June 10th was our third outing with Tammy. We went to Hogle Zoo which just happened to have an exhibit of robot dinosaurs this year, so it fit in with our theme perfectly!
It was the busiest I've ever seen it there. We had to park in the farthest corner of the extra parking lot above the zoo in a spot that I think we created. But it was still a fun day with beautiful weather. We started off in the Asian Cat area where we ate our lunch of Chic-fil-A nuggets (and I ate a 2 oz. piece of leftover salmon and a sugar-free yogurt). Then we started visiting the animals. Christian became obsessed with getting a picture of everything there: wolf,
iguana,
bat-eared fox, and tons more I won't post.
We got to see the baby elephant, Zuri, get a bath from the hose and play with her ball.
Christian got these binoculars as one of his souvenirs early on in the day.
Tammy got picked to have the raven take a $5 bill out of her hand!
The kids got to give the bird their $1 donation.
Lana got these tall twisty-slushies for everyone who could eat sugar.
And here are the final souvenir shop selections.
We had such a wonderful time!
The peony bulbs I planted last year finally grew and one even got a flower. We didn't get anything done with our flower beds this year, so I was glad to have at least one thing of beauty!
The 11th was our Primary Service Carnival. I ran the snow cone machine this time. There were also hot dogs, chips, drinks, cotton candy,
games,
face painting,
and a ton of fun!
Tony had been working a ton of Saturdays, so on the 12th we went to Lagoon.
And then to Menchies for a frozen yogurt treat.
We were so excited to find an egg in our satelite dish bracket nest on the 17th! Stay tuned for this year's saga of our little birdies.
After four long days of Faith and I cutting fabric and my mom and I sewing, Faith's munchkin costume was finally completed!!! I think I figured out that it came to about $70 and 80 man-hours, total. I told Faith that she would have to use this dress for Halloween for the next three years, then save it so that her daughter and granddaughter could use it, too, otherwise the amount of blood, sweat and tears WOULD NOT BE WORTH IT.
Faith went with Tony and Christian to his Camp Champ where they were learning soccer. Faith thought it would be fun to pose Buddy like in her own soccer pictures--so cute!
After that, we picked asparagus and strawberries at Day Farm,
and went to feed the ducks in Syracuse. The ducklings we'd seen last time were quite a bit bigger! We also had a fun time hiking around the pond.
On the 19th Faith got up early and made Tony some Father's Day pop-up pancakes. Love the letters!
On the 20th we headed up to Park City. Even though it was not warm outside, the pool was heated so we got in lots of swimming.
The moms did lots of shopping and the kids played hard and got plum wore out.
Faith got this cute patriotic dress from Gymboree,
and Buddy loved this $3 discount shirt from Children's Place (he's modeling it at home being an angry cowboy).
On the 23rd we had Ann and kids over to play. One of the kids had the camera and took this pic of the occasion.
That evening we went to Lagoon together!
On the 27th Buddy made me take this pic of his fake eyeball that he made out of half of a small plastic sphere that he found on the ground. He's creative, I tell ya!
The 30th was Faith's first performance of The Wizard of Oz! Here she is where I dropped her off, right in front of the Davis High theater. I'll post more about the play next time.
