Shumway vacation to...Salt Lake City

We're traveling back in time again for this post, we just don't have to go quite so far back. For several months now, the Shumway family has been planning a trip to the Hogle Zoo in SLC. We all got our hotel reservations, (at a place with a pool so the kids could swim as well), then we just waited for the day to arrive. Our scheduled departure was May 15th, so you can imagine my excitement when on May 14th Jody said there was a possibility of him having to work on Saturday along with all the accounting dept. to finish up the annual budget. Well, I packed him hoping he would be able to some how pull it off, and about 10 minutes before 4:00pm he called to tell me he would not be able to go. A little heart broken, I tried pulling myself together because the kids were going to get home from school any minute. I called Jody's dad and asked if I could please follow them because I had no idea where the hotel was. Thankfully I was ready to go, because they were just about to leave, so the kids got home and off we went, all missing Jody from the start!

We got there and went straight to the pool. Danica did not enjoy her first swimming experience for several reasons. First, it was past bedtime and she was SO tired. Second, the pool was pretty chilly for her tiny little toes. Third, the echoing volume in the pool was SO loud you could hardly talk to your neighbor without yelling! We ended our swimming session a little before the pool closed, but I had had all I could take for one day!

The next day we headed for the zoo! It was a beautiful day and the kids all had a great time. This is Danica enjoying the zoo from her ride. She did GREAT, and I really needed that, so thank you baby girl!

Here are some of the older cousins. (I didn't get the youngest 4. ) We all had lots of fun, but I don't remember actually looking at too many animals myself, because being there without Jody, I was always looking for my kids counting 1..2..3..4 all day. I'm glad #5 just went wherever I pushed her. We rode on a small train, and also on the big carousel. I wore the kids out completely, and then headed home.

(Ali is in the brown shirt in the back left, Kaden is in the red shirt, Paige in the pink shirt, and Tyce in the blue stripes)

We got home some where around 6:30pm, and we still beat Jody home although they told him he would only have to work until noon. He worked at least 12 hours. Happy Vacation to him. Oh-well, we may just have to use that as an excuse to finally take the family vacation to Jackson Hole and Yellowstone that we wanted to do last year. Now all is said and done we had a WONDERFUL time, and thank you to all the Shumway family for your help!