Hogle Zoo

I'm a little behind on posting our Friday field trips....okay...a lot.

A few weeks ago my good friend Cami asked us to watch her girls while she and her husband were away in Switzerland so we got to take them along on our zoo field trip. Yay!

Easton, Camry, Emily, and Jace picnicing at the zoo.

This is cute Heidi. She's 4 and calls me "Honey". Awww....

Aunt Jax and Soph

Brie sticking her tongue out at Auntie :)

Chubby Dawsie

Jace and Garet...consulting the map. They were real excited about having maps and wanted to direct us where to go.

Garet, Kaleb, Easton, Jace riding the Rhino.

Emily, Camry, and Sophie--it was a HOT zoo day!

Camry and Soph on the merry-go-round

Maddie, Auntie Laura, and Brie riding in the peacock

Em and Cams SO excited to ride the merry-go-round they can hardly contain themselves!

What could be so interesting???

That's right...um. SICK! Can you see it's poor little legs sticking out? I was forced to endure this from beginning to bitter end by 8 extremely excited children!

It was our Maddie's 4th birthday. She was SUPER excited about her ice cream cone!

Ice cream break

Camry and the darling new baby elephant Zuri.
Elephant highlight for the little boys-Zuri getting pooped on by mama elephant....of course.

Brielle, Mommy, Auntie, and Dylan

Jace, Garet, and Maddie SO happy to finally be on the train!

Happy Hot Zoo Day!
Until next time.....

Seriously!?

I think my kids think there is a "cupboard closing fairy".....

My Heart Melts...

Auntie and Brie~isn't she a doll!?

Mormon Mosquito...I mean...Miracle Pageant

We decided to take a trip to Manti for the Mormon Miracle Pageant. The view and the pageant were incredible! Not so incredible....the mosquitos!!!! Massive amounts of them! One WHOLE bottle of mosquito repellant was no match for these pesky creatures! EWWW!

This is me trying to protect Dylan from all those mosquito's. If you look REAL close you can see that I was being a pretty good deterrent. Right between my eyes there is a HUGE mosquito! Sick! (This photo has given us much laughter...had to share)

Couple of seconds later....mosquito gone.

Brielle and Mommy..not cold...just trying to keep the bugs away....have I mentioned mosquitos?

Bryan's going to hate me for this photo but I thought it was cool...doesn't he look superimposed into a photo of the temple?A great show and MANY mosquito bites later we were on our way back home. Good times. Next time we'll bring TWO bottles of repellent!

Scera Pool

For our Friday Field Trip we went to the Scera Pool. I love this pool! It's got things for all ages...it suits our big family perfectly! Grandma was in town along with Aunt Tanya and the kids, who drove up for the day from Salina. We had SO much fun!

Sophie, Grandma Linda, and Maddie

How cute are these 2 bathing beauties!?

Aunt Tanya and Dawson

Maddie and Hannah Marie

I love-Love-LOVE the look on Brie's face in this one!

Kaleb, McKay, Easton, and Jace~missing the birthday boy Garet in all photos...where was he?

Brothers.

Camry, Soph, and K'Leigh

Auntie Laura and her babies

We're gonna need a whole week to recover from 13 kids and 6 hours in the sun...but it sure was a good time!

Go Crushers!

The ONLY sport Jace wanted to play this Spring was SOCCER!

We have no idea how it happened but he ended up on an ALL GIRL soccer team. The league is co-ed ...maybe they had way more girls sign up than boys? Thankfully our little ladies man didn't care a bit. He was happy to run alongside the ladies in the pink socks. :)

Handsome little "Crusher"

Jace and his teammates Ella and Bree

Way to go Crushers!

Round Up Days Parade

We got our favorite spot at the Lehi Round Up Days Parade.  It was a super hot day so we set up our umbrellas for some shade.

Easton and Jace waiting for the parade to get to our spot.

We were watching the Purtschert girls for the week while their mom and dad were in Switzerland. Here is Heidi, Camry, and Emily waiting for the parade to start.

Baby Brie decked out in her red white and blue

Brielle and Dylan

Awww! Cute babies. Loving the parade.