.zoo time, and other things I like.

Just put Finn down from a morning of zoo time with his buddy Lilly.  He was pretty stoked, and kept chanting "Lillllly, Lillllly, Lilllly" (he slurs her name and it melts my heart) over and over again.  As he calls Elephants Lilly too, I don't know if he was saying one or both.  Today was the first day all summer that I didn't feel like we were walking on top of every other family in the mountain west at the zoo, and it was slightly less -melt your face off- hot to boot.  All things that qualify for a good morning out.  I think Finn's favorite animals are still the seals and Big Boy the sea lion.  We also got a good view of the polar bear this time around.

It was hard to get a good shot, what with all the children with pressed faces and hands against the glass, but I like this shot of Finn's hair and the polar bears' matching white fur.

As far as other things I'm liking right now...INSTAGRAM.  I know I'm a little late on this trend, but I've been trying to limit all my social media craze, so I hesitated.  I finally decided to check out what all the fuss was about.  I love how I can simply keep track of the little events that take place everyday without feeling like I have to put it all down.  Here are just a couple of my favorite Instagrams that I have taken this past week.

 The other week we ventured out to airport 2 to watch the planes take off and land with Mikey and the Wards.  It was too cute watching these boys point and wave to each plane...not to mention there were tractors there too.  Can you say boy's paradise?

Labor day we took a lovely hike up Big Cottonwood to the "Troll Pond".  It was a perfectly beautiful morning spent with my little family and brother Sean.  Finn enjoyed himself at the pond a little too much and ended up with a face full of mud while throwing rocks.  Dad got a good laugh while I did the hard work of cleaning little man.  We also saw a moose, which Finn kept calling a horsey.

Today is Roy's 29th birthday, the last one before I can call him old like me.  And per Roy's request we are playing it very low key.  He would be totally bugged if I actually threw him a birthday party, so we might just go and get some yummy goodness at the Chocolate tonight and call it good.