On 25 Oct. 2008 we went to
Boo at the Zoo at
Utah's Hogle Zoo. We had a blast! I don't think I have ever seen it that crowded before though. We got there pretty early but still
the front parking lot was already full. We got a spot in the back but that quickly fi
lled up too. We were able to get some candy but we were almost better off just looking at animals
. The favorites that we got to see were the Zebras, Bears, Elephants, Giraffes, Rhinos, and Monkeys. We also got to see Grandma (my mom) there showing all the people a Kookaburra. The Kookaburra used to be one of my favorite animals to show when I worked as a docent there. My mom made it a big deal that they couldn't touch it because it would
bite them but that was one of the best things about holding
it was its little beak biting me so I got my mom to let it bight me. I thought that was fun. So Cole was The Cowardly Lion, Kenz was Dorothy (They were so cute.), Shandra was The Wicked Witch, and I was supposed to be The Scarecrow but I am a slacker and didn't find time to put anything together. (Come to think of it I would have been fine if I just grabbed some hay in my shirt and the straw hat I have hung up in my room. Oh well. Watch for a Halloween post and hopefully I will have a costume then.) We met Koreena and Dan there so that my kids could hang out with Matty and Jocelyn. Matty was a Skunk and Jocelyn was a Pea Pod.
Well if that wasn't enough for a crazy day we then went to Taylorsville High School to watch Shandra's sister, Nikki, in Beauty and the Beast. They did a good job. Kenz enjoyed some of it but it was so loud that after intermission she wouldn't go back in. Shandra's other sister, Rissa, had shown up just to bring Nikki a costume piece she had forgotten so Rissa said she would sit in the foyer and play with the kids that way we could still enjoy the rest of the show.
After that we all went to Shandra's family's home to talk and play (and show off the new van). When everyone went shopping for dinner Cole and I stayed and played in the yard. That was so much fun. We swung on the swings, we played with and talked about nature, we low crawled through the grass, and we laid on our backs watching the airplanes fly over head. It was great to just hang out and try to play like a kid. We finally got home at about 9:00 at night. Two really late nights in a row with the kids. I feel like such a bad parent. But that was a great day!!!
don't know why it was weird but it was. Then later at Costco a man commented on my tie (it was an Army tie) of how appropriate it was for Veterans Day. That made me feel really good. I also saw Carrie there. That was fun.
