A few final details . . . .

No summer is complete without a trip to the zoo. We barely made it! This summer was shorter than normal - I swear! June was freezing up in Morgan (it even snowed!), and July was filled with 3 weeks of vacationing out of the month, and at the end of July, Colten started football every single day. It was a week before school started that I remembered all the little things I forgot to do with my kids during the summer. So, that week we went to the wave pool with some of our wonderful neighbors (the Pettys), and then on tuesday, we went to the zoo, and then on Wednesday I realized we never went school shopping - so we did it all that day, and then school started on Thursday. Whew! Who says being a mom isn't a full-time job?So, this was Chloe's first trip to the zoo. She was so good and just loved it! This is her first "ho-ho!"
It was high-noon when we got there, so it was such a relief to find some shade while we watched the elephants.

Jake got sick of his stroller, and Chloe offered to hold him and carry him, but she only weighs 4 pounds more than him, and this is as far as she got.
We went with some of our best friends - the Hurds and the Saunders. Wow - it really looks like they're swimming. Really.
I think this Giraffee baby was the highlight of the trip. He was so cute eating the branches, and his mom kept an eye on him from the comfort of her little apartment.


Since there was no napping at the zoo, by about 3, Jake decided that he was a little sleepy and a tiny bit grumpy. He politely asked if he could just lie down for a moment or two. Such good manners!


If I could buy a merry-go-round and put it in our backyard, I would. Chloe loves these more than anything in the world. The zoo has a really cute one, and as much fun as looking at the animals can be, they don't hold a candle to actually riding a zebra on a merry-go-round!