Utah's Hogle Zoo -- Our last outing before school started

This is as close as we could get to the gorilla. He was being shy and lazy in his pen.

Have you ever seen anything cuter? The giraffes were our favorite and where we spent the most time.

An Early Harvest

This is our only pumpkin success this year. We haven't had luck in the past either. We had to pick these before they shriveled up and died just like our other 3 plants. I think the bugs got to them. Oh, well. Adam had fun carving them in August, a couple months early. It's trial and error each year with our garden. We're learning what works(beets, beans, cucumbers--sort of, zucchini--finally, potatoes--yummy, and corn--sort of) and what doesn't(carrots--too bitter and stubby, broccoli--too bitter and buggy, cabbage, pumpkins, tomatoes--small and green). It's all a learning process, but a good experience none-the-less.

Computer woes...

So, after a week of thinking we had no computer and doing some research to find a new one, I thought I would play around with all the cords and give it another go. Much to my surprise it worked, but only for 1/2 hour then shut down again. So, it's on the fritz, but we'll make the most of the time it allows us to do some work here and there.