On a Utah Safari!

So it’s about time I catch up on blog posts, since I’m about four behind and the pictures are piling up.  Plus, you people will all start complaining at me before too long if I don’t (all five of you that read this blog, including our loyal readers in the Ukraine… Pryvit!!).  Anyway, we went with the original Utah Sellers to the zoo a couple of weeks ago and saw the tigers, the argumentative rhinos, a few monkeys, a few Mormons, and all sorts of other interesting creatures!  So here are a few photos from the day.  

Riding the tigers!  Pretty cool animals, even got to hear them roar (sort of... sounded more like they were just complaining).

 Amber and Adam checked out the elephants...

Gotta have a snack along the way...

 Quick, check the map to find the lizards!

 Mason James came along of course.

 And Jasmine Isabella, aka Izzy...

 She enjoyed her carousel ride...

And apparently so did Paul... uh... maybe a little too much.

In all, the Salt Lake zoo was pretty enjoyable with a lot of cool animals to check out, and for not too bad a price either!  Glad we were able to spend the day with the cousins and hopefully we'll get to go do it again one of these days!

That's a big hole in the ground...

If you look to the west from where we’re living, you’ll see a big part of the mountain torn up by the Kennecott Copper Mine… so naturally, I wanted to get a chance to go up and check it out.  They have a little visitor’s center up there, and from that point you can see the massive dump trucks going around and down into the massive pit to collect rocks filled with copper and other minerals.  The overall operation is pretty massive in about every aspect.  The hole is the largest open pit mine in the world, the trucks can carry over 300 tons of rock at a time, and the mine produces 25% of all US copper per year.  Sure, it’s just a big hole in the ground, but we’ve gone out of our way to see stranger things in these blog posts! 

There it is!  You can't appreciate how big it is in this picture, but you'll have to take our word for it.

 

 Adam was a fan of the real big trucks driving all around, and all the toy trucks they had on display in the visitor center.

And yes, that's a big tire.  They said these things cost about $20,000 each and only last 9 months!  Thankfully we don't drive a dump truck.  But overall, pretty cool stuff, and a good way to spend part of a day!

Easter Birthday Boy

So the youngest of us, Adam Michael, got a year older last week, as he turned a big two years old!  Last week while his Unbehend grandparents were here, we got some balloons, cake, and ice cream and had an Easter/Birthday Party day.  We hid some Easter eggs in the park, ate some ham and potatoes, and sang a birthday song for the birthday boy!  Here are some photos from the day and before. 

Prior to Easter, we had to do some egg coloring of course.

All of the traditional Easter egg colors were present, and we only lost a couple of eggs in the process.

The boys blew some bubbles in the always intense Salt Lake wind, and searched for eggs at this park in Riverton.

Even Grandpa and Granny G got in on the action.

Then it was birthday time!  Adam got this chair in the mail from Uncle Ted... but it worked a lot better after we put the cover on it for him.  He doesn't do much sitting still, but he loves to dive on it and tip it over backward.

And yes, he did in fact turn two... even if it really happened the next day.  So another successful birthday bash for one of the Sellers boys!

In the Windy Valley...

A couple of weeks ago we picked up this kite for three bucks at Walmart, because, well… everything is cheaper at Walmart.  Paul was a big fan, naturally.  Since Becky has been “under the weather” this past month or two, the boys and I took a little trip together to the local park and flew the kite!  I’m not sure what Chicago must be like, but I would think they should call this the Windy Valley, because it seems to always be windy down here between the mountains.  So needless to say, the kite flew pretty well!

Fly the kite!  Ben Franklin would be proud, but thankfully we didn't discover any electricity this day.

The kite's point of view, a highly energetic kite controller pulling the strings from the ground below!

Even Adam Michael got to control it for 0.0039 seconds before his brother was nagging to fly it again.

You know Adam Michael, a straight up gangsta from Southeast DC.

 Trying on hats!  Hat! Dad-da, hat! Dad-da, HAT!

And I thought I'd include a photo of where we're currently living, for those of you who haven't been down here.  Yep, looks like an apartment.  So far it's worked out pretty well, and the playground down below has served very well as a Paul energy releasing tool.  That's all for now, but it's Easter weekend, so I'm sure we'll have more pics again soon!