OUR CALI KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL IN UTAH

SAVANNAH & COLE

THIRD GRADE AND KINDERGARTEN

WE ARE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU CLOSE TO US

HOGLE ZOO WITH SYDNEY & TAYLER

BACK TO THE ZOO, THIS TIME WITH THE GIRLS

 SIDNEY & TAYLER

 

 FIRST TIME TO SEE THE NEW ROCKY SHORES EXHIBIT

 COOLING OFF AT THE FAN BEFORE SEEING 

THE BIRD SHOW

 

 THEY WANTED TO END THE DAY WITH A TRAIN RIDE 

AND

PLAYING AT THE WATER FEATURE AT THE ENTRANCE

SAVANNAH IS 8 YEARS OLD

 AUGUST 23rd OUR SAVANNAH TURNED 8 YEARS OLD

We can't wait for Savy to move to Utah......
but she will always be our Little Cali Girl

I guess you could call this a Birthday/Going Away Party

Your friends will really miss you, but we are excited you are moving our way!

WHAT'S NEW AT THE ZOO

Larry was out of town, Shannon had to work, so she gave the 

boys some money and we headed for the zoo.

 HOGLE ZOO

check out the monkey ** No, not the cute monkey at bottom right corner

I mean checkout the monkey in the upper right corner

Ah the Elephants **** Strider was still trying to figure out what was going on

Those are some pretty big birds

Lazy tigers, the ball was still in the water after they decided to take a nap

ROCKY SHORES EXHIBIT

This is the new part of the zoo, which contains bears, seals, sea lions, otters and bald eagles

 This is one of the Sea Lions

The boys could have stayed all day watching this crazy guy.  Meet Rizzo, he is such a playful polar bear.
He would swim away, turn around, swim under the water and then come right up
out of the water to greet his visitors at the window.

Meet our new grizzlies, Dolly, Lou Lou and Koda.  They were very friendly too!

Strider got out of the stroller and ventured on his own in the terrarium

My favorite photo shoot place at the zoo, sitting on the wild cats

The zoo is now working on a new area for the giraffes, so we could only see them from afar

Dresden and Logan loved the cave where the bats live

but

Strider takes after his cousin Creed, they both love trains

All aboard!

Before leaving the zoo, the boys had to check out the water feature

as it turned around and around

SAN DIEGO TRIP FOR THE CALI FAMILY

AUGUST 2012

THEY WERE IN SAN DIEGO WITH THEIR GOOD FRIENDS,

KIND OF A GOOD-BYE TRIP I SUPPOSE

AUGUST BIRTHDAY'S

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY COLLIN - AUGUST 5th

 PAPA JOHN - AUGUST 9th

 

SAVANNAH - AUGUST 23rd/SHE WAS IN CALIFORNIA

NATALIE - AUGUST 26th

 WE CELEBRATED THE BIRTHDAYS IN EPHRAIM

 

 YUMMY CUPCAKES AND ICE CREAM

 BRANDT CHECKING OUT THE GENEALOGY GRANDMA ELLEN HAS BEEN WORKING ON

 LOOKING AT THE SATIN CLOTH STAR THAT WAS PUT IN GREAT GRANDMA STRONG'S WINDOW WHEN GRANDPA WENT OFF TO WAR