Tracy Aviary

We went down to Liberty Park and the Tracy Aviary last Saturday. Grant put his sign for "bird" to good use!

We saw a condor, golden and bald eagles, flamingos including their eggs and chicks, black swans, pelicans, a kookaburra and many more.

After the Aviary tour, we stopped at Liberty Park where they have a ferris wheel and an old wooden merri-go-round.

Were was Grant in this picture you ask?

Disappearing between us of course!

It had been a pretty warm and humid day and we were ready to head home but for some reason we thought that Grant needed to ride the merri-go-round. One of these is pretty fuzzy, but the look on his face is clear. He would look incredibly worried as we went around until he saw Jeremy and then he'd start crying. Our parenting plan is as follows: torture builds character.

July 24th

Jere had a 4 day weekend over Pioneer day (only in Utah). After letting Grant smear chocolate pudding all over his face...

we decided to go up to Ensign Peak Park to watch the fireworks in the valley. What a beautiful evening!

Our little Flash Grant! Faster than Mommy and Daddy's eyes can handle!

Visitors from the west...

My parents came from California for a visit over the 4th of July. As you can see, Grant brings out the goofiness in my dad.

They were on the hunt for the PERFECT toy for Grant. One they found was a small keyboard with a microphone. As you can tell, he hasn't figured out that the mic doesn't go IN your mouth. I have no doubt that he'll drown the thing before too long.

We made a trip down to Provo and my mom (BYU Alumni) enjoyed spending some time on the campus.

As with most of our adventures, naptime couldn't come any too soon (sorry Mom, I had to post it - too cute!).

Grant enjoyed having the a couple new cell phones, I mean PEOPLE in the house to play with. Ok so I really did mean cell phones. One afternoon we noticed him sitting on the couch pushing the buttons on my dad's phone with his toes. I'd say that he's a baby genius, but I'm not sure this qualifies. He's just one curious little kid!

We were planning on Britt ariving for a visit on July 16th, but her crazy summer itinerary changed and we welcomed her a week early. We usually only get to see Britt once or twice a year and I'm glad that we were able to spend a bit of time together.