A day at "hOgLe ZoO"!

Us and 2 of our good friends decided to have a day at the Zoo on Aug. 7, 2010. We had so much fun! Marcel and I love looking at all of the animals and enjoying the atmosphere. Who says you need kids to go and enjoy a day at the Zoo?! ;)

Our favorite is probably the silly monkeys! They always crack us up!

They have an adorable baby elephant named Zuri! Baby Zuri is a female African elephant born to Utah's Hogle Zoo on August 10, 2009. She is very silly to watch because she is so playful! It was so cute watching her use her little trunk to eat the hay and push her toys around!

The felines are awesome too! They are usually pretty lazy but they're still fun to look at. Marcel tells me that the only way we will ever get a cat is if it is a lion or tiger! Geez....! The wolfs are HUGE compared to a normal dog. I compared them to Storm and Demon and those wolfs tower over them! They are beautiful though.

Birds are very silly! Along with seeing them throughout the Zoo we were able to enjoy the bird show! It was so neat seeing all the different birds and the tricks they can do. They even have a parrot that talks and sings a bit! So much fun!

Most of the critters are pretty cute! The one in the picture to the top left looks like a little vampire! Kinda creepy. The bats (bottom left) were pretty big. They also stunk REALLY bad! Marianne, one of the friends with us, is pregnant and she almost lost her breakfast to that awful smell (as did the rest of us)!

Marcel's good at getting these close-up pictures of the reptiles. There was a little lizard he was trying to get a picture of (not pictured here) that kept following the camera along and trying to attack it through the glass! I've never seen one do that before so it was funny to see!

Here are the friends we went with, Marianne (Manny) & Alex. Our camera stopped working towards the end of the day so I didn't have a chance to get a pic. of them there so this is one of their engagements! Our picture was the last one the camera worked for so that's us in the back seat on our way to lunch!

For lunch we all agreed to go to

You can NEVER go wrong with Olive Garden! Oh man I love eating at this place! I love their salad and I've never been disappointed with anything I've tried. My latest favorite is the "Lasagna Fritta". It's actually on the appetizer part of the menu but there's enough to fill one person up. It is SOOO delicious! It makes my mouth water just thinking about it, Mmmmm....! :) It just melts in your mouth and is so very yummy! The description reads: "Parmesan-breaded lasagna pieces, fried and served over Alfredo sauce, topped with Parmesan cheese and marinara sauce". If you have never tried this, you should!

Over all we had a great day! We even ended it by looking around Cabela's for a bit before heading home (that's where we met up with our friends to car pool to the Zoo)! Good times!