Zoo Day

Utah had the perfect cool down on Friday, so we went to the zoo. It was the greatest day. The kids were all wonderful, and we had 4 adults on 5 kids, so it was a pretty easy. The Hogle Zoo is just the right size for our little munchkins.

They loved all the animals--James especially liked the penguins and monkeys and Jace loved the bird show and thanked Heavenly Father for it in his prayers that night. Parkie liked it all but was insistent on talking to the baby giraffe. I actually thought it was pretty cool too, and I'm not much of an animal lover.

The highlight of the day though, Cheetos and ice cream cones. As I was wondering why it's always about the junk food, I remembered that from the time I was about 6 until I was 16 everytime I saw the first star in the sky or went over a railroad track I wished that my world would be made of candy (think Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or the Skittles commercial), so I really can't blame them; we'll just need a sugar detox when we go home.

The Fun Never Ends

I'm going to play a little catch up here, and blog what I have downloaded.

One of the great places to go here is Classic--the name is deceiving; there is nothing classic about it. When you are driving down 1-15 and you pass 90th south and see a few weak waterslides and blow up toys, and think what is that and who goes there? The answer: us and a million other people. It is perfect for my kids. Jace loves the waterslides and my little ones play in the baby pool for hours. It also has a skating rink (yes, the one the 6th grade crossing guards got to go to), boucing slides, a jungle, laser tag, arcade games...truly a kids' paradise. Parker, Ezzie, James, and Luke love to dance to the hot music playing in the skating rink. It's so cute. We got season passes, so we are there a lot. Here's a few of my favorite pics.

One place that actually IS classic, is Snowbird. It's our favorite place to go that is close to home. We headed up early one Saturday (my brother rode his bike up that mountain, crazy but cool) and ate at our favorite spot and took a little hike up to the snow. Who would have thought we'd be able to see snow in June! My boys thought it was cool. They got to jump in the bouncer and Jace tried the bungee trampoline. The Alpine slide was closed because of the snow (bummer!) so we rode the tram to the tip top of the mountain and enjoyed a breathtaking view and watching the die hard skiiers get the last run of the season in. After that we meandered down the mountain, checked out the park and the barbecue competition, listened to some music, shared a rack of ribs and took the tired little ones home. It was a GREAT day.

Daddy's Back!

Wow. Two weeks is WAY too long to be away from my hubby, so I was soooo excited to see him, as were the kiddos. They couldn't wait to tell him about all the fun things he'd missed out on. He was a knight in shining armor because I was starting to get really sick, so he totally rescued me...let me sleep until 9 everyday, put the kids to bed every night and brought back my sanity with all his even tempered talking and kind encouragement. It was so good to see him.

We went and visited his Grandma Romney who turns 94 this August. She says she doesn't feel well at all, but she looks great and is still a pleasure to be around. She loved that we brought our kids and was so gracious to let them play and be children in her fragile apartment. When James picked up a pair of glass birds, she said he could play with them, they were just from her wedding! Don't worry, I took them away.

After our visit with her, we went to the fountains at Gateway which were only a hit with Jace, the other boys stayed far away!

Bowlin' Babies

Our family really loves to bowl--we are considering joining a league. The first activity we did when Beau got home was take the family bowling. My kids absoultely adore it and Mike is actually really good. I'm horrid; I can't even count how many gutterballs I got and my score improved when James started bowling for me, but I think it's so fun and break into cheerleader moves when I hit a lot of pins down.

It's one of those activities the whole family can do together, and we had a great time.

I Love Utah in the Summer

There are a zillion reasons I love to spend a month of my summer in Utah--114 of those are the degrees Phoenix is right now. While I miss some of the normalcy of home and definately crazy miss my hubby when he is not here, it's really such a great time for me and my boys.

My favorite thing about being here is seeing all of our friends and family, but a close second is all the great things my boys get to do because they have such generous and willing grandparents. One of our recent excursions was to Bouncin Off the Walls. We love that Katie and her kids are always with us too, and Jen and her girls came, so it was an extra special treat!

Sorry about the million posts to come...I'm way behind.