Summer Trip continued

We made a visit to the Hogle Zoo. It was fun. I'm very glad we went. Ron hadn't been there in years and when I told him that they had made renovations and changed it alot he agreed to go. He was pleasantly surprised. The exhibits were great. We love to see all the animals. There was a bird show and an elephant show. The elephant show was so much fun. They have a baby elephant that they are teaching some tricks. So adorable! The kids loved seeing her play around. She would roll around in the mud and run into the outside area and run back in to the enclosure and then back out to the outside area again. It was so fun to watch. It was a wonderful day at the zoo!

We also went to a museum of natural history. The kids loved seeing the dinosaurs. Jaxen was so amazed at the size of some of them. Rons mom and dad came with us and they loved it as well. There were supposed to be gnomes hidden in some of the displays but we didn't find any. Of course we weren't totally focusing on that with the kids running around, but it was fun to try. after the museum we went to see Toy Story 3. Wonderful movie!!!! It really was great. We laughed and cried. The ending Ron's mom and dad, Ron and I were all crying. But it was still a great time.

We were also able to go and see one of Erika's horse shows. This was so fun for me. I loved being around all the horses. Erika did really well. She had a 1st place win and two 3rd place wins. I am so proud of her. After the show Erika let Kaeryn and Tristan get on her horse for a minute. It was getting late so she just led them around the parking lot. But they were happy to have a chance to ride. Such a fun memory!

On our last day there we drove up to Heber for some ice cream from Granny's. It's another place ron and I used to go back in the day. We had a bet going also. Ron said the best shakes came from Stan's, I said the best shake's came from Granny's. So we let the kids be the judges. While both places were tasty, Granny's won! I love winning our bets! It was a fun drive though. I love going through provo canyon. On our way back through the canyon we stopped at Canyon Glen to get our mountain fix. I love the Utah mountains! They are so beautiful. The kids enjoyed throwing rocks into the river, we loved the peace that was there. A great ending to a great trip! We boarded the train that night to go home. It was a wonderful Trip. We had so much fun and made so many memories. It really was a great adventure.