It's a Zoo in here!

We made our annual trip to the zoo yesterday. I like to go in September because it's cooler and it's not as busy. Because of the move I kept unintentionally puting it off because we still have a lot of projects to do to get our house in order. Well, yesterday was the last Saturday before Halloween and it was PACKED! People everywhere. I think it worked out okay. We went later in the day and so a lot of people had left by the time we were done. The line for the train was about as long as it was last year. So, Note to Self: go in September next year.

Nathaniel was being a little grumpy about going but he had a lot of fun. Of course. Jonathan was so excited that he kept reminding us that we were going to the zoo the whole ride there, you know, just in case we forget and go somewhere else by accident.
Here are our fabulous pictures:


We decided it was worth the money to get a double stroller/wagon from the zoo. I'm glad we did, Brigham loved it and never tried to get out. Even Jonathan stayed in it most of the time.


We went to the elephants first. Since we had the stroller we couldn't get much closer but we still got some great views.


Then it was on to the monkeys. This one was just sitting right there practically begging me to take it's picture.


And then there was this rooster wandering around...


I'm not sure why but Jonathan was SO anxious to see the zebras. It went something like this: "Do you see the cougars?" "Yes, lets go see the zebras!" "Do you see the bears?" "Yes, lets go see the zebras!" After every animal he wanted to see the zebras. I hope it was everything he dreamed it would be.


Then it was on the the giraffe's. They are one of my favorite animals. I mean, their necks are so long! What's up with that?


We were looking at the giraffe's for a long time and one of them started looking at us so I snapped this picture. I'm pretty happy with it.


While the boys were looking at the giraffe's, I snapped this one of a cheetah.


Now we're waiting in line for the train. Brigham fell asleep on the way to the zoo and so he was in a very relaxed and happy mood. It was great for us.


Jonathan has always loved trains so of course he was very excited to finally ride it!


One last picture before we go. We let them pick out a toy at the gift shop. They both chose the animal puppets. Nathaniel chose a lion and Jonathan chose a zebra(he's really into zebras, apparently). They had so much fun with them. They talked with them the whole way home. You can see a video and a few more pictures on Nathaniel's blog. The whole outing went pretty well, everyone had a lot of fun.

To Pluto and Beyond

It's been a while since I've posted something and even longer since I've posted something really interesting so I thought I'd give you something else to look at.
Jaaromy works downtown now just a little bit East of Temple Square. Well his car broke down on Thursday so he took the bus to work on Friday and the kids and I went to go pick him up. Since it was Friday and we were in fabulous downtown Salt Lake City we decided to go to the Planetarium. We have a membership but haven't been able to take advantage of it as often as we would have liked since most of our summer was spent looking for and buying houses. Since we live so close we were able to just hop on down. It was too late to see any shows(at least ones that the kids would like) we just had fun looking at the exhibits and the boys each got to pick out a toy in the gift shop. It was a lot of fun.


Here's Brigham looking at the pendulum. We were lucky enough to see it knock one of the pegs over. Awesome!


Jonathan already knows all about the phases of the moon, but he still loves to play with the moon phase exhibit.


Brigham was quite taken with the sphere exhibit on the ceiling. I can't remember what it's called, unfortunately.


Here's another one because he's SO CUTE!


Nathaniel is getting some great ideas watching the Newton's Daydream exhibit.


Jonathan loved going from planet to planet finding out how much he would weigh on each.


Just to prove that Brigham is cute no matter what, here he is being cute on Mars!


And finally, a quick trip to the moon to hurry and take a picture before my camera's batteries die. I find it extremely ironic that, given how little time we had to take the picture, my boys were more cooperative than they were for Grandpa Jay when he tried to take our family picture. Maybe we just need to go to the planetarium to have our family picture taken. Hmmm, that gives me an idea!