Focus on FUN!

Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you've earned it, spend time with your families.  ~ Colin Powell

This week, Friday was "Fun Day".  We celebrated by visiting the police station so that I could get my fingerprints taken for paperwork.  The officer then did both of the kids for fun.  I told them that should they ever become delinquents, they would already know what the inside of a police station looked like.  He got a kick out of that, and said that the delinquents get their finger prints done digitally as it is so much easier, especially for those that don't particularly care to participate in the process.  Mr. E assured me that he had no plans to become a delinquent!  :)

After another short errand, we hopped on the #10 bus and rode to the Wellington Zoo.  This month they are offering half price admissions on Fridays, so we had to take advantage of the savings.  It was such a wonderful visit that I would have gladly paid full price.  We ate our lunch while observing the Sun bears, 

and just happened upon the Giraffes at snack time - where we got to feed them special tree leaves by hand!  Their muzzle is not quite as soft as a horse, but just being able to look one in the eye and feel its breath was a once in a life time experience for me.

Miss A loved the Sun bears (as did I) and Mr. E enjoyed the Meerkats best of all.  We all liked the geckos - they have sticky pads on their feet, and enjoyed a rest in the shade as we watched the zoo vets taking x-rays of some feisty possums.

The one thing that struck me over and over during our visit to the zoo is that the God who made me created all of these amazing animals! I saw jewel toned colors and geometric patterns in the feathers of birds, familiar faces in the Tamarin monkeys, and the variety of His inspiration in every single creature in the zoo.  Nothing can match the creativity and majesty of God.  Yes, God cares for His creatures...but isn't it great to know that God loves us best of all?

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life."

Incredible, what happens when the focus is fun.  Perhaps I won't wait so long until next time!