Zoo-pendous!

Stockton's Aunt RoShawn and Cousin Anellina are in town this week, so we decided it would be a great time to go to the Zoo. (I think everyone and their dog has gone to the Zoo within the last couple of weeks!) Stockton didn't quite know what was going on, he's still a little too young. But, he liked the big animals and the ones that moved a lot. He liked all the kids running around more than anything! But, Anellina was really into it and LOVED it, she was so cute! It was a really fun day!

Anellina pointing at the monkey's with Grandma Haider.


Checking out Mama Elephant and Baby Zuri.

Stockton loved the giraffes, I think because they were the easiest for him to see.

Couldn't get a good pic with the gorilla so a statue will have to do.

We took a little break and let the kids get their wiggles out. They were playing so cute with each other. Here's a little hug from Anellina!

A couple of gophers!


Sittin' on a crocodile (Stockton was deathly afraid of it, can't believe the picture turned out this good.)

After such a fun day, everyone was worn right out!

Fun with Dirt!

On Saturday Brady and all the guys were haulin' in dirt to try to level out the backyard. Stockton wanted to be right in the middle of it all.

So he got his trusty shovel and got to work!


He had a blast playing in the dirt!


He was covered in it and loved every second of it. Then he decided that his little shovel kinda looked like a spoon, so started spooning it into his mouth. He threw a fit when I put a stop to the dirt-eating.




After a long day of diggin' in the dirt, it was finally time to head inside for a bath. But, he would not let go of the shovel!


So the shovel got a bath, too!

We adore our little dirt-lovin' boy!

Zion

For our 3rd Anniversary, Brady and I ran away to Zion National Park for a quick get-away. We left Stockton with grandparents just over night. It was hard to leave him for the first time, but it was a much needed break.

We set out on Friday morning and it was an icy, snowy mess at home. We were really worried about the weather. But, luckily it was GORGEOUS at Zions.

The first day we went a fun hike.


We hiked up to three sets of pools, called Emerald Pools. This is the upper pool where a really tall water fall comes off the top of the high cliffs.


The water comes down a little further and falls off more cliffs.


Some of the rock formations were really cool!


The view of the canyon from Weeping Rock. (The water seeps through the sandstone and comes out here as a spring, if you look close you can see the water falling out of the rock behind Brady.)


The second day we hiked up the Angel's Landing trail. You gain altitude so quickly, and there are some breathtaking views.


This is on top of Scouts Lookout. It's only about a 1000 foot drop behind us. We decided to play it safe and not go on to Angel's Landing...


Because the rest of the trail is up over that ridge, with about a 900 foot drop on one side and a 1200 foot drop on the other, and the trail gets down to 3 feet wide in some areas, and only a chain to hold on to. I did the hike once. I'll never do it again, especially now that I'm a mom. Then I came home and found out that just a few days before a lady fell from Scouts Lookout, right where we were standing in the picture before. YIKES!


Scouts Lookout is in the "bowl" right below those white cliffs. Angel's Landing is the big cliff to the left. So you can see how high up we were.


This is the water fall at the Temple of Sinawava. The wind would blow and it would just turn into mist. It was so cool lookin!

It was the perfect little trip. So gorgeous and the weather was perfect. If you haven't been I highly recommend it!