Meet the Tavianos

Meet the Tavianos....Gabe, Marla, Ava, Olivia, and Nina....a beautiful and FUN family!!!
Check out their blog: http://www.marlataviano.com/ and read about their zoo adventures!!


Marla is a Christian author/speaker that I came across 3 of her books (check them out on her website also) and loved every inch of them. So then I started reading her blog.....and now I finally got to meet her and her precious family!


They are traveling 52 zoos in 52 weeks and we were blessed and honored that they spent
time with us! We kept them overnite between zoos and made some good memories.

We relaxed awhile, had haystacks for supper, then headed to the park......

Aren't these the most adorable little chicks you ever saw?!?!?!?!? AND.....make sure you watch for these chicks' book coming out soon! Yes, you heard me right, if I understood Marla correctly, not only is Marla writing a book about their Zoo Adventures, but the girls are writing one of their own!!!

And our kids of course......loved every minute together (well after they woke up from their naps, realized there was a new family in our home they had never met, then stared at them for awhile, then they warmed up.)

Nina was Gabe's age and the longer they spent together I realized they could create ALOT of mischief between the two of them!!

Little Miss Muffett thought she could do what the big girls were doing.......

Little Gabe thought Big Gabe was pretty stinkin' cool! He LOVED him....

And he loved Big Gabe's ipod!!!

All the monkies had great fun jumping/playin on the ginormous air mattress.....

Too many popsicles & ice cream left these monkies a little onery!!!

*sigh* We were sad to see them go......they were headed to Brookfield and Lincoln Park Zoos today. Gabe told me tonite they needed to come back and take a nap at our house again ;) He kept talking about "the girls".

To the Tavianos.....Thank you for the great memories!! We loved each one of you and were so blessed by our time together. We look forward to seeing you all again! *HUGS*

May God be with you as you wrap this adventure up in the next couple weeks.