My Day at the Safari Park!

Three days ago I went to the Safari Park with my grand parents and my sisters.  The first thing we did was go to the bathroom.  That's usually the first thing that we do when we get to the Safari Park. Then, we went on the carousel.  After that, we went to the Discovery center and this one lady that worked there made me a crown out of straw and flowers.  We also made paintings. 

These are pictures of me and Selah painting.

The third we thing did was go to the Great Rift Lift.  Then, we went to the bathrooms to change into our bathing suits so we could go in the Cool Zone.  Once we got soaked in the water, my sisters and I ran up the hill next to the Cool Zone and Grandpa said that was a good idea so that we could dry off. 

Running down the hill.

After that, we went back to the bathrooms to change into our clothes and then we had to go to the Cheetah Run.  The Cheetah Run is an event where one of their well-trained cheetahs run down a 350 foot track at 70 miles per hour.  When we saw the cheetah run, it ran the track in 5.9 seconds.  Then, we went back to the carousel and rode it a few more times until Grandma got tired.  Then, we went home and had a peaceful time. 

Eating Ratlesnake

Last night was the best barbecue ever!  Papi (my Dad) cooked ratlesnake on the grill and it was delicious.  Everybody ate it except for Dakota. 

Dad was with Dakota just walking around the property, over by the fence line and he was looking around.  Then, he looked down and there he saw a humongous rattlesnake.  He told everybody to get in the house, including Lilah (our dog) because if she didn't go inside she would have tried to kill the rattlesnake and the rattlesnake could have bit her.  Dad got out his .22 rifle and a straw hat.  He went out there and was going to shoot the rattlesnake.  The first few times he missed, but his next shot, he shot the snake right in the head.  Then, everybody came out to look at the humongous snake.  Dad said he would have a barbecue and cook the snake for dinner.  Not everybody thought it was going to be a good idea.  Once it was done, it didn't seem like it would taste good.  Dad told Arianna (my sister) to try some and she loved it.  Then, I got to try some and I loved it.  Then, the whole family tried it, except for Dakota (my baby sister) and Lilah; everybody loved it.  That was a delicious story!

My Date with Mrs.Marsha

Mrs. Marsha with my baby sister.

First the family and I, not including Dad, went to Starbucks and met Mrs. Marsha there so she could pick me up.  Mrs. Marsha is my best friend at church.  And, she took me to a place where I got my feet washed and the lady that did my nails used special tools on my nails to make them beautiful.  The water there was in a tub under my seat.  My seat also gave me a massage. It felt like there was a person behind my seat pounding their hands on my back, but it was actually just a machine in the chair.  The color I got on my toenails was bright yellow.  The lady also put flowers on my big toes with a gem.  Then, I got to pay the lady for what a beautiful job she did.  After that, Mrs. Marsha took me to get my fingernails done at her daughter's shop.  Her daughter's name was Crystal, and her friend did my fingernails - her name was Anna.  I picked out the color of bright orange and she asked me if I wanted hearts, polka dots, or zebra stripes.  And, I picked zebra stripes.  Then, she asked me if I would just want to leave them with the paint and the zebra stripes or if I wanted something over the zebra stripes.  So, I asked if she had any glitter and she did.  So I got to have zebra stripes, a beautiful bright orange, and glitter.  Then, Crystal took me and asked me if I would like my hair washed or if I would not like my hair to be washed.  At first I said "no", but she asked me one more time if I was sure and then I said "yes".  When she washed my  hair I was a little nervous, but once she started washing my hair it felt good.  And when she put the soap in my hair it smelled like peppermints.  The conditioner smelled like peppermints, too.  After she washed my hair, she blow-dried my hair and that took about 10 minutes.  Mrs. Marsha also took me there to get feathers in my hair, so Crystal put the feathers in after she blow-dried my hair. 

Mrs. Marsha took me to the Elephant Bar for lunch and I got a corndog, coleslaw, and french fries.  The man that was serving us asked me what I would like to drink.  He told me what the options were and when he said "Shirley Temple", I said I would like a "Shirley Temple".  I could have gotten the sundae that was with the kid's meal, but I was too full and didn't finish all my lunch so I took my leftovers in a box to take home and I didn't get the sundae.  Then, me and Mrs. Marsha went shopping and bought a few things.  By that time, it was about time to go home so we met her husband and Burger King and me and her got an Icee.  So me and Mrs. Marsha had a fantastic adventure.