Wild for a Cure.

Last Saturday we headed out to Tanganyika to attend a fundraiser for a friend for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. It was an absolutely gorgeous day and Elena had a blast!

My friend Sabrina was also there with her boys and Elena was so excited to see her buddy Lunden. It has been way to long since we had a chance to hang out with them!

Taking a break from the animals to play on the playground.

Giraffe feeding time! Check out that tongue!

Lunden's brothers watching him feed the giraffe.

Sabrina and her 3 adorable little men.

Love how the giraffe is looking at Elena in this pic!

Elena and Lunden were so stinking cute together. They ran ahead of us towards the giraffe here and they were holding hands!! Obviously we need to let them hang out and play together more often! :)

We decided to hit up Lemur Island before we called it a day. Elena did so good not reaching out to touch them and letting them come take the food out of her hand!

My Mom went on this adventure with us too but I didn't get any pictures of her! I think she was hiding from my camera! ;) We decided it was time for a treat after we left and went to Braum's for some ice cream. Mom and I shared our favorite - double dip hot fudge sundae!!

While Elena tried something new, lime sherbet! She was definitely a fan!

What a fun day and what a great cause to be raising money for!

Tanganyika.

Another day...another adventure! This time at Tanganyika Wildlife Park! I got a great deal on a Groupon a few months ago and it was about to expire so we had to cash in! When we arrived we first stopped at the rabbits and turtles and let Elena give them a little snack. She loves this part - she kept wanting to go back there the rest of the day!



Then she got to feed an alpaca. Their big brown eyes are pretty cute!

Can you imagine a porcupine as a pet?? Yikes!

Next we went for a camel ride! This is something I had never done either!

More feeding...this time the goats!


The lorakeets are one of my favorite places here, and I think Elena's too! She loved giving the birds nectar, she even had 3 birds at once that she was feeding! After we left she kept making the slurping sounds and pretending to drink like they did - silly girl!

There is just so much to do at this place!
Next Elena got to feed the lemurs. This little fatty seems to get his share of food - ha ha!

This is an albino alligator! Amazing - it totally looks like a statue! They are extremely rare, there are only like 30 in the world!

They even had baby white tigers that had just been born! They were wrestling around with each other - so cute and cuddly!

We strategically ended with feeding the giraffes - it was near the exit and the only way we could convince Elena to go that way. I swear she would stay here all day if she could!

We got all finished and headed out just as it was getting really hot and a ton of people were arriving at the park also - gotta love timing things like that! :)