Spring Fever

I love living in Utah. I love how mother nature is bipolar. I love all the seasons. I even love the snow. I used to love it a lot more when I was that crazy snow boarder. Now I really just love looking at it from my warm indoor window but I still think its beautiful. What I love the most is when the seasons change. It gives me a sense of excitement and energy. Last Saturday morning Kels and I both slept in. I got out of bed around 10 and went in to check on Kels. She was still laying in bed reading books but she had her sunglasses on. Silly girl! I had nothing but housework planned for the day. I made Kels breakfast and we both watched jungle book while eating. I opened the blinds and the sun was shining so bright. I opened the front door and sure enough, it was warm. Usually I don't really think that 60 degrees is warm but being the middle of February, it was heaven sent. I hurried Kels though her breakfast, threw on clothes and hats and booked it to the zoo. Who cares that I didn't wear any makeup? It was sporadic and fun and just the two of us. :)

I'm so glad that our baby elephant, Zuri is still so small. She is so much fun to watch!

Look closely at the giraffe. Ok, I don't think you can tell but he was peeing. I swear it went on for like 5 minutes too. It was kind of gross but the thing that amazed me was that he walked over to the floor drain and peed there. I didn't know giraffes were smart. Maybe we should get one for a pet. :)
Kelsie had to share our water bottle with the tiger statues. At first I started to tell her no because it was gross. Then I changed my mind and decided I should be proud that she is so good at sharing and wanted to take care of them.
This is one of my favorite pictures from that day. We go to the zoo quite a bit but have never seen the white wolf before. Usually he is hiding at the top of his area. This time he was just laying there watching us. Kels named him Balto.

We saw the mommy turtle and the baby turtle...

Kelsie is sure the gorilla at our zoo is Kerchek (from Tarzan). We watched him for a while and then went outside. Kels inspected the gorilla chart. At first she stood by the baby one and realized that she was was too tall. Then she moved over to the juvenile one and figured it was a perfect match.

After visiting all the animals we stopped by the cafe for lunch. I could tell Kels was getting really tired. It was only 3 hours past her normal nap time. I gathered her fries and dip and we headed to the car. I got her all strapped in her car seat and she was still munching while I loaded the stroller. As I drove out of the zoo paring lot, I glanced back at Kels. She was toast. :) We had such a fun day though!