Lazy 5 Ranch

Having our Picnic

Feeding the animals

We visited the Lazy 5 Ranch today and the kids had a blast. The Lazy 5 Ranch is a drive through safari that is 31/2 miles long and features over 700 animals from 6 continents. Animals featured include giraffe, buffalo, zebras, cattle, sheep, goats, water buffalo, rams, pigs, lemurs, tropical birds, domestic fowl......and that's just to name a few! We bought buckets full of animal feed and we rolled the windows down and the animals came right up to our car and ate out of the buckets. On our second trip through, the kids let up the back door window and fed the animals out of the back. There is also a huge playground and picnic tables. We took our lunch and had a picnic after we drove through the safari.

Hotel in Warsaw

Intercontinental Hotel

Warsaw, Poland

Here is the hotel that we will be staying in when we get to Poland. It looks nice!

http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ic/1/en/hotel/wrsha

Addison's Birthday

Addison and Lilly

Our friend, Addison, had her 1st birthday party today. Her party was at Gymboree Gym and the kids had a great time. They sang songs, danced, ran around, and ate cake. What could be better????

What a weekend!

Most of the Gann clan at the pool

(Jason, Emily, and Jay are missing)

Jason and his family were up for the weekend. It rained all day Saturday (of course!), so my house was a sight after housing 7 kids all day! Finally that afternoon, we decided to take them swimming to let them get some energy out. The kids all had a great time playing with each other and it was nice to visit with them and catch up!

Visit from the family

Todd's brother, Jason, and his family are coming to visit us this weekend. Jason has 4 kids now and his oldest son, Jake, is coming to stay with us next week. He and Trevor have always been close and enjoy each other's company. Before we moved away, Jake was always at our house and we were able to spend a lot time with him. Since we've moved, he's visited us regularly, but not as much as we'd like. It just worked out this year that Trevor and Jake have the same week for Spring Break. We're not sure yet what all we will do, but I'm sure that we will find something to keep us busy!

They hatched

Our eggs that are in the nest on the front door have hatched. They aren't too cute now, but I can't wait until they get bigger. I love hearing the birds in the morning when I wake up. The more, the merrier!

Trip to Europe

Old Town

Warsaw, Poland

I have some exciting news! Todd has a business meeting in Warsaw, Poland and he has invited me along for the trip. His meeting is only 2 days and it is way too far to travel for a short stay. We decided that we'll be staying for 7 days and making it a vacation. All of the pieces came together and it worked out that Rick and Wanda are going to come up and stay with the kids for the week. I am very excited about traveling to Eastern Europe and absolutely can not wait. I have traveled a lot in the past and traveling is one of my greatest pleasures. However, I have not ever been to Europe. I have been doing a lot of research and bought several books, so I hope to be ready when I get there. I am dreading the long (and I mean 12 hours long) plane ride. I know that it will be worth it, though. I am very anxious about leaving the kids and traveling that far from home without them. I have the utmost confidence in Rick and Wanda and their ability to take care of the kids. It's just the fact that I will be thousands of miles away that is very scary! I'll update as the trip nears...... We will be gone from April 13-20.