Zoo Adventure

Yesterday, the temperature actually hit, like, nearly 70 degrees – it’s the first real taste of spring weather we’ve had in SLC, and I absolutely took advantage of the warmth.

Whit, Cade, and I decided to visit Utah’s Hogle Zoo, as Cade is absolutely in love with “annimoes.” We took lots of pics, and here are some of the highlights:

Here we are with the "Ghost of the Bayou," who is this genetic freak mutant gator that's not albino technically, just missing pigment in his skin cells. He seemed really depressed though, and that was kind of a bummer.

Here's Whit and Wee Man with the cute little penguins in the background. All three of us were absolutely fascinated with them, and probably stayed and watched them for a good twenty minutes. There were zookeepers trying to catch a little baby penguin in the water who kept eluding their traps for capture - it was quite a fun sight! Aside from the fact Cade kept calling them ducks, it was so fun! I actually thought penguins were like giant. Who knew they were so small?

Here we are with some squashed-faced monkeys (that's actually their scientific name, I swear) who wouldn't really pose for the camera. Cade loved the monkeys - but he couldn't get it in his head that they weren't some sort of warped cat. The other zoo patrons got a kick out of Cade calling everything he saw either cats or horsies! We're working on his animal vocabulary. ;)

The mountain lions were PISSSSSED yesterday. They were really agitated with this jerk and his son who were totally trying to get them angry. He and his fellow mountain lion comrade were literally jumping at the fence, trying to attack them. It was really cool, actually. I thought this was a terrific shot of Cade and Whit with the mountain lion very close behind them.

Okay, I love this shot! We totally match, though I swear we didn't plan it! We were in the Asian Rainforest exhibit thingy, and these ridiculous hats were for sale. We of course didn't purchase them; we only used them for a kodak moment! Don't we look like we could be sisters? (Or lesbian lovers, ha ha.)

Before we left, we let Cade play in the park there. Please ignore the fact that Whit's wearing socks with her clearly no-sock-wearing shoes! (Her feet were cold, poor thing!) I was supposed to crop it out, but well...sorry Whit! ;)

So the day was grand, as you can tell. We spent the evening at my sister Brooke's house playing Loaded Questions, which is one of the greatest board games ever invented. It got funny and dirty, and you know me - those two things are my specialty! ;)

The only down-side to the day was my momentary sickness in the evening. I was driving Whit to her car, and totally thought I was going to ralph. But after putting my head between my legs and spitting up a storm, the moment passed. Weird, huh? I mean, I have a stomach of steel, and it takes a loooot for this girl to toss her cookies. ...I may have just been nervous for the Relief Society lesson I had to give today, but if I do say so myself, it went smokin'!

Okay, that's all for today. Hope you all had a lovely evening. I'm going to go catch up on all of your blogs now. :)