Hogle Zoo

I know it's been a while... I don't know when blogging became such a chore. Spent some time down in Preston last week to go to my nephew Ethan's birthday party and the next day we went down to Hogle Zoo. Todd actually had a couple consecutive days off in a row so we decided to make the most of it. It was also the week of my birthday and it was a request of mine (not Reese) to go down to Hogle Zoo. We usually manage to make it there once a year. I was excited to take Reese though since she is really into animals and can make about every animal sound. I was especially excited for her to see an elephant in real life (rather than just cartoon elephants tromping through the jungle in Jungle Book). We also stopped in Logan to pick up my nephew Mason on the way down. Reese had a blast with Mason in the car they each took turns seeing who could scream the highest and who could motor boat the longest -- not as much fun for Todd and I but they were entertained. The elephants were one of the first on our route around the zoo. Reese and Mason were both soooo excited. We stood and looked at this one elephant probably longer than any other animal. Reese was actually upset when we moved on but calmed down when she realized we were moving on to see more animals.

The animals at the zoo were all up close and out and about --- which is amazing... usually you can see some feet or tail fluttering somewhere in the grass but really all the big animals were out walking around and up really close. The rhinos were right at the window -- I don't know what Reese thought of them - they really are quite strange looking.

My personal favorite the giraffes.

There were lot's of babies at the zoo that day too... a baby giraffe, snow leopard, meerkats, some other kind of wild cat, orangutan, and some others I know I'm forgetting but they were all so dang cute. The baby snow leopard was playing right by the window, the 6 little baby meerkats were only a month old and they were so funny to watch and the baby orangutan was playing peek-a-boo under a canvas blanket.

We also rode the little train.

It was a really fun day... it was really hot so we moved on to each exhibit pretty quickly but we were able to see the whole park before anybody got tired and cranky. We stopped and got a sandwich at Wendy's and ventured home.

The rest of the week not much else happened... Friday we met up with some friends at Texas Roadhouse for birthday dinner, Saturday we went down to Pocatello for a wedding reception (a high school friend of Todd's) and Sunday was my birthday. Todd made me breakfast in bed: french toast, bacon, eggs, juice and a bowl of fresh fruit-- so yummy! He also spent all day getting dinner ready too: Ham, twice baked potatoes, fresh baked rolls and of course a Rainbow chip birthday cake. All my presents were really great too. A few favorites: new shoes (some slip on kind so when I'm big and fat I don't have to worry about trying to tie them), a new book, 10th anniversary Les Miserables CD, yummy candy and much much more. Thanks to everyone who sent me birthday wishes/goods it's nice to know people are thinking about you.

This week: tomorrow I have a Dr.'s appt and I should probably be setting up when I get my next ultrasound so we can find out what we are having finally. For those of you wondering I really don't care what it is... a keep thinking it's another girl (which would be nice financially since we already own everything in pink), but really either is fine. I need to go get a new drivers license which stinks - I actually like my current picture and I'm worried what this one is going to turn out like. I think that is pretty much it for this week. Later next week we are heading to Denver to see some family for a few days -- yay another vaca!