Let's get our zoo on!

We took the kiddos to the Hogle zoo with Gma and Gpa Holt and cousins. They had a new zoorassic exhibit there and needless to say, Kai was in HEAVEN! He was all about showing us around with his map and Meili was just happy to run around like a crazy person! My sister and her husband were able to come too. The kids had a blast riding the carosel, the train, and running around with their cousins to see all the new zoorassic animals! It was an awesome day!

Good times in UT

Our new favorite desert spot, 'The Chocolate' Absolutely delish!

And while the guys are away...

  The Ladies will play...

 The guys went to Lake powell for 4 days and my sister, mom, and I stayed in provo with the babies :) we had a great time shopping, eating, and movie watching. The guys caught lots of fish and Kai had an awesome time at man camp. When they returned we celebrated my Dad's retirement (complete with chocolate fountain). He definitely deserved that and more. He is such a hard worker. We are very proud of him. We had such a fun couple of weeks in UT :) 

Photo shoot

Sarah's sister Jen wanted to get some practice shooting little people on the go so we volunteered. She got some cute pics :) The little stinker Kai was stuck in his army phase, we had to do some serious barganing to get him to change for the rest of the pics :)

zions

We had a bit of a different trip to zions this year. It wasn't bad it was just different :) It rained almost the entire time we were there, we got part of one hike in and went to the top of the canyon to see the amazing waterfall at the beginning of the river walk. It was beautiful. We spent a lot of time swimming and enjoying each other and our hotel. We also ate some great food, which is always a huge highlight for us! We went and saw a cool 3d movie and let the kids play in the rain and mud. That was so much fun to watch them go crazy in the puddles. Meili was all about it, but Kai was a little more hesitant. She would dive into the puddles on her belly and he was not about to go that far, he'd jump in them but Meili would totally belly flop and sit in them. They are so different in that way :) Grandma and Grandpa Holt happened to be there for a couple of days that we were there and we went to dinner and swam with them and attempted to do a hike together. It was really great to hang out with them there. Like I said it was a different zions experience full of things we havn't done before. We love getting away as a family together and this time we even added one more to the bunch :)