Hogle Zoo

This last Saturday we went to Hogle Zoo with my parents as a belated birthday celebration for my mom. We went together last year too and it will probably become a birthday tradition for years to come. It was lots of fun even though we all froze our butts off! As cold as it was, we had to force Eve to wear a jacket. I guess she thinks jackets cramp her style. The kids were in awe of all the animals and just seeing their happy faces was so worth walking around all day in the cold. Sometimes the animals would be holding so still that Jack couldn't tell what he was looking at but then the animal would move and Jack's eyes would get all wide and he would get this expression of "wow" on his face and he would get so excited and wave and blow kisses to them. It was way cute. There were lots of animals that Jack through a fit about having to leave but as long as I promised him he could see more animals, he would calm down. There were so many baby animals. They were all so cute. Before we went I knew there was a new baby elephant but I didn't realize that over the summer practically every other animal had babies too.

Baby elephant Zuri and her mom.

Rhinos munching on dirt.

Baby giraffe and mom.

Jack pretending he's a turtle.

Eve enjoying her ride on the train.

Jack getting kisses from Grandma Wendy.

Jack snuggling with Grandpa Rusty.

Jack riding on the warthog on the carousel.

Eve on her tiger in bull-rider pose.

Here she is practicing her Lion King on pride rock pose.
At least they are both facing the camera.

Jack thought this alligator was so cool.

Good to sleep on the way home after a long day.