The Calm Before The Storm

Yesterday was another sunny warm day at our house. But we knew that another storm was coming (it is raining right now as I post this), and it is supposed to rain all week. So we took advantage of the weather and had a great family day out. First we went to the Folsom Zoo. It is a small zoo than the Sacramento Zoo, but a lot more personal. Emma loved looking at the bunnies (which we didn't get a picture of), and Grants were the monkeys (which we didn't get a picture of)!! But her are a few other things we saw:




And then we went on a train ride that goes around the zoo. To Grant, this was almost as exciting as the zoo. He still has quite the facination with trains:



Then we grabbed some lunch and headed out to the lake. Well, I guess you could call it a lake. It is right on the American River at the Folsom Dam. The water level is so low right now that you can actually drive right down to the waters edge. We had a little picnic and the kids threw rocks in the water: