FINALLY!!!!!

Well after a week and one attempt we made it to thee zoo. It was a lot of fun and totally worth making the trip. 

The kids looking at the monkeys

 We were able to borrow a stroller from Kasiah's mom so we could have both girls in a stroller. I brought my wrap and backpack for Lydia, but it all worked out okay.

 Kasiah and Arlee looking at the elephants.

 Jens, Ulla, Brock, Kasiah, and Amy looking at the elephants. We did find out that the Hogle Zoo only has female elephants. The one that was by itself was a really old elephant. It is 52 years old and 3 years away from breaking the worlds oldest recorded elephant. She doesn't have any of the signs of old age so they expect her to break that record easily. We will have to wait and find out. They was making all kinds of noise and the kids loved it.

 Hans, Arlee, Brock and Kasiah with the Rhino statue

 in front of the river otters

 Landon loved watching them swim all over the place.

 Two otters up on the log by the rock

 Next stop was the seals and sea lions

 Playing with me and the camera

 another fun thing was to be in the shade. It was so hot and this was a pretty cool place to be. Needless to say we watched them for a while. The kids were chasing them back and forth.

 It took a lot of attempts to get this picture perfect. Hahaha as you can tell.

 Now the Polar bear! It was swimming up to the glass from under the water and then would poke its head up right in front of the children watching. Push off and float on its back and then repeat.

 It was a pink day for all of us.

 Grizzly Bears

The zoo went pretty well. If it had been about 20 degrees cooler it would have been perfect!

Housing around

Just thought I would share...

Arlee got a house for an early birthday present from Hans' brother, Jens and his family while we were in Utah. Arlee and I colored it. Well, I colored it. Arlee mostly just played and put in her color sense when she felt like it was needed.

 She absolutely loves it. I am so glad that it can come back down since I have nowhere for it to go permanently. We bought more furniture for the girls room so it really can't fit in there and we like to have people come and stay, so it can't fit in the extra room all the time.

 Don't get me wrong... it is a great gift. It goes away when we have people stay. And it is up when we don't.

Thank you Jens and Amy for the wonderful house! As you can imagine it keeps this busy girl entertained.