Hogle Zoo

During Chris's short break from school a couple weeks ago we decided to take advantage of his time off and go to Hogle Zoo. I had been before but it was long enough ago that I couldn't remember it. We just spent the afternoon there which was just enough time for Chris, Grant and I. Grant was interested at looking at all the animals but ended up being even more interested in the snow cones we got right before we went home. Here are some pictures of the fun.

Grant at 10 months

Posing for the Camera

Grant's uncles helped him out with this hairdo.

Grant showing off his silly side.

Hands and Knees

Grant reached a new milestone this week and we thought we'd share it. We thought he might skip crawling all-together seeing as how he liked the army crawl quite a bit and is anxious to get on his feet. He took his first few voluntary crawl steps this weekend. He got just a bit scraped as he decided to do it on concrete but it was great to see. We're always pretty proud of his accomplishments but this was especially fun to see. Interestingly, he took his first couple steps the next day so he might not enjoy the time on his hands and knees too long.

Shout Out to Sam

Happy Birthday Sammy-boy!

Michelle planned an awesome suprise party for Sam in connection with her family's traditional summer "rock'n'roll bbq." We had a great time rockin' to the music and visiting with family. Sam was especially suprised when he saw Mom and Caroline walk through the door with his birthday cake. He had no idea they had come up from Vegas. Thanks to all the family that could come. It was a great way to show Sam how sick he really is. Here's a couple pics from his surprise birthday party.