Summer Vacation...The Zoo...Conservation Carousel

What trip wouldn't be complete without a ride on the carousel or as Ryder called it the Round About. Everyone tried to pick their favorite animal to ride on. It came down to who could run and jump on them first.

Reganne chose a lioness.

Ryder chose the lion and I got stuck with the monkey.

Rylee chose the dolphin.

It was a great way to end the day. It was off to dinner and to the airport for the flight home. Too bad the flight was delayed and we didn't get home until midnight.

Over all it was a great day.

Summer Vacation...The Zoo

One of the best parts of summer vacation is taking our mini vacations. This weekend was our first one to the zoo. Our first adventure was getting on a flight to Salt Lake. This was our first time flying out of the new airport. It is such a beautiful building everyone just walked around checking everything out. Too bad it was the last flight of the night and the smaller 30 seat plane and not the jet.

Look at all the new stuff.

It was a late night by the time we made it Grandma & Grandpa's house for a quick visit and off to bed. Dave & I were up early to meet Brandon & Kim for a temple session at the Jordan River Temple for Grandma Waters temple work. Lucky for us that we have a great grandma that drove the kids to the zoo to meet us.

Let the zoo adventures begin....

Grandma JeanAnn, Rylee, and Dave on the Zoo Train.


Elephants eating hay and watching the mama feed her baby. Wow! what a big baby.

A tiger looking down at the crowd or was he looking for lunch?

Rylee relaxing by the monkeys.

Look how big we are..... Together

Annual zoo picture and they were too busy to pose.