Hogle Zoo

I decided to take Skyler to the Hogle Zoo today so she could see some of her favorite animals in person. The weather was perfect, and it wasn't busy so we really enjoyed our day. We started off by seeing the elephants, which she really loved.

Watching the elephants and making her elephant noise

Rhinoceros

Watching the monkeys

Owl

Bald eagles

Seal

Skyler loved the polar bear. It would jump in the water and she'd say "Where bear? Where bear?" and would laugh and point when it popped its head back up. We ended up watching it for about 20 minutes.

Self portrait - Skyler was too busy watching the giraffes to look at the camera

Giraffe

We spent about 3 hours at the zoo and didn't have time to see all the exhibits. Skyler missed her nap so she was ready to go and slept the entire ride home.

Boating and Hanging Out With the Cousins

Last month, Josh's older brother and his family came out to Utah to visit. They have 3 kids and Skyler loved playing with her cousins. Anytime we take Skyler out to the playground next to our house she usually just plays by herself and does her own thing, even when other kids come up to her and want to play. We were surprised that she loved playing with her cousins and even followed Kate around while she was here. We hung out at Josh's parents house a lot and also spent a day at Pineview Reservoir boating.

Skyler and Kate

Skyler and Kate

Skyler and Jack

Josh cooking lunch

Skyler loves tomatoes. Someone brought some tomatoes from their garden and I grabbed a couple slices and cut a piece off and gave it to Skyler. She spit it out and grabbed a whole slice from my plate and ate the whole thing - apparently a small bite wasn't enough for her.

Skyler throwing dirt around

Josh and Skyler

Josh wake boarding

Josh knee boarding

Josh, Kayla and Skyler tubing

Kayla and Skyler

Josh and his brother Alex tubing

California Vacation

A couple weeks ago Skyler and I flew out to California for a much needed vacation. We had a lot of fun and luckily my little sister Lindsay had a lot of time off and was able to spend some time with us! We headed to the beach the first day we were there and Skyler loved it!

Our last day in California, we headed to the Santa Ana Zoo. It is a pretty small zoo, but was perfect for Skyler. She loved seeing all the monkeys and other animals.

We can't wait to go back to California for some more fun!

Warm Weather

With the warm weather we had earlier last week a couple of my neighbors set up a slip n slide and a toddler pool in the play ground area. All the older kids were really good with Skyler and made sure she was having fun. She loves playing in the water and had a blast!

Easter Egg Hunt

The Saturday before Easter the city put on an Easter egg hunt. Since Skyler is still pretty young we figured it would be easiest to take her to it instead of doing a hunt for her ourselves. It turned out being pretty lame. There was a 5 egg limit per child, and there were so many people there that all the eggs were snatched up within a few seconds.

 We ended up doing an Easter egg hunt with our neighbors and their kids later that afternoon.

 Skyler was more fascinated with her friend's tricycle. I'm guessing she will be more interested in the egg hunt next year!