Zoo Monday

Just to warn you, this post is really long. Tons of pictures today! Anna's school occasionally has what's called "minimal Monday's" where the kids get out of school at 12:30-sweet! So we decided to take full advantage of our Monday and get to the Zoo! The weather was not really nice (notice the full winter gear:coats, hats, and mittens). But that meant that we had the place practically to ourselves! We were really excited to see the baby elephant, but it was so cold that the elephants were inside so we didn't get to see anything but these old bones.

Matt was doing his happy dance in the reptile house.

Yes, I made them pose in front of the giant tortoise.

Anna has been really into reading about big cats lately, so it was really fun to see these tigers so close! They had four tigers in there!

Checking out a vulture. Or maybe he's checking them out?!

The kids picked out these cute tigers that came with a leash. Anna named hers "Rainbow" and Matt named his "Lightning".

In the gopher holes.

At the playground.

It's over!

Chocolate Milk Bubbles

Lucky Stripes

Today being St. Patrick's Day the kids set their annual leprechaun trap. Every year we get out the box, and the kids leave a cracker under it to lure the little guy in. Then we wait.

The kids were surprised to get a letter each from Grandpa and Grandma McLean in the mail today. Anna wanted to write back right away, she even typed some of the email herself!

Later we noticed the trap had been triggered. Anna was too nervous to see a real leprechaun trapped, so Matt braved the unknown alone. Instead of a tiny lucky guy there were treats! He got away again.

The tag says "You are my pot 'o gold at the end of the rainbow".

Happy St. Patty's Day everyone!

No School=Super Fun Day

Today Anna was out of school so we went on an adventure. The kids think it's cool to sit in the back back of the car in the thrid row, so they did. And we were off!

To this place in Draper.

There were fun slides,

And bouncy, jumpy places,

Moles to be whacked,

And skee ball to be skied(?!).

Here's our crazy photo booth pictures. Cute no?

Typical Matt

Me on My 30th

I always feel like a weirdo taking pictures of myself, but I figured since I make everyone else in the family pose for a photo on their birthday, I shouldn't exclude myself.