Rylee's Teddy Bear Picnic

Since Logan got to go to his soccer camp, I signed Rylee up for a fun little Teddy Bear Picnic Day camp at Logan's old pre-school in June (June 21 and 23). She was SO excited to go to his old preschool! She thought she was so big! It was one of the first times she has gotten to do anything like this and she loved it!
Rylee and her best friend, Maddie. She was SO happy that Maddie could go with her. They are the cutest little friends!

Rylee and her Pink Carebear. Rylee was so excited about her special little picnic and she kept telling Logan that it was "Girls only! No boys allowed!" When we got there the first day, there were several boys, so I had to explain to her that it was OK for boys to be there so she would be nice.

Oh, I love this girl!!! She had so much fun at her little day camp! She came home and talked about it for days. She really loved playing with new friends and the fun snacks they had. They even had a special treasure hunt and she told me all about it. They also played in a fun little playhouse and Rylee loved that. On the second day, they got to wear swimsuits and play in the water. She is so different than Logan in that when I ask him about something, I can barely get him to answer, but Rylee will tell me EVERY detail! Girls and boys are so different!

Where the Wild Things are

The kids and I had a busy Salt Lake weekend in June and made a trip to the Hogle Zoo. (June 5) It was our first trip there in a long time and Avery's very first zoo trip, so that was kind of exciting! It was a crazy weekend!
I headed down with the kids on a Friday to do some shopping and get my hair done for family pictures. The plan was that Darren was supposed to head down later that night and meet me and then head to his parent's house to sleep over so we could be ready for my niece Katey's baptism early the next morning. Darren was working on the sprinklers and there was a freeway closure problem, so he ended up not coming. We were a little sad, but I decided if we were already down there, we might as well do something fun. So, after the baptism on Saturday we met up with my sister to go to the zoo! It was Avery's first trip and we had lots of fun!
These tigers were laying right by the fence so we got to see them right up close! I think tigers are so pretty.

It was lunch time when we got there, so our first stop after the tiger was lunch! Ry had to have a PINK drink, even though it was a dinosaur.

Logan wanted a lion water bottle.

Cute Avery

The girls had cute matching giraffe hats, but they didn't really want to cooperate for a picture! Avery is looking in this one...

Rylee is looking in this one...

Avery ready to see some animals!

Rylee and Logan looking at some kind of cat.

My cute nephew Ethan. He and Avery are only about 3 weeks apart. It is so fun to play together with them! I can't believe it with all my picture taking, but there are NO pictures of me and my sister together. Sad!

Avery was really interested in watching the tiger

You can't see us too well because of the back light but this tiger was one of our favorite things of the whole day. He was down splashing in the water and was really fun to watch!

We tried to get a picture here, but it was SO hot it didn't work out very well. It was a really hot day to be at the zoo!

Rylee looking at a snow leopard - I just love the way she is sitting and how she just pushes her way up to see it. She was so funny all day - I think she overheard me talking with some family about the zoo and all the animals that had died there recently and how it wasn't as good as it used to be. (There were no bears and no zebras.) Every time we saw a sleeping animal, Rylee would look concerned and say "Is it dead?"

Logan and the snow leopard.

Rylee and the snow leopard - No Ry, its not dead!

My girls and me with the giraffes - My favorite zoo animal!

Rylee

Avery

Logan

One more try with me and the girls - Avery looked cute in this one, so I had to post it!

Avery playing peek a boo

Logan was SOOO excited to see the penguins for some reason. He was waddling all around like a penguin and being so funny.

Avery loves her sippy!

Logan usually hates when I take pictures, but he posed himself on this rhino. Cute boy!

Peeking at the elephants

Baby Zuri - She was seriously the cutest thing ever! She made the trip to the zoo worth it and we watched her for quite awhile.

Us with Baby Zuri

Gotta do this classic shot! Too bad Avery isn't bigger so she could stand up on the little monkey - Maybe next time! There were no gorillas to look at though. The zoo seemed a little empty this time.

My little monkeys

All 3 Monkeys!

This is the other classic zoo shot you have to have!

Avery looking SOOO sleepy!

I think Logan and Rylee's favorite part was the playground. They had so much fun! It was a little stressful for me though. By then, both Ethan and Avery were asleep and me and my sister took turns sitting with the babies and chasing Logan and Rylee. However, Logan and Rylee kept running off in opposite directions. Rylee loved the playground, and especially the snake slide that was far away from where we were and Logan loved the tunnels with the bats and the little prarie dog holes where we couldn't see him either. I thought I lost them both several times, so I was glad when we were finally done. We were all hot and tired!

Rylee loves posing for pictures

It's harder to get a good picture of Logan! He is so busy!

Me and Rylee popping up in the hole

Me and Logan peeking out - Logan loved this place SO much! He was obsessed with the bats.

The kids were really good all day, for the most part, so we got a special treat at the end of the day! Ice Cream!!! Logan had to make one last stop at the reptile house (I hate the reptile house! That is usually the one that Darren loves....) before we left and then we were ready to go home.

We had such a fun day, but we did miss our daddy! I think this is the first trip to the zoo without him. We loved playing with Aunt Heather and Ethan though. Thanks for inviting us guys! It was a crazy weekend in Salt Lake and my sister did my hair after the zoo and I think we got home around 11 pm that night, but we survived and so did our daddy and he got lots of sprinklers done without all of our interruptions!