The Zoo, Bon Jovi, and an incredible gift

Talk about a perfect day.... We woke up to a rainy, pissy day in southern MN. Mike had to work half day and I lounged around all morning enjoying the fact that I got 120 projects corrected during my evenings this week and had NO papers to grade! WOO HOO! I can't tell you have good that feels. I called Mike and we started talking about the afternoon. He had looked at the weather and noted that just 30 miles north, it was clear and sunny. That was enough for both of us. We decided to head up the MN Zoo and, if nothing else, enjoy the weather! Turned out to be a perfect day. The dolphins are not doing shows for awhile, but we could still go in and watch them train. We also love the bird show at the zoo so we made it to the last days performance. A new Russian exhibit was also opened and we checked out the bears. The whole time we were walking through the zoo, Connor was belting out Bon Jovi's Living on a Prayer. There is nothing quiet about that child and he didn't care who stared. While he was singing it over and over and over and over....I noticed he was not singing the words exactly right. I finally asked him to talk the lyrics out to me. Connor's version of the chorus of Living on a Prayer: Ohhhhhh, I'm half way there OH, OH. livin' on a prayer Take my hand, a bucket I swear. OH, OH, Livin' on a prayer! .....a bucket. A bucket of what I wonder? Today FROM THE HEART presented the Hilstad family with a check for $19,000. Can you believe that? I still can't get over it. What a huge testimony to Lisa and how her earthly spirit certainly touched so many people. The rest of the weekend will consist of a BBQ with my parents, and a trip to see Night at the Museum. We almost saw it at the zoo today, but it was outrageously expensive on the Imax big screen. I should probably do some laundry too....but it might have to wait until I am really, really bored.