Santa Barbara Fun

On Sunday, we made one last trip to the Santa Barbara Zoo, with the yearlong membership we'd won last November in a raffle.

We enjoyed a great family day out together, a great way to close out our weeklong Thanksgiving break and Stace's four-day weekend.

This is such a lovely zoo; I know we'll be back again, but it might be a while.

Next time, will the girls be young enough to still love sliding down the Ant Hill? Time will tell.

They also made some lovely music together.

After the zoo, we had a late lunch/early dinner at the Habit, where Violet had a grand time feeding the sparrows burger bun crumbs.

Then we did a bit of looking/shopping along State Street, and the gorgeously decorated Paseo Nuevo shopping center. I have fond memories of this place with my Grandma at Christmastime, so it was fun taking the girls.

Family days are the best!