Casey, Rachel, Isaiah, and Brooklyn Davis: Summer Fun

WARNING: Because I haven't posted for so long this post and the following post are very long and sum up our entire summer. There are LOTS of pictures. Hope you like long posts. :)

Zoo

We have done lots of fun things this summer. After graduation we had some time before we had to move, so we spent lots of time with Isaiah doing fun things that we probably should have been doing, but were too busy to do. He finally got to spend more time outside with mom and dad! First we decided to go to the Zoo in Idaho Falls. We drove all the way down there to find out it was closed already! So we went and rode the carousel at the Fun Park right next door. We decided to make another trip back to the zoo when we knew it would be open. Isaiah loved it! His favorite was the monkey that came right down to the glass and was playing with Isaiah. He also really liked the petting zoo for the children. He got to go in a pet the goats and sheep. I think more than the animals though, he just loved being able to run around outside and have fun. I was really surprised how big the zoo was and the variety of animals they had. Here are some pictures.

Riding Carousel because the zoo was closed.

Mommy and Zaya

I think he liked it!

Zaya's Favorite Part of the Zoo

Petting the Goats with Daddy

The Cutest Animal at the Zoo :)

I really liked this one.

He thought the spots on the chicken were buttons or as Zaya calls them "Butty!"

Penguins

Huge Tortoises

Tiger

Family Reunion

Also this summer we were able to have the Richard Pieper family reunion. We started off by celebrating Jamie's birthday Chinese style, which was lots of fun. Then we were able to welcome Elder (Paul) Pieper home from his mission to Uruguay on Friday. Zaya liked his Uncle Pauly right away. It is so good to have him back! Then on Saturday we were all able to go to the IF temple and Pete was able to receive his endowments. On Sunday Paul gave his homecoming speech which was great! Afterwards we had lots of family and friends over for a luncheon. On Monday all the guys left for a "boys get away". They went on a big hike somewhere. Casey was sad he wasn't able to go because he had to leave for CA for training for his work. So while all the guys were gone we had fun having girl time. We went to the splash park all of the kids seemed to like it accept for Isaiah. So Jessie, Mary, and I took Zaya over to ride the carousel since he likes those a lot more. Then we all went over to play at the park. It was so much fun to be able to spend so much time with my family before we moved to Vegas. They were all tons of help in getting us packed and moved as well. Thanks again guys. We sure miss you and love you. Here are some of the pics from the reunion. Wish I could have gotten more.