Bugzillas at the Zoo

 Kasen and Naomi go to the Zoo!

We had a couple discount coupons that expired today so we decided to hurry and use them and spent the morning at Hogle Zoo.

 They had a Bugzillas thing going on with giant bugs everywhere.  I didn't really get it, but I guess it was cool for the kids!

 We saw Giraffes and Zebras,

 Lions (which Kasen calls Simba),

 Elephants,

 The Rhino,

 Wait, can I tell you how much I love my double stroller?! Tai isn't in her baby carrier that snaps into it anymore, but the back lays all the way down so we can still cover her and let her go to sleep in it! 

Kasen is a ninja and sneaked out of the stroller to run and steal Naomi's cookies then when he got caught, shoved his hand in the cup to grab as many as he could before we took them away! Such a stinker.

 Sea Lions, Tigers (like Daniel Tiger),

 and Bears, Leopards, Monkeys, Crocodiles, etc...

The animals seemed to be moving a whole lot more than when we came last summer so that was fun!

Thanks for coming with us Naomi!

 We had a little staycation at our house with the married siblings (The Sixteeners, all married on the 16th) over the weekend, which was good times!

 Friday night we grilled some burgers and then while the boys played Wii golf and Madden the girls ran a couple miles on the trail around our neighborhood.  Getting ready for the 5k at the end of September! Woo woo!

 Later we played my favorite game of the weekend! You write a phrase then it's like telephone with drawing then describing the picture, then drawing again. Super funny!

There were two cars crashing into a jellyfish, pooping in the park, no eating in the sun, a cat barking at me, monkey eating a banana, 13 people sleeping, Josh loves rainbows, etc...

 The boys were in heaven playing Priceless. Only 4 people can play so the girls took turns and we usually won. It always made Jake super uncomfortable when Kyle and Josh got heated about the rules of the game! And according to Josh, Kristi is such a "Back Stabber!" haha

It's serious when Josh stands up!

 Saturday afternoon we drove up to Strawberry reservoir to go fishing. It turned into the boys fishing, Marissa paddle boarding and me and Kristi babysitting the kids on the deck of Marissa's aunt's cabin.  It was nice for a while and then the kids were not fun anymore so we packed up and left early.

 I made a fire in our new fire pit that night, but we didn't camp in the backyard :(

Kyle PROMISED that we will sometime though!

 Naomi got to come with us to nursery the next day and we played Cranium and more Priceless after church. Kyle's sculpture of a wedding cake was on point and dalmation is actually spelled dalmatian.

 Kasen loves his "Marshmellow!" and he and Naomi played a little bit of Just Dance with me like champs! Our favorite is the fruit dancing to Summertime. And the panda.

It was lots of fun, even though Marissa wanted to sleep more than she should ;)
As long as she throws down a towel first then it's fine.