Hogle Zoo

It has been so cool this week in SLC. The high is barely 80 and it is feeling so nice outside. Zack and I decided it was time we took Natalie to the Zoo (since we wouldn't sweat our butt's off). I invited my mom to come with us since she loves to hang out with Natalie. We met at 9:00 with high expectations of lots of fun. However, it did not quite turn out that way. The zoo is pretty small, the cages are a bit too small as well, and you can't help but feel bad for the predator cats that were pacing back and forth looking a bit insane. I don't mean to be negative but, as an animal lover I couldn't help but think of Dr. Seuss' book "If I ran the Zoo" and how much bigger I would make them.



My mom showed Natalie that she could walk behind the wagon and push. Not sure if that was good or bad because after that looking at animals was so much more boring...all she wanted to do was push. We tried to get Natalies attention by asking her where the elephants were and thats when she put her hand up like "I don't know" since they were behind her.




Here she is looking at Rhino's with dad.







I have to say the carousel was the best part. It was beautiful, seriously. One of the best I have seen. Natalie loved it! Here she is with Grandma and I before it started. During the ride she had the biggest grin and would pat the elephant she was riding when she would see her daddy to show him what she was riding. (We switched animals after the below picture was taken.)




Zack and I felt better about our day once we went and played Rockstar with my brother. Nothing like some good jamming out to take away the blues.