Our latest adventures

We squeezed in a last trip to the zoo before school started for Cora. Luke loved the carousel this time! And the giraffes were really active and fun to watch. We also caught the elephant show, which we hadn't for a while.

We made our own volcano and watched it erupt... over and over and over again!

We did our annual outing to Silver Lake with friends. It was actually a bit on the cool side--fun! We had fun visiting with old friends, enjoying the walk around the lake, and especially duck watching. I think I even heard Luke say the word duck a few times! The kids loved watching the ducks at several points around the lake.

We did a family hike up to Ensign Peak. Violet wasn't excited at all, that was the only picture she'd let me take of her, but at least she made it! (barely)
And lastly, we had a night of family fun at the State Fair and rodeo. Elephant ears and corndogs for dinner, Luke mooing for the first time, cute baby pigs, a tiny four year old girl winning the mutton busting contest, sky divers coming down with the American flag waving behind them.... it was a fun night. The kids did really well too, and had a great time.

We did a pretty good job with our summer fun list this summer. We did most, but not all of the items, and that's ok. In retrospect, it was pretty heavy on the hiking, and we just didn't have that many free good weather Saturdays. We'll keep it up and maybe cross off a few more items this fall!