Bonfire, Zoo, and East Canyon

Last week we took the girls to their first bonfire in the mountains. We drove all the way up Farmington Canyon and enjoyed hobo dinners prepared by nate and joni, dutch oven desserts prepared by kenna and gage, and of course, SMORES. It was fun, but next time I think we'll do things a little different like... take a light so it's not completely dark (you'd think the fire would give off enough light, but it didn't) and take a play pen to corral the little ones, but, for the most part, it was great and, for the record, WE HAVE THE BEST FAMILY EVER!!

The day after the bonfire we went to the Hogle Zoo with Nate, Joni, Kennedi, and Kylee (Joni's little sis). Brinlee and Rai Rai had fun seeing all the animals, especially the elephants, giraffes, and snakes. Brinlee posed with the cougar for a quick pic (GO BLUE!!) The Zoo is definitely a once a year kinda place. It is so HOT and there were way too many hills. If fact, it took like two people to push the strollers up some of them because they were so steep. It's good for the kids to see the different animals, but, like I said, it's a once a year kinda place :)

On Friday we watched the Hannah Montana Best of Both Worlds concert on disney channel. Brinlee and Raigen both love Hannah. They wore their 3D glasses and danced with Chief. They are growing up way to fast.

On Sunday we went up to East Canyon to spend some time with Kyle's side of the fam. His mom and dad have a timeshare up there so we go up to hang out with family and swim at least once every few months. The girls love spending time with their cousins and Kyle treasures the time he gets to spend with his dad. Kyle definitely caused his dad a lot of stress as a child. He was the problem child, but you'd never know that now. They have become really close and Kyle continues to learn a lot from him and his example. Brinlee took most of the pictures. She has turned out to be quite the photographer.