Hogle Zoo

We had the opportunity to once again go to the zoo in Salt Lake. Em has been lucky to go at least once a year since she was about 15 months old. A couple of those trips can be seen here and here.

This time was the first time we got to go with any of Steve's side of the family. The visit consisted of me and Em, grandma Debbie and aunt Rachelle, and then aunt Kristal and her two girls, Isabel and Ariana.

It was insanely crowded for a weekday for some reason... maybe because the weather report had stated that this would be the coolest temps we'd see for awhile! And sad when 87 is cool!! We had such a hard time finding a place to park, and ended up having to park on the side of the road. We still had a lot of fun though, and it was some good exercise for my expanding body!

Here's the slideshow of course! (Easiest display when you have both pictures and video!)

Trip to the Hogle Zoo

So, we decided to go to the zoo on a day that wouldn't be so hot. It did rain the whole drive up, but fortunately (I guess) we were stuck in construction traffic (3 left lanes closed) that made it so we bypassed the rain completely. However, we did not expect it to be so COLD when we got there, but luckily it did warm up half way through! 

We knew there were a lot of new babies there, but we didn't imagine how cute they would be! Unfortunately, we couldn't see the baby elephant cause it was too young. But, we did see a baby giraffe, a baby orangutan, a baby snow leopard, and the baby meerkats (Emarie's favorite! No pics of that, but we do have video, I'll post later). So, enjoy the pictures from our fun trip to the zoo!              Okay, let's go already!!

Emarie and Daddy in Madagascar exhibit

     Mommy and Em in Madagascar

Did I mention it was COLD at the start of the day!

              OOOH Cool! A Sloth!

Here's a Madagascar tortoise that Em didn't want to touch!

Em, Daddy and some Zebras!

Lots of babies at the zoo! Here's the baby Orangutan

      And the baby Giraffe, sooo cute!

Mommy and Em on the carousel, Em wasn't so sure at first.......

       But ended up really liking it!

We had to try out the Giraffe too!

I sat her in the Gorilla's lap and she did not care for it!

The bird show, which I did not care for! But Em and Steve sure liked it!

  We sure wore her out by the end of the day! She slept the whole way home!