Hogle Zoo, Trip # 2

Since we have been spending so much time trying to get ready for baby #2, we decided to take Cortlynn up to the zoo and spend some time with her. It was especially fun this trip because the zoo has had a bunch of cute baby animals born over the summer. Cortlynn was excited to go and see the baby elephant, although I don't know who was more excited about the baby, me or her.

Here are some pictures of the one month old baby elephant. She doesn't have a name yet, but this was her first weekend out for zoo goers to see. It was so fun because you don't usually see elephants running around playing. She kept chasing her balls and running all over the place. She even posed for us. It was great.






This is a picture of Cortlynn holding her baby brother so he could be in the picture with her. She was so worried he would feel left out.

The tigers also had three baby cubs over the summer. In this picture you can see one baby laying by his mother, but the rest were hiding.



Here is the baby giraffe that was born a few months ago. He was pretty funny, there was some water on a drain on the floor and he kept bending down to lick it. The only thing is when he would try to get up, he had spread his legs so far apart he would about face plant it into the cement. It was pretty funny.



I wanted to take a picture of Cortlynn with her new hat and baby eleplant, but she wouldn't give me a straight face. So here are some funny faces for the day.

After leaving the zoo we stopped at Costa Vida for lunch. It was really good and they were giving away free long board ice cream bars. As you can see, a full morning at the zoo sure takes a tole on a three year old when they wake up at 5:30 in the morning because they were so excited.


This is definitely one of my favorite times of the day, I hardly ever see her sit still so I try to enjoy it when I can.

Going to Work

So this morning Cortlynn came in and informed me she was ready to go to work like her daddy. I turned around and bust out laughing so I thought I would share some pictures.



I absolutely love how creative and inventive she is each and every day. It definitely keeps us laughing!

24th of July Camping

For the remainder of the 24th of July weekend we went camping up Spanish Fork Canyon with Todd, Kathi and all of their kids. Cortlynn loves to spend time with her Uncle Todd and his family.

Of course playing in the weeds and dirt is where Cortlynn is at the whole time we are up the canyon. I think at one point during this trip she was actually picking up dirt and dropping it all over her body.

Auston is so good to play with her, and she loves all of the games he comes up with to entertain her. Me I love it even more, for five bucks I had a babysitter for the whole day!

This year for Easter Cortlynn got her own four wheeler. This was the first trip she actually got to ride it. She did really well, of course the first thing she did was try to follow her cousin Alex down the big dips at the campsite and got stuck. I was pretty proud she didn't tip over though.

24th of July Parade

I am seriously slow in posting these pictures, but it has been a crazy month. On the 24th of July we went to the parade in Spanish Fork, it is a family tradition to go watch the parade with the Roach Family and then have lunch at grandma's house. This year we all had a lot fun watching the parade.

This was one of my favorite pictures, my dad was getting mad at me for taking his picture, but I loved the look I got from him.

Cortlynn always seems to have a way with getting adults to play with her, Uncle Andrew is no exception, she loved being able to play with her bouncy balls with him.

Treats are another big part of the parade, and Cortlynn is definitely good at sharing her candy. Even if you don't want any she is going to share with you anyways.

Everyone who came to the parade this year, however, we did have quite a few party poopers who didn't want to come!!

Since Braiden and Maddox didn't sit with us at the parade this year, Cortlynn immediately made friends with the big kids. She made herself right at home and wedged her little butt between Kira and Eric. They were so good to play with her.

Cortlynn enjoying the parade even though mom made her pose for a picture.

Cortlynn's Third Birthday

On Monday, Cortlynn turned 3 years old. I can't believe she has gotten so big already. It makes me sad to realize how fast she is growing up, but it has also been so much fun to see her change and grow. This year she was so excited for her birthday, we have been practicing blowing out her candles for at least a good six months. We invited both families over for her birthday celebration on Sunday. It was hot but we all had a lot of fun.


Cortlynn was so excited because she got her new bike, she couldn't wait to try it out.


She had so much fun opening her presents. As soon as someone came with a new present she ran up to them and tried to get it as fast as possible. She definitely has the hang of opening them.



She finally got to blow out her real birthday candles!!!

4th of July 2009

Every year for the 4th of July we have Roach Family Fun Day at my grandma and grandpa's house. It is a great tradition where we have excellent food, swim, play games and just enjoy being together. My cute nephew Gavin was trying to get a hold of Cortlynn's Dora towel, he really liked all of the bright colors.
All of the great grand kids and some of the grand kids playing in the swimming pool. They all had a great afternood.
Cortlynn especially liked the hedgehog sprinkler her Aunt Amberly brought, they just couldn't get enough of it.
Here is Cortlynn already to go to grandma's house. I think she had asked me if it was time to go about 100 times that morning. She loves to go play with grandma and grandpa roach.

Hogle Zoo

Last Friday we decided it was time to make a trip to the Zoo and have some fun as a family. Cortlynn was so excited to go to the zoo and see all of the animals we see in books and on tv. She had a blast. Here we are waiting for our exciting choo-choo-train ride to begin.

Cortlynn is showing daddy the noisy ducks wandering around on the grass.

She is getting so big, luckily not quite as big as the monkey's at the zoo.
Cortlynn and I getting ready to ride the carousel at the Zoo. She decided she had to sit in the Peacock for her ride.
All day it seemed like the animals were posing for pictures, this was one of my favorites of a black bear just hanging out.
This was the first time I can ever remember Cortlynn telling me she did not want mom to take her picture. I figured it was definitely a photographic moment.