Animals and water....these are a few of my favorite things

We have been to the zoo a couple of times this summer and if you have talked to Oliver, most likely you have heard the array of animal noises he likes to make. He gets very excited when he sees an animal and will even cock his little head sideways about an inch from yours and blurt out what the animal says.

The orangatangs were Oliver's favorite on this trip. The baby was swinging on a rope in Oliver's direction then would jump off and do some summersalts.

Oliver is looking at the monkey playing in the trees.

Oliver and Daddy with the elephants (this is one of Oliver's favorite animal noises to make...which is basically spitting)

Recently Oliver and I went and stayed at my cousin Melissa's house and they have a beautiful pool, as you can see. Olive had so much fun swimming with his cousins. He loved watching them jump off the diving board, putting his face under the waterfall, and trying his hardest to wiggle his way out of my arms.

everyone loves a give away

My friend from my old town Eagle Mountain (which I miss oh so much by the way) has a very fun blog. So fun in fact she won an award for being such. In celebration of said award, she is having a give-away! Last weeks was a very cute tutu and seeing how I don't have a little girl to enjoy a tutu, you didn't hear about it. With that said, you now understand I am doing this for selfish reasons, I want this weeks prize and I get an extra entry for blogging about it. So here you are....

Cute eh? Well, if you wanna chance to win (which I hope you don't) click this link http://www.randomthoughtsfromthezoo.blogspot.com

Oliver and Aunt Megan!!!

Oliver was soooo happy to see Megan. It had been an entire year, and I was pretty happy to see my kid sis' as well. Megan and I have always been best friends and like chillin' together and travelin'. It was a good reminder to hang more often, huh Megster? We'll visit you in Hawaii as soon as we can afford to!

Here are the pictures. Megan was funny, she said 'oh you want the photos to look like we bonded?' And it worked Megarino.

CRAZY or CUTE???

OK so Oliver's hair is so curly and fun but sometimes it looks like this...



TOTALLY CRAZY!!! This picture was taken after a long car ride from SLC where Oliver slept in the car. When this happens to his hair there is nothing I can do to tame it...I guess I could put some gel in it, but who puts gel in their 1 1/2 year old's hair?

A day at the beach

We went to California this last weekend to see Grandma Briskey. She is in her last days and we went to say "Good Bye" Unfortunately we forgot our camera...actually we think we lost it. Anyway we didn't get any pictures with Grandma, but we will love her and miss her.
We were lucky enough to go to the beach and compliments of our beautiful cousin Christy, we got some great pictures. It was raining and cloudy, but Oliver LOVED it anyway.

Bestest Friend

Over the last year and a half Oliver and Barley have bonded. There is not a day that goes by where Oliver isn't hugging, petting, trying to pull out wiskers, or using Barley as a foot stool to get onto the couch. Oliver LOVES his dog. One of the first things he does in the morning is sign and say dog while looking out his bedroom door in search for Barley. Whenever we go "ba-bye" in the car, Oliver is sure to give a wave and say "bye" to Barley.
Barley is now 5 years old (which is about 35 in dog years). He still act like a puppy and is always excited to have friends come visit. And even though our poor dog has to stay home when we go out, and doesn't get to go on as many walks, and doesn't get all the attention and treats that he use to (pre-baby), he is still the best dog in the world and is Oliver's bestest friend.
We love you Barley.
If anyone that has kids, or is planning on having kids is wondering...should I get a dog?...the answer is YES, as long as it is a dog like Barley.

Oliver "Riding off into the distance"

This is our most recent video of Oliver...isn't he cute?!?

(please ignore the messy house)