The zoo (& some Sat. activities)

On June 12th Tammy took us to the zoo! On our way there, we stopped off for some lunch at the Dairy Queen in Centerville (Tammy's favorite Dairy Queen - I think it's so cute that she'll only visit specific locations of certain fast food restaurants. She also has her favorite Arctic Circle.)

It rained a bit on our car on the way up, so Faith was worried enough to bring her umbrella in. Luckily enough, it was pretty good weather while we were there!

Faith really wants the butterflies back to the zoo in the display building, but right now it's an exhibit called "Madagascar". I was not especially impressed, but it was all right. Christian loved these cool Radiated tortoises.

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Here are the kids with a Colobus monkey,

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and posing so cute together.

They love this interactive elephant display which makes noises and sprays water.

And here are some pics with the real elephants. The one on the left in this picture is very pregnant and due in July or August. Elephant gestation lasts 20 to 22 months, and I thought 9 was bad!

Buddy was mesmerized by them and could have sat there watching all day!

Faith decided to sit out the "conservation carousel" but Tammy helped Christian on the cool tiger,

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. . . . . and Zach opted for just a seat.

We took every photo opportunity that came around and it was nice that the statues weren't too hot.

Christian also got obsessed with the bears and made grandma hold him up at this exhibit for a long time!

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Faith loved how this one was relaxing with its head hanging over the edge.

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Checking out the zebras.

Faith was most excited to see the penguins, but wished that they had been swimming instead of taking an afternoon snooze in the shade.

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And we loved how close this giraffe was to the fence (up top on the east side).

It looks like it's posing for a group photo!

Christian was getting tired and grouchy so I caved to his demand of being photographed alone with the gorilla :)

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He does have the perfect lap for one child!

Me, snuggling my cuties.

Tammy got this cute picture just before we entered the Asian Highlands exhibit.

And the obligatory yearly gorilla arm growth chart pics. I can't believe how big Faith is getting!

This one's still my tiny baby, though :D

Tammy let them pick a souvenir at the end. Christian ended up with a chomping lemur head and Faith got a little hedgehog stuffed animal. What a great day! Thanks Tam, you're the best!!!!!!

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The next morning, we did our first project at Lowe's since we loved the Home Depot one so much. It was also really fun!

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They made these cute putting practice sets that even came with little wooden golf clubs!

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Lowe's holds their workshops on the 2nd and 4th Saturday mornings at 10 (click the link to sign up) and Home Depot's is the 1st Saturday at 9 (no prior sign up needed), if any of you are interested.

After that, we hit Toys-R-Us for a "Super Why" event. They got to color, wear character masks, hear a story, and play bingo where they won Super Why stickers and temporary tatoos.

We had a bunch of fun!

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If you're wondering where Tony was, he was at the Utah State Truck Driving Championships (also called the Truck Rodeo) that day. You'll have to wait until the next journal post to see how he did ;)

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