Our trip to the Hogel Zoo!!

Today I took the boys to the Hogel Zoo and met up with Traci and Kennedy there. The boys had a great time and were pretty well behaved. Here are some of the pictures from our trip. I can not wait to do it again in the fall when it is cooler and less crowded!

The boys loved riding the carousel with their animal friends.
Here is Connor and Ollie.

Preston and George. Preston insisted on taking George to the Zoo to meet the other monkeys because George is a monkey too! (In case you did not know or have not had Preston tell you 100 times before)

Preston loved riding so much! He could not stop smiling and waving at Ms. Traci as we went by.

The boys looking at the LEGO monkeys. The Zoo had a special exhibit of animals made out of LEGOs. It was really cool.

The boys and Kennedy enjoying crawling on a statue. No matter how hard I tried though I could not get a picture of Kennedy looking at the camera.

Connor insisted I take a picture of him in this "silly" pose. And since Connor was posing silly, Preston had to too!

The LEGO penguins.

Traci and Kennedy with the giraffes.

Connor and Ollie with the giraffes.

Preston and George with the giraffes.

The boys watching a Polar Bear swim really close to them. They loved watching the Polar Bear push off from the rocks and swim around. It was really cool to see so close up.

The LEGO Polar Bear. This bear was made out of 90,000 LEGOs!

The boys watching the elephants cool off by throwing dirt on their backs. The boys were fascinated by the elephants and how big they were and by how cute the baby elephant was.

Our Trip to the Utah State Capital

For the last month the boys have been bugging me alot to take them to see the State Capital, so this morning we finally took all the kids there. And luckily Traci and her sweet little girl, Kennedy, were able to meet up with us to make the trip even more fun. The kids enjoyed learning a little about Utah and seeing inside a very impressive building.

Here are some of the pictures I took from our trip.

The mandatory family pictures in front of the capital.

 Enjoying some of the great views of the Great Salt Lake

 One of the four impressive lion statues.

 The back of the capital. Still so pretty.

 Traci and Kennedy on the steps of the building.

 The painted dome. It is so detailed I could not even come close to showing how pretty is really is.

 One of the four statues in the rotunda. As you can imagine....this one was my favorite!

 The group (minus Preston who was off exploring....go figure!) at the State House of Representatives room. It is pretty cool so see where the laws of Utah are debated and made.

Yup, this is life with Connor

Tonight we took the kids to the Classic Fun Center and met up with my friend Margie and her three boys. All of the kids had a great time playing on the bouncy slides, skating rink, arcade and pirate cove (a supposeively childproof climbing activity for the kids with slides). But as always Connor found a way to hurt himself in a childproof area. Poor kid. Luckily he was not hurt at all and just had a funny mark on his forehead for a few days. I swear we can not take this kid anywhere without him getting hurt!

 

Swiming in Bountiful

Tonight we met Dave after work in Bountiful to go swimming. The kids love having so much fun with Dad and well...I love having the extra help with the kids!

Here is the kids taking a break from swimming and eating some dinner.

Happy 4th of July!!

Fourth of July is always a special holiday for us. We have all four kids and we love to enjoy the parades and town festivals. This year was even more special though because Abby was in the Kaysville 4th of July Parade with her tumbling class. We were so proud to see her in the parade and having so much fun!!

Pictures before the parade when we were hanging out and waiting to meet up with Abby's tumbling float. The boys are great at entertaining themselves in the car.

Watching the parade.

The family picture when Connor had the camera. He took some "interesting" pictures with my camera.

The boys watching the big firetrucks!

Mom and her boys. We were watching the parade and making silly faces.

Abby in the parade!!! (She is in the white shirt on top of the float waving at us!)

The boys talking to the "real" Captain America!! This was the highlight of the whole parade for them.

Dad and the kids at the end of the parade. Now on to the festival!!

After the parade we went to the Layton town festival. The kids had a great time with all the food and bouncy houses!! And we were lucky enough to have our Texas friends Wes, Elisa and "baby" Aiden at the festival with us to make it even more fun!

Jacob riding the mechanical bull! He was pretty good at it!

 The kids enjoying the big slides!

Connor and Preston battling it out!! They were so heavy that they did not get in too many hits but they loved trying.

The boys racing to see who can land the beanbag at the highest number on the center part.

I love how they are best friends (occasionally) and stick together.

Abby and Jacob racing. She totally killed him each time. It was hillarious to watch them since they are able to be alot more competitive than the little boys.

Wes, Elisa, Aiden and the little man on the way. So glad to have such great friends in Utah with us!