Hogle Zoo

we went to the hogle zoo a couple weeks ago with mikel and lily....we had never been and we totally loved it!!

it was the most prefect day! high 60s, sunshine! it was great!

ive never seen so many wild animals so close, so that was neat and they had so many baby animals!! they are the cutest things ever!!

especially this little elephant!! he was so active...running from here to there...i loved watching him! :)

the kids did too :)

we got there just in time to see them play with them and feed them

mommy and baby

this little guy was so fun to watch....and he could move so fast considering how big he is!

then we went to see the giraffes

they really are this close! and then you can also go into this enclosure and feed them...

heres the baby

i know he doesnt look too happy...but maybe he was trying to sleep :)

but i just read on the news that he died on sunday....so sad!

supposedly the mother was a first time mother and she was having a hard time weaning him... :( poor baby giraffe

the cute kiddos

hailey and ty

i love pictures with my kids :)

this peacock was squawking all over the place trying to find his friend

this one was in the gorilla enclosure and his friend was in the one next door :)

they had a few of them walking around too....such beautiful colors

speaking of gorillas

well i dont know why i didnt take a picture of him maybe because we were worried that he was going to throw his poop at us....yes i said that right....we got up the hill to say hi and right as we got there, he turns around, poops...grabs the poop with one hand then the other and then turns and looks at us....we were seriously thinking he was going to chuck it at us

we waited to see what he was going to do....he stayed there for a while holding it and then went off and took a few bites

and now when you ask tyler about gorillas or just the zoo....all he says is that gorillas eat their poop...

fun huh :) lol

 

they have this way fun play area....the kids loved it!

theres tyler, lily and mikel? :) in the prairie dog thing they have

mikel went in with the kids so i could take the picture

of course i had my big lens so i didnt get anything around them :(

but there are a bunch of prairie dogs running around and you go in this cave and can stick your head up and check them out

obviously the kids couldnt just stand and look through them...poor 8 mth pregnant mikel had to hold them both up so they could see and i could take a picture :)

anyways, the zoo was a total blast!!

and we cant wait to go back again!!