New friends and wild animals

Doak started talking about a little boy in his class named Matthew on the first day of school. After the first few weeks went by, Doak started asking for a play date with Matthew. I had never seen the boy, much less met his family. But my sweet Doak was persistent, so I forced myself out of my comfort zone and contacted Matthew's mom. I'm so glad I did! We have loved getting to know Matthew and his whole family!



One day after school we went to their house. They live in a neighborhood in which the homes
have acreage. We pulled up and Addie went crazy over their chickens! We puttered around their yard and visited, then came in to decorate Halloween cookies-yum!


Our friend's neighbor has quite the menagerie: llamas, camels, donkeys, coatis, zebra, zonkey (zebra+donkey=zonkey), wild boar, goats, pigs, ostriches, huge tortoise, exotic birds, etc. We got to take a truck bed tour of his land and had an amazing time! Matthew's mom, Mrs. Laurie, brought carrots and apples for us to feed the animals.












I have a serious fear of big birds and the ostriches freaked me out! They tried to peck us!


Can you look at this without thinking, "it's Hump Day!"?





It was an unforgettable afternoon and we're so thankful for all of God's creatures and our new friends! 😀

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