I've posted before a little about my brother, Eric. Now I've decided that we should all gang up on him and find some women we can set him up with! He's a pharmacist at the Clinton Albertson's and makes the big money (I'm talking six figures); owns a huge, beautiful home in Syracuse and is a great guy. He's 28 years old, 5 foot 6, with auburn hair and brown eyes. He doesn't smoke or drink and would be interested in women who don't. He stays in shape by lifting weights, swimming and doing kick boxing on a punching bag. He loves movies, especially action and sci-fi, and enjoys comedy (like "The Colbert Report" & Conan O'Brian) and mixed martial arts or cage fighting on T.V. . If you know anyone who would be interested, please send an email to the blog (the address is at the top of this post!). Include a picture and return email or phone number and I will forward them on to Eric. We'll get him married off!

On June 3rd the kids and I headed up to the condo in Park City. Our favorite thing to do there is swim, and even though it was not very hot (low 70's I believe) the heated pool felt awesome.




After swimming, we did some shopping at the outlet stores and then my dad treated us to dinner at Ruby Tuesdays.
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The next day we had breakfast and then shopped some more. Here are the kids with baby Lily, she's growing up so fast!
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Christian took this picture (hence the weird angle) and I thought it

actually turned out pretty well! All of his other pictures were close ups of the floor or couch or something, but this one showed the cute decorating style of the condo--mountain lodge.

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Unfortunately, when Christian woke up from his nap that evening, he was so congested that he could hardly breathe and I drove him straight to Wee Care in Layton. They didn't know if it was a sinus infection, a new cold that he caught over the top of the one he'd had for a week and a half, or just some weird ending to his original cold. Anyway, they gave him an antibiotic and he's now doing much better.

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Tammy took this week off to do some fun outings with the kids and she had Zach and Faith sleep over Sunday night. Monday morning Christian and I met them at IHOP and then we went to the Dinosaur Park. Here they're checking out some bunnies they have in a hutch there.

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The kids had fun matching their own feet to the dinosaur foot prints.

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It was Faith & Zach's idea to act like they're scared that the dinosaur might eat them :D

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Christian loved to watch the fish in the stream from the bridge,

and he was a little nervous about these dinos that move and make sounds.

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We had a great time and the weather was beautiful.

Christian got so pooped at the end that he fell asleep in the swing!! Before coming home, we stopped by my old workplace, the animal shelter. It had been almost six years since I'd seen it and nearly eight since I'd worked there. It felt strange being there as a "customer"!

On Tuesday we all went, with the addition of Lana, to the Hogle Zoo. We ate a delicious lunch of Chic-fil-A nuggets and fruit cups that Tammy brought and then went to see the bird show. Christian LOVES birds and was in complete awe the entire time.

As we left to see the animal exhibits, Faith remarked that her favorite thing at the bird show was Buttercup, a Cockatoo that she had seen the previous year there. I said that my favorite thing was the guy who narrarated the show (see pic -->) and I asked her if she would marry him someday. She said, "Nooooooo!" so I said that maybe I would. "Noooooo, you're already married!" she told me. Then I told her that maybe Tammy should marry him. "No, Tammy's too old for him." Faith replied. Tammy said that if you ever need an ego boost, don't look to the kids for it! ;) (Tam, I think he is the perfect age for you, you should totally ask him out during our next zoo trip!)

Here's the white alligator. Notice how Christian can't look away from it even for a picture.

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Sorry about this pic, I definately should have forced a flash. When we were there watching the elephants, some keepers brought out carrots and some kibble and had them do tricks for their snack. It was so fun to see!

At every single exhibit Christian would cry and cause a scene when we went to leave. We kept telling him, "there are more animals to see at the next one!!!"

Lana remarked that she had never seen such a young kid be so enthralled with animals. Ususally after you see a couple they get tired of it, but not Christian. Zach was such a helper to push him around in the stroller, and when grandma had him, Faith got a ride as well!

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What a sweet sister, helping her brother get a drink at the lion water fountain!

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Christian especially loved the giraffes and was so tired at that point that he had a total meltdown when we left them.

It was another beautiful day, about 72 degrees with a breeze, and the clouds waited to move in until we were just about to leave. Tammy let each of the kids get a souvenir and I got one last pic at the waterfall in front before heading home.
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