Hogle Zoo

My mom, sister Kamberee and nephew Karev came up for a visit. My mom doesn't make it up to Northern Utah much so it was nice to have both her and my sister come up for a visit. They arrived late Tuesday July 23rd. On Pioneer Day, we decided to take the kids to the Hogle Zoo. I have been wanted to take the kids to the zoo this summer and the summer has gone so fast I was afraid we weren't going to make it. Right now at the zoo they have some very neat Lego displays around the park. They have a huge Lego Polar Bear, turtles, monkeys and many more displays made completely out of Lego's. Both Kaleb and Karmindy are huge fans of legos and I knew they would have a blast seeing life-sized Lego animals! The polar bear was our favorite animal made out of Lego's!

Kaleb, Karmindy and Karev had a great time looking at all the animals and had to get their picture taken next to all of the animal statues!

While we were at the zoo we had to make several stops. The elephants are always a favorite and my kids always love sitting on the life-sized elephant and trying to avoid getting sprayed by water by the motion activated elephant's trunk. This time they opted to just sit in the safety of the elephants trunk for a picture. 

Karmindy also loves going to see the "BaGiraffes" as she calls them. It is so cute when she calls them "BaGiraffes. I haven't the heart to correct her yet. She was so excited to see not one giraffe but TWO out and about when we rounded the corner to the Giraffe house. We even saw the cute baby Giraffe that has grown since we were there last!

It was a pretty hot day at the zoo and so we sought refuge in the shade quite a bit. We ate at the Rocky Shores for lunch and then after lunch saw a few more animals, took a ride on the carousel and then headed home. It was a fun day but was so miserable in the heat. The kids had fun and really enjoyed themselves.

That night after we got home we all took a nap and then had dinner at lit off fireworks to celebrate the 24th of July (Pioneer Day). I am so glad my sister, mom and nephew could come up for a few days and spend time with us. I love them so much and miss seeing them since we live 300+ miles away from each other. Even though we are so far from each other I always cherish the time we do get to spend together.