back from NZ

Sure good to rejoin up with the family. A long, rather uncomfortable flight from the US down to NZ brought me back to my family who has just spent 2 weeks touring the northern part of the south island.

Since Christy's mom and Grandpa Bill were still with us one of the good family things to do was to go to the zoo. Alexi was thrilled to feed the giraffe and kept referring to him as Melmen, a reference to a character in the cartoon movie Madagascar.

also staring was Alex the Lion:
Although not a lemer, this organitan was as noisy and boisterous as character King Julius

In the petting zoo compound alexi was somewhat unnerved by the agressiveness of calves for getting the milk.

Even more exciting and potentially dangerous was a funky looking pig.
This porcine critter was good at catching food in its mouth. But he was quite aggressive at it, nearly biting fingers off in the process.

After such a exciting day at the zoo, it was time for the boys to chill out and catch some sun in the backyard of the motel in Christchurch.