The Zoo and the Museum

Recently we visited the Hogle Zoo and the Natural History Museum of Utah. Having never been to either I didn't know what to expect. They were fun and we enjoyed them, but I think that I was spoiled growing up being so close to the Denver Zoo and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. The zoo and museum in Utah both pale in comparison to the ones in Denver! Denver's are just so much bigger and therefore have more to see and do. For example, we went around the whole Utah museum in about two hours. The Denver museum would take all day and even then you still wouldn't get to see everything. Still, the kids had a blast and would love to go back and visit both again!

Sweet baby excited and ready to go to the zoo!

The kiddos and Uncle Eric riding a lion. Laura's favorite part of the zoo were all the cats. She squealed when she saw each one (lion, tiger, lynx, sand cat...) and called them all "kitties" no matter their size. Oh, and she also meowed at them. Ha ha!

Playing the drums and wearing cool shades while waiting for the elephant show to start.

The WHOLE family (minus Grandpa) at the zoo. The elephant behind us made noises that kind of freaked out the kids.

After the zoo we all went to lunch at Red Robin. While waiting to be seated the kids found a TV inside the floor. They were fascinated by it, especially Gracie who just wanted to sit there and bang on the glass. :)

If you ask the kids what their favorite part of the museum was, they'll tell you it was the dinosaurs! We went through the dinosaur area twice.

Laying inside a dinosaur footprint. I love the look on Cayden's face and Laura just looks so cute!

Digging for dinosaur bones and digging in the sand. Cayden said that the digging was his second favorite part of the museum.

Gracie got up close and personal with some animals. I thought it might freak her out being so close and on the same level with the animals, but she was more intrigued than anything.

Riding horses.

Wearing the funny hats they made at the museum. Grace cracks me up; she was trying so hard to get that hat off her head and looks like a goober in most of these pictures.