Utah Trip

 We did a quick three-day weekend trip down to Salt Lake for a last minute vacation and to do some serious clothes shopping for school.  While it isn't really a vacation if you're mom, and taking ALL three kids shopping is an adventure, it was a successful trip.  We managed to find lots of good sales to get the girls outfitted for school.  We also outfitted Lee with a bunch of new clothes so he could dress up a little more for work.  I couldn't resist and got a few things for myself as well.  Poor Kim got the shaft and only ended up with one shirt and one onesie.  (She has all the hand-me-downs so she won't go naked.)

One thing we got to do is go to the Zoo.  Kim loved it!  Checking out the elephants:

 It was REALLY REALLY hot (102).  The baby elephant got down to play in the water:

 My favorite experience in the Zoo was a bird show that we went to.  Despite the heat, it was really interesting and the birds flew back and forth and swooped right over our heads!

Golden Eagle:

 Barn Owl (I like the description they gave of it looking like a perfectly roasted marshmallow):

 Bald Eagle:

 There were birds that did tricks.  A cute parrot gave a talking demonstration and these birds at the end would take your donations and put them in the box.  Kadie gave one bird a dollar:

 If you donated five, they let you pose with one of the birds.  Taylor chose the Bald Eagle (Kadie didn't think it was a good idea):

 Can you tell she loved it?  Here is her choice in riding the Merry-Go-Round:

 They enjoyed the ride and went twice:

 I liked looking at the newer attractions that we hadn't seen.  They added a polar bear!  He was huge and was swimming laps by pushing off the glass:

 Playing on the statues:

 We ended with the train.  It was so hot that we didn't take the time to visit everything.  I'm glad we did the train because it won't run for the next two years due to a remodel:

 (My lovely "glow" is from the heat:)

 The train went so fast this was the only picture I got:

 We don't have pictures, but Lee took the girls to the Planetarium too.  Lee and I got all dressed up to go the the temple, but found it closed due to an air-conditioning problem.  We were bummed.  It was too late to get to a different one in time so we went and watched The Bourne Legacy instead.  It was a good show!

If you don't count the fact that I got car sick twice, it was a successful trip.