David and Kris's Blog: June 2014

Saturday, June 21, 2014

We're Going to the Zoo, Zoo, Zoo; How About You, You, You?

When the Museum of Natural Curiosity at Thanksgiving Point was slammed beyond reason, we headed to Hogle Zoo instead. Clever Auntie Em found buy-one-adult-get-one-kid-free coupons at Les Schwab. The zoo was a good choice. It was a fun day.

Picnic first at Rotary Glen Park just east of the zoo

All aboard!

LT, HD, and FE

The Dude with Auntie Em

Drawn as if to a magnet

Newly completed African Savanna

Checking out the zebras from the covered terrace on the savanna

Zebras are us

That over there is often considered the place,
but today the zoo was the place

The binkers brave as lions

Now that's a lion

Elephants doing their thing

This is my favorite part of the zoo: Asian Highlands

I've never been to real Asian highlands, but whoever designed this

part of the zoo, certainly has -- it's fantastic

A lovely cool spot for some refreshment

Ice cream anyone?

KBT, binkers, Auntie Em

The pause that refreshes

Emigration Creek flows through the zoo

A spin on the carousel

The Dude abides

Elephants of the African type

The misting fan felt like Monterey Bay

A great day. Hogle Zoo just gets better and better. That's all for now.

OXO

Coming and Going

Through June the family has been coming and going, but we have stayed put. I delivered Meagan and the kids at the Provo Airport for their flight to Hawaii (via L.A.). Maren, Gavin, and family arrived the prior evening, and a day or so later, they headed to Europe leaving the boys here with us. There has been lots of good time with cousins. When Meagan is gone, we get Pippy here for dinner, etc. for the month and that is always fun. Thanks to Em and Maren for some of these photos.

Hi and goodbye to the cousins

Off to Hawaii from Provo

World Cup commemoration

The Youngs had supper at the Food Truck Roundup

Off to France via Germany, thence to Italy

Hiking the Bonneville Shoreline trail with Aunie Em

Some splashpad time

Stomp rocket fun

Up and away

Grammy reading to the boys

Finn was wing man on our Saturday shopping trip

Lunch provided by the Colvers at Uncle Pippy's house

Some fun adult time with the Ostergars at Frida Bistro in SLC

Uncle Pippy comforts Beck to sleep

Movie time

Best seats in the house

Everyone enjoyed it (even Finn)

Skyping with the parents

Harry gets comfortable for the story

Provo Rec Center with the cousins

Good fun

A creative game of "city" with the neighborhood gang

Porch time

The lavender is in bloom and the bees are ecstatic

The fun continues and I will post more soon, that's all for now.

OXO

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

An Adventure with Uncle

This morning Uncle Stephen and I drove to Salem where we met J. Wayne Francis, his legendary teaching colleague and life-long friend. We joined him and his son (together with his father in law), his grandsons, and SKT's other legendary friend, "Buddy Bill" Marshall for an ATV adventure. Our destination was what is called Tower Mountain, location of an enormous communications tower. The starting point of the trail is the Dream Mine, so called because it's location was discovered by "revelation" in the late 19th or early 20th century. It was to have provided enough gold to pave the streets below with gold. All that ever came out, however, was water. This kind of trip makes it possible for old folks like us to go places where they could no longer hike. It was wonderful!