Hogle Zoo

We FINALLY had a successful family outing!!! Last Saturday my little family went to the zoo. I love my little people. Caleb was adorable. He'd check out one animal & then look at us & say "Let's go find more animals!!" The are making a new area for seals/polar bears/penguins & I am excited to go back & check that out! I loved the monkeys. They are so stinking cute! Caleb loved the gorillas & was so excited to ride on the carousal. Casey didn't say what he loved. Probably me though :) Taylor & Rylee were perfect - as always. They were so good in their stroller & we only had to feed & change them once. They are GREAT babies.

Bear Lake

My parents are FABULOUS. My mom's side of the family attempted a family reunion for the 2nd weekend in September so my parents got 2 rooms for our whole family to stay in for the whole week! We missed Dylan, Casey & Ben, but somehow we still managed to have a pretty good time. The weather was close to perfect. We played at the beach, got a boat ride from Uncle Terry, saw a HILARIOUS show (Juanito Bandito) at the Pickleville Playhouse, swam in the pool with cousin Keri & her kids Brynlee & Dalin, soaked in the hot tub, checked out Bear Lake Heritage Days, had a BBQ at Aunt Karla's, played games & ate & ate & ate! My grandparents ventured Logan Canyon to come to the BBQ. They are 80+ years old!! One of the funniest things from the trip was this conversation:

Me: So Grandpa, was there a lot of traffic in the canyon this morning?
Grandpa: Yeah....behind me (insert my grandpa's HUGE hearty laugh)

I love that he still has his sense of humor. And for the slow - he lauged because he knows he's old & drives like a turtle.

I love my mom in the picture below. She had to put her reading glasses over her sunglasses. She is a thinker!

The picture of my dad & Blake was BEFORE Blake's crazy driving threw them off of the jet ski. My dad even cracked his ribs with this incident! Blake had already had enough trauma - he had a nasty skateboarding accident a couple of days before the jet ski accident!

Juanito Bandito was so good. Rumor is they are going to be showing it in Logan & in Salt Lake. I will have to take Casey!

National Toasted Marshmallow Day!

August 30th was year #2 of celebrating one of the years BEST days! It's funny how much different this year was from last year. Last year we went to Mantua...in sweatshirts, hats, long pants & we were lucky to not get rained on. This year we were in our summer clothes fighting off mosquitoes as soon as the sun went down. Freaking blood suckers. We had hot dogs, grapes, chips & of course TOASTED MALLOWS.

These 2 sure love each other. It's almost gross. (just kidding)

Taylor & Rylee were pretty much hypnotized by the fire. Don't you love how chill Rylee looks (in the pink)? Cracks me up.

It's ridiculous how much I love a perfectly toasted mallow. Roast away my friends, roast away.