Elephants, Monkeys & Giraffes (oh my)...

Saturday my sisters Jamie, Stacy, Shalane and I took the kids to the Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake. It was a hot 85 degrees (which felt a lot hotter while you are walking uphill pushing a heavy stroller with two kids on it), there were tons of people there and my kids were a little cranky (the picture above was the best I could get out of them) at times but we still enjoyed seeing all the animals.

There was a safety fair going on and they had a bunch of booths set up. The kids had fun going to all of the booths and getting their drawing cards filled up. They also got something to keep from each booth (candy, chap stick, stickers, key chains, sunscreen, string cheese, pencils etc.)

Loved seeing baby elephant Zuri-so cute!

... not so cute!

Two of the many different kinds of monkeys...

... more monkeys!

Three Musketeers...

Taking a break to eat our picnic lunch and rest.

Love how this picture turned out... so pretty!

This picture doesn't do this turtle justice at all! It is HUGE! It weights around 450 lbs. and is just massive... I've never seen one so big!

The crocodiles were also huge and a bit scary! We were there during feeding time and the employee was tossing huge white rats into the water for them to eat (which they just swallow whole-their teeth aren't designed for chewing, just grasping)... gross! The one in the picture is 11+ feet long and weighs 400+ lbs. We were surprised to learn that they are only fed 1-2 lbs. of food a week. I guess they have a pretty sedentary life...

I always love the giraffes! They are so awkwardly cute!

My zoo peeps...

We got to the zoo around 10:30AM and left hot and exhausted around 2:30PM. Both my kids were sleeping within ten minutes of leaving the parking lot. I cranked the AC and enjoyed my peaceful drive home (and almost missed an exit)...

Saturday 9/18/10