A Swingin' Good Time at Hogle Zoo

Lydia all dressed for church. Luckily we were able to convince her to leave the tiara at home.

Last week we were finally able to see my friend Carly's new baby. Her name is Gwen and she's so adorable! We hit up a super fun bounce house place. William and Lydia had a blast jumping and sliding the their hearts content.

Loren's chalk work of art.

Evening motorcycle ride with daddy.

Last week's adventure was Hogle Zoo! My mom and sister, Emily were able to come with us. It was a blast! We went on a cooler day so we saw a lot of the animals roaming and frolicking about.

I'm pretty sure this is the exact Zebra Lydia rode when we came a couple years ago.

Nice view of the lions. Really, can't get much better.

We watched an amazing bird show! It was really well done.

We could have reached out and touched this guy.

Excited about the feathers she got at the end.

The crew!

Giving the parrot our donation.

Love Em's photobomb!

The bears were actually doing more than sleeping! They were playing around in the water. It was fun to see.

That's one slippery caterpillar! We had such a fun and memorable day.

Lydia had her team soccer pictures. I was the cheap mom who didn't pay to get them so I tried taking my own. Definitely not as quality, but there you go. Lydia's on the top row, second from the left. They're such a cute team and Jordan's an awesome coach.

Last Saturday was Chris and Sarah's college graduation. The girls were both sick so I stayed home while Loren made a quick trip to Logan to see them graduate. We're so proud of them!

Costa Vida celebration dinner.

The girls have been sick the past week so we've been trying to get better. I'm ready for them to be back to their happy selves. Here's to hoping it happens soon!

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