Part 3

Ok so next up was Father's Day the kids were pretty bummed that we weren't with daddy again this year. We did go out and get him a present the kids decided on a small tent, since he doesn't need the big family one for scout camps and the Father's and Sons camp out that they have every year, plus the family one is a pain to put up by yourself. K-mart happened to be having a sell on their tents, so that was nice. I had the kids hold the tent while I recorded them saying happy father's day, then we sent it to daddy before heading out to church. I know Dane really appreciated it.


Grandpa wasn't feeling to good on father's day and the kids were dyin to give him his presents and stuff, after we had dinner it was time and they were so willing to help grandpa open his presents!

 This trip to Idaho I decided I would like to take the kids to the Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake I loved that zoo growing up we used to go all the time. Ethan and I packed a lunch and headed the 2 hrs to  Salt Lake, the kids watched movies the whole time so it wasn't so bad, we sat in the parking lot and ate lunch before going into the zoo we figured that way we wouldn't have to lug around an ice chest.

It's been about 14 yrs since I had been to that zoo, nothing was familiar about it, all the habitats have been re done there were quite a few animals that weren't there anymore, but it was neat to see all the changes.The kids had a blast here are a few of my fave pics from the day:

It was really neat to see this Elephant stretch her trunk to reach the melons the zoo worker was throwing in the water.

Ellie like the Elephants, she kept saying "whoa dat's big!"

K funny story with this next picture actually 2 funny stories. This T-Rex would growl and roar at passersby Kaleb was quick to point out that the actual dinosaur wasn't making the noise and was quick to point out the speakers hidden up in the tree's! He didn't want to spoil it for the other kids so he kept his discovery to himself and of course me. Ellie got a big kick out of this big dinosaur's growls, she stood a few feet from him stood on her tip toes leaned forward and with as much breath as she could muster she roared her biggest roar, turning red in the process, it was a cute site to see but the best part was when the t-rex roared his biggest roar right back at her! Ellie was quick to turn on her hills and RUN! It was the funniest thing EVER, anyone that was watchin couldn't help but laugh! I wish I would have had my camera out, it would have been a great shot to get.

 We went in to the snake habitat's Ellie was of course with her favorite Uncle Ethan, he took her over to see the snakes her quick response when he pointed them out od "eeeewwww YUCK!" now every time you ask her what a snake says she responds with "ewwww sssssss YUCK!". My thoughts exactly!

The kids were exhausted by the end of the day, but they had so much fun. Kaleb's favorite thing was the dinosaurs, Ryne's was the peacocks and Ellie's was the snakes monkeys. It was a nice day and we had a nice quiet ride home.