Hogle Zoo / Hill Aerospace Museum

While we were in Utah for Day out with Thomas we decided to go to the Hogle Zoo. Josh had a great time there as well! He loved seeing the animals, loved playing in the discovery area and really enjoyed riding the little train. It was a little cold at the zoo so we all wore jackets and fared pretty well.

We arrived at the zoo just in time for Aiden to eat. While I was feeding him Josh and Brandon went to play in the discovery area (not a bad time to play there since when we left at 2 it was packed). Brandon said that Josh really liked this snake slide.

This boat was basically a decoration but Josh had to get in to have his picture taken in it.

Right behind Josh and Brandon is the new baby elephant at the zoo. It was so cute!

This was how Aiden enjoyed the zoo - I think he was asleep the entire time. We used his carrier a lot this weekend and my back was broken by the time the weekend was over.

Josh was so excited to ride a gorilla on the carousel. We tried to see the real gorillas in the zoo but they were really hard to see so he settled for the fake one.

Josh is quite attached to his daddy so all weekend it was Josh and Brandon together and Aiden and I together. Brandon talked Josh into sitting on the noisy elephant but as you can see by his expression he was still a little nervous.

We had to take a ride on the little train at the zoo. When we left we asked Josh what his favorite animal at the zoo was and he told us it was the train. Ummm, what?

On our way home we stopped at the Hill Aerospace Museum to check out the airplanes. (Josh also loves airplanes.)

We were there a lot longer than I was hoping for but Josh had a really good time. All in all we had a fabulous weekend. Maybe someday we will be able to take the boys somewhere a little more exciting but for now this worked out just fine!

Day Out With Thomas

Josh still really loves Thomas so we took him to Day Out With Thomas in Heber City, Utah. (They hook a Thomas train car to the Heeber Creeper and it becomes a huge event for kids!) They have activity tents for the kids to play in and you get to ride the train for about 30 minutes. Let's just say JOSH LOVED IT!!!!

Here are Brandon and Josh in front of Thomas. Josh was so excited to get his picture taken with Thomas! Josh saw this poster and immediately knew it was Tidmouth Sheds.


We loaded onto the train around 10:50 and it departed from the station at 11:15. We were on it for nearly an hour and this is how Josh sat the ENTIRE time. He waved to the people out the window and admired the landscape like he had never seen trees or fields before.

I tried to get a picture of all three boys at once. It was tricky since I was holding Aiden but turned out pretty cute. Poor Aiden had to stay bundled up most of the time because it was SUPER windy. This was his 1 hour of freedom.

Josh had a really good time in the activity tents. They had coloring stations, stamping, train legos, Thomas tracks and more. He was really good at sharing (mandy of the kids were not).

In order for Josh to even consider leaving the activity tents we had to go look at the big Thomas train yet again. He could have stayed there all day.

After visiting several locations the kids were given a free gift. Sir Topham Hatt was a mandatory stop so here Josh is with the man of Sodor Island himself.

The little camera was the free gift from our Day Out With Thomas. Inside there are pictures of the trains that you can click through but Josh just uses it like a camera. He was so wound up after our outing!!

I'm glad that we were able to go do something fun for Josh - he is a good little guy and we love him so much!