more from Utah

After a crazy week at the hospital, I finally found the time to finish posting pictures from our trip to Utah. Here are a few more shots from the craziness:

Lander at Jumpin JacksDrew, Lander, Jayden & Jake making silly poses at Hogle Zoo.

Nice spagetti arm, Jake!

Lander's hole in one
Dixie making a momento for Josh

One of Jake's THREE hole in ones. He won two free mini-golf passes for those hole in ones. Yippee! Jake & Lander at arcade

Jake, killing time at the park

Jake beat the adults on game night. He liked it. A lot.

Can you tell?

Jayden & Lander at Jumpin Jacks

Lander joins the Bird Show

Lander was chosen (we think! Afterwords we realized the guy might have been pointing to the kid sitting behind Lander---whoops!) to help out with the bird show at Hogle Zoo. He got to hold seeds & let a bird fly to him. The zoo keeper gave him a coupon for a gallon of chocolate milk for
helping out. Boy, did they pick the right kid to give the coupon to!

I don't usually enjoy attending shows, but this one was really worth seeing. Here is a picture of an owl that flew right over our heads. Another huge owl actually brushed my head as it flew by. I was afraid that I would get pooped on too, but luck was on my side.

Hogle Zoo

While the big boys played, Shelly & I did our best to entertain the little boys. On our first day we met up with Jaime (my long-time college friend) & her two kids at Hogle Zoo. I realized that the last time I was there, I was 12 & inadvertently watched antelopes mating (much to Dad & Uncle EJ's amusement). I was so embarrassed! This time the mating antelopes were no where to be seen, and the trip was a huge success.

Ava J., Jayden J., Drew J., Jake, Lander, Kaitlyn W., Chase W.

Don't let the glum faces on my boys fool you. They had so much fun. We literally had to chase after them as they ran from one exhibit to the next. We toured the zoo in record time, I'm sure.

Disc Golf MINNESOTA style

After waiting for nearly 6 months to receive their Christmas gifts, the boys finally found themselves in Minnesota. The weather was rainy & humid, but guess what? There were NO bugs!

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Jarrod & Eric walking a course.Josh, Eric & Jarrod on ski hill overlooking Minneapolis.
Eric & Josh on one of the beautiful courses. Imagine throwing a disc (aka frisbee for the rest of us) straight through those trees. Crazy.

Surprise!

"A disc golf trip to Minnesota? NO WAY!"

Josh & two of his brothers were surprised with a boys only trip to the official "Disc Golf Mecca" of the world, Minneapolis, Minnesota--a trip they had dreamed about for years. It was their Christmas/Father's Day/Don't-even-think-about-asking-for-anything-else-for-the-year gift. They found out about it on Christmas Eve.

Ace

This is a picture of the Ace (aka hole-in-one) that Josh got this weekend at the Blackfoot, Idaho disc golf course. It was a 181 foot hole. Way to go Babe!

New Moon Trailer

I'm not sure what I think about this. Seems like they changed some really critical things. What do you guys think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ9afRgToxE&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Enewmoonmovie%2Eorg%2F2009%2F05%2Fnew%2Dmoon%2Dtrailer%2Dpremiere%2Dfrom%2Dmtv%2Dmovie%2Dawards%2F&feature=player_embedded

(So, I am retarded, but I don't know how to embed the actual video clip from YouTube onto my blog. Can someone clue me in?)