A Visit from Aunt and Uncle

We were super lucky to have our newest uncle come and visit us. Uncle J and Aunt K are making a trek across the US on their way to an internship. They had three weeks to split up between their family and they chose to spend three days with us. We loved them--so much that I didn't get a picture of them.

We had to take them to our favorite local zoo and park. The Hopeful Hero loves animals and still identifies them by their sounds. She loved the "baby aak-aak-aak" It almost sounds like a baby machine gun, but the baby goats were a hit.

 And the "Ooo-Aa-AAA!" are pretty cool too. She loves monkeys.

The boys loved the tractor, so Hopeful Hero had to try it out. She didn't really understand the awesomeness of it. She kept getting distracted by chickens.

 But the tunnels by the ground hogs were a big hit with everyone.

 The boys had to ride on the turtle statue as they ran around the zoo. We had a hard time keeping up with them.

 "Woof, Woof." Hopeful Hero loved the singing dogs and was pressed up against the glass until one came to say hello. Then she folded her arms and took a step back and kept barking.

 We loved the tire swings, and the kids loved that Uncle J would push them so well. They love to swing--they get that from me!

Zoo

Zoo's are awesome! We got to go to Utah this summer and one of the first things we did, after a family reunion was go to the Hogle Zoo. I enjoyed watching the sea lions and seals preform. The boys were less impressed.

 Hopeful Hero liked walking around the small animal building.

 The boys are looking at some snakes.

 We got to go to a bird show there. It was really fun! The birds were flying over head and it was awesome!

 They asked for a volunteer and they picked out the Friendly Hero! After he said his name and smiled for the audience, the lady told them to release the California Condor. The whole audience gasped, and she quickly said, "just kidding, it's a morning dove!"

 Here is the bird eating out of his hand!

It was really fun to go to the Zoo with our Aunt K and Grandma! We are excited to come back to Utah again in December!

Cinicinnati

We went to visit my cousins on June 13 and 14th, and now they think that we only ever go to Zoos. When they stopped by for a visit, we took them to our local zoo, and we have heard how awesome the Cincy Zoo was and we insisted that we go. On a side note, I really love my new camera. Really love it. The pictures we got are amazing! They make me look like an awesome photographer.

We had a lot of fun. Our first stop was the insectarium. (No real surprise) But our surprise is that one of the Bug Hero's old co-workers was there. She works there on Saturdays! Super fun!

This is Ivan the Lemur jumping up to touch the white ball.

 Hopeful Hero enjoying the Manatee. I love how zoos claim that they are one of two or the only zoo with a certain animal. Of course they are--no zoo can have every animal. The Cincinnati Zoo is one of two zoos outside of Florida to be a home of Manatees.

 They also have an awesome animal show. We got to watch an ocelot play with a toy. He was a baby and they were starting to train him to be an animal ambassador.

 We saw an Asian Fishing Cat.

 We also got to watch two cheetah's run at full speed. It was so awesome! (And look at how awesome these two pictures are? I love this camera!)

Our happy family!

When asked what the favorite parts of the zoo were:
Bug Hero: Seeing my friend.
Math Hero: Watching the Cheetah's.
Friendly Hero: Watching the Cheetah's run really fast! And the Ring Tailed Lemur named Ivan. That was cool.
Peaceful Hero: The elevators and escliators. (These were on the way to the zoo entrance.)
Hopeful Hero: + Squack=Animals. She loved all the animals.

Weekend 10

We had a great weekend! We got to go to the local Zoo. I love this little Zoo. There is maybe 20 different types of animals. And I love the randomness of the animals. We have monkeys, barn animals, two bald eagles and three types of Australian animals. Totally random and awesome! We also went at the perfect time, all the animals were awake and moving around.

 We also had my cousin and her new husband stay with us over night and we loved talking and playing with them.

 Hopeful Hero LOVED the baby goats. And they loved her. One bigger goat liked her foot and decided that she tasted good. The goat then slipped her entire foot into its mouth. Hopeful Hero was less than pleased.

 Her she is as she glares at the goat.

 We played in the groundhog exhibit. And loved the bubbles.

 At the wallaby exhibit, Friendly Hero got sniffed over by a wallaby. It was really cool.

 Hopeful Hero is so fun to take pictures of. And she loved watching the wallabies hop around.

 The train was the highlight of the trip for the Friendly Hero and the Peaceful Hero.

 The two boys decided that the train was Captain America because he had two American Flags on it. I love that they can decide things like this because they only know the names, and make up adventures for super heroes to go on.

 And I love this quick snap of Peaceful Hero. He is getting so big!

We had a great weekend!

At The Zoo

We went to the Zoo. We met up with Friendly Hero's best friend who just moved.

We loved the animals--specifically the animals from "Goodnight Gorilla." We loved the Walking Giraffes, the Eating Elephants, and the Black Gorilla. The gorilla was not out, but we found a picture of the gorilla and that was enough. The tigers were swimming and playing with a ball. We were in heaven.

We also got to ride a carousel. (Which the Friendly Hero called a Train.)

We miss them so much! Friendly Hero asks every day to play with them!
We rode our second train. Which was actually a train.
Peaceful Hero delighted us with smiles and giggles.
We made a toddler train. Friendly Hero had to hold his friend's hand--who had to hold mine.
Friendly Hero became attached to this uncle. Peaceful Hero wasn't quite as attached to anyone except Mom.