Thursday, May 12, 2011

Hogle Zoo

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We decided to make one last trip to the zoo before the baby was born. I was hoping that walking around the zoo would help put me into labor-no such luck. Andrea, Ryan and Kayden came with us too. The weather stayed nice and didn't rain on us. We had to ride the train to appease all the boys.Image
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The part they were all the most excited about was the dinosaurs that were located all around the zoo. They even got to dig for bones in the big sand box
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Arches National Park

I wasn't sure how much camping we would be able to do this summer with a new baby and all.  I wanted to make sure we had at least one Fun Family Camping Trip this year so I decided to plan one over Spring Break.  We were hoping to have a big group of Family and Friends to come with us, but sickness and bad weather caused most of them to cancel.  It ended up being just us and Grandma and Grandpa.  The weather actually stayed remarkably nice.  We didn't even get the predicted rain showers.  It did get a little chilly when the wind blew, but other than that it was wonderful.  I even slept really well on our air mattress in the tent.  Here are some pictures of our trip

DAY ONE-we set up camp and the boys played at the playground and made new friends
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DAY TWO-we stopped at the visitor center first to get a map and some fun pictures
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After that we went to the Balanced Rock
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Then to the Sand Dunes Arch which was the boys Favorite

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Here are some other things we did and saw while we where in Arches
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Double Arch
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Elephant Rock
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Double Arch



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Fiery Fernace
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Garden of Eden

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Corbin under Torrent ARCH
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Carter is holding Delicate Arch in his hand
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Corbin was getting a bit grumpy and didn't want to hike anymore
 We went to Canyonlands National Park on the last day.  It was cold and really windy.  We didn't feel like hiking much
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Sorry for so many pictures.