My Monkeys at the ZOO

      As I mentioned before, the Zoo in Utah was really cheap for military members and their families on Saturday as part of Armed Forces day.  So cheap in fact that instead of the dollar admission, they let us in for FREE!! (We saved 40 dollars awesome right?) The pictures tend to speak for themselves but, I of course will narrate a few of them. : )

I've always loved this fountain!

Why look at the Tigers, when you can ride one?

The boys actually got to feel a tiger skin right before we left, it was awesome!

       This was Q's VERY favorite part of the Zoo. My sweet boy is obsessed with monkeys. For him to actually see live monkeys running, jumping and, swinging in front of him was SO awesome! It TOTALLY made his whole week!

    These pictures don't even do justice to how impressed he was. I'm pretty sure we stood there just watching for a good 15 minutes.

Grandma was a good sport and, let me take her photo too

More monkeys. Do you see what Q has in his hand?

At this point they were done. Hungry and tired so we called it a day.

They must have played harder than I thought cause they crashed very early that night. It was such a great day!

The Irony of Life

Last night I on facebook to discover one of my new favorite things:

My Hubby as a Soldier!!

He is of course the one wearing the BRIGHT GREEN vest. :)

There he is again right up front (next time somebody tell him to smile)

Ready to shoot something

We are SO very excited for these glimpses into BMT. P and I can't seem to stop looking at them. I am also thankful that our boys finally have a way to reference and understand some of what Daddy is working so hard for everyday.
Ironically enough last night just before I found these new handsome pictures I had been printing some of our pictures to send to M. Now we both have pictures (or at least he will once the mail arrives). Hope you're having a great day. It may be rainy outside but our home is certainly happy today!

Totally Awesome Day

       On Saturday we were invited to a birthday for my best friend Jer's daughter. They had the party at a local swimming party. It was alot of fun first, we opened presents. Then, it was cake and ice cream time. She had a Super Mario theme. P thought it was pretty neat. Her daddy did a really great job on the cake. They also tried a really cool idea with the cupcakes. Instead, of muffin tins they filled ice cream cones with cake batter and baked them. After, they decorated them to look like mushrooms. They turned out so cool.

Happy Birthday!!!

Awesome cake!

Mushroom Cupcakes

      

       Anyways, after all of that was done we got to go swim in the pool. P and Q thought this was just about the best thing ever. There was a water slide in the kiddie pool. The boys of course had to check that out. Q decided going head first was not the best idea. The pool also had lots of different ways of pouring water on people. Both boys wanted to be in the deep end (of course.) So we'll have to see about some swimming lessons. Next, time we go to the pool I'll have to take pictures; I was too worried about them drowning this time.
       After swimming we went over to D's (M's brother) house to play some more. They took us to Mcdonald's for more ice cream and, to play in the play place. Once the boys were bored with that we went to the park. P's and Q's favorite toy at the whole park was the broken merry go round. It would spin but, man was it really hard to push. I think there was too many wood chips stuck in the spinner. After awhile it got cold so we went back to Uncle's house to watch the movie Rio and have some pizza.
       It was really great to spend time with friends and family. P told me that he had a "Totally awesome day today." I have to agree it was a pretty great day.