A trip to the Zoo

For some reason I have been wanting to visit the Hogle Zoo for such a long time, I just love the Zoo! I was hoping that Arli would be old enough to really enjoy seeing all the animals, but she didn't seem too impressed. We quickly found out that she only loves monkeys when they are in a picture in a book or stuffed, staring back at her through a thin sheet of glass isn't her idea of a good time. She did love seeing the Rhinoceros and the Elephants, I guess large animals don't scare her, just the small furry ones! Her favorite thing at the zoo was a large granite ball that looked like it was suspended in water, you could push it and it would roll through the water, this was the highlight of the trip.



















Arli had to first check out the map to find the best route through the zoo.


















Her favorite thing, Arli could have spent the entire afternoon playing with the ball.


















Staying VERY close to Dad!


















Even though Arli was scared of the monkey's she did manage to give her best "Oooo Ahhh"(that's "Hi" in monkey)



*Our trip to the Zoo took place about a month before we got our new camera, so these pictures are taking from Marcus' phone.

The "Incident"

The #1 reason I haven't updated my blog

Lisa: "So when are you going to be home, normal time? Around 6 or 7?"
Marcus: "Oh no much sooner, we're almost at the top of the mountain"
Lisa: "Sure you are, no really when do you think you're going to be home"
Marcus: "Really, we're almost there and then it should only take a few hours to get back down"
Lisa: "So we will see you around 7...(chuckle, chuckle)"
Marcus: "We will definitely be home before 5.......there was a little accident......I....um.....
Lisa: "ACCIDENT, WHAT HAPPENED, ARE YOU HURT?!!!!!
Marcus: "Oh no, not that kind of accident, I'm fine....it's just that.......um...the camera....well it went for a little ride down the mountain...
Lisa: "WHAT, what do you mean ride, where is it?!!!!
Marcus: "Well, I had it attached to the front of my backpack and I was climbing up a rock...and it it sort of fell off......and rolled down the mountain..."
Lisa: "Well wasn't it in the case? Did you see where it dropped, you should be able to go back down the mountain and get it!"
Marcus: "It was in the case for the first few hundred feet... then it started spinning and flew out of the case... and then CRASH! Lots of little camera bits shot out everywhere and a little camera spirit with a harp in hand started floating up to the heavens."
Lisa: "Are you serious Marcus?! Why would you have the camera strapped on the front of your backpack and not INSIDE your backpack?!
Marcus: ".......Well if I strap it on the front of my backpack then I have easy access to it, otherwise I would have to stop to take my pack off so I could get the camera.....I've always strapped my camera on the front of my pack.... I didn't realize it would come off that easily..."
Lisa: "... ... ...well there goes my blogging, and a few months of Arli's childhood... ... "
Marcus: "Did you by chance do a recent save of the photos on the memory card?"
Lisa: "Of course I did! I'm always one step ahead."
Marcus: "Good... I won't try to climb back down to it then... Just kiss it good-bye... just kiss it good-bye"
This picture (courtesy of mountainalbum.com) is of the guys looking down on the falling camera:(

It took a couple of months before we finally got a new camera, after the accident Marcus did his typical in depth research to find the best camera within our price range; fasted and prayed for a week and FINALLY was able to decide which one we should purchase. Well, the camera came and we found that the memory card didn't work; ahhhhhh! So we sent back memory card, ordered new memory card, new memory card came, tried out camera again, realized we didn't like camera......so we sold camera on ebay and purchased new model of old camera! Why we didn't do this in the first place, I do not know! New camera is here!!!! And we are very happy to be able to take pictures on something other than Marcus' phone.

*More blogging to come, it's been awhile; I need to take this slow and easy:)