Kind of fun! This time around, we have a cute female version to add to the photos!

It was a toss up between my two favorites, the temp Butterfly exhibit and the Giraffes. I loved them both. The kids really enjoyed the butterfly exhibit. There were so many and so many variations. It was fascination. They told us when they land on you, not to move, the zoo staff will get them off. They must have been sweet on Howie, they landed on him 3 times and no one else.

The favorite for all of us were the most beautiful shade of blue butterfly. Intoxicating in person, these photos just don't do them justice.

Okay, no really, the penguins were my favorite. They put on quite the show for us too. It was so great. LOVED them.

Such a beautiful creature!

The male Lion came out of its house and gave us a good show. It would walk in an L-shaped path from its house then right along in front of the building with windows along it. It was beautiful, strutting back and forth. Man, some of the photos we got were amazing. If you didn't know better, you couldn't tell there was glass between us.

Needless to say, we had a blast at the Zoo.