Oh what do you do in the Summertime...

Well I have to admit the kids have kept me really busy! It has been exhausting, yet a lot of fun!
Besides swimming an awful lot we have been exploring Zoo's, we have such a love for animals, & we all enjoy spending time with animals that we dont have to care for all the time... There is a small zoo here in Logan that I have been wanting to go to, it was really neat... It is not huge, nor anything spectacular, however it was amazing! The animals there were not uprooted from their homes, they were injured in the wild, then placed there to be cared for. They had two bald Eagles that, though they will never soar again, were very majestic! I have seen Bald Eagles in the wild up close & I marvel at their beauty!

They had a large variety of Ducks, there was one kind with a blue bill, & another with bright yellow eyes. They had a place to feed them too, however the ducks were lucky to get a nibble before really large fish jump out and snagged it first!

We have spent a lot of our summer with the kids taking Richard to summer school, & Karate. The kids are both in Karate & loving it, I love it too, because they teach the kids to "listen to your parents" that is very important! So when they dont listen, I just have them repeat the 3 rules of Karate! & then they happily comply (Right, well most of the time huh!).

The kids Mom started Richard in Karate, & then could not afford Amira, so we enrolled her, she had been watching Richard & is very good at mostly everything. From the first time we watched Richard we were thrilled with the way the instructor handles the childred, even the ones not listening so well. They are very patient! Sometimes I wonder why these two children need 4 parents, really. I suppose the reality is that these 4 parents need these two children. Reid and I will often joke that they are raising us!

Yesterday we went to Salt Lake & went to the Hogle Zoo, on our way south I called Paul & his family & they came even on short notice & we all had a great time! They had this real interesting kritter, it was a monkey of some sort, he was just teeny, & he looked like they gave him way too much cafine, or maybe just too many people & way too loud, his head was practically spinning, it was too funny.

& this guy was really interesting, he did not move one little bit while we were there, not even his eyes moved... they said he only moves if he is scared, or for food.

On the 4th we purchased our first video camera! & so Reid walked all over the Zoo as if he were making his very own movie, narating and all! I thought that was funny, because he loves to narate movies he has seen that I have not. He says, well I am not a steady camera man, you may get sea sick!

Well, I will try not to make this a novel, I will post some other pics... and not so many words!