Mason and Sam’s Adventures: Spring Break Adventures

Ah - we've been waiting so long for Spring Break to arrive, and it finally did. We had decided to stay around home this year and do some fun local activities. The activities did not disappoint! It was a great week filled with lots of fun! Put your seat belts on, be ready for some picture overload and . . . here we go!

First up - we went to the zoo. It had probably been about 2 years since our last trip to the local zoo and we were excited to see some of the changes that had been made.

First stop - the elephants. They have 3 elephants including a "baby" - she's probably about 3 years old now and is sure cute. We were truly surprised at how giant elephants are!

Here we are with the elephant statute. No water or music on this day.

We got to ride the conservation carousel. Sam chose a polar bear.

And I chose the snake.

Here we are with the rhinoceros statue.

And in the newest area they have some bald eagles. We tried getting adopted by them, but they seemed to be occupied with their own eggs.

Aren't these just the cutest faces you've ever seen!

Ah - sunning ourselves on the big log.

We also quite enjoyed the seal and sea lion enclosure. They were so much fun to watch.

Another group of animals that we just loved were the giraffes. We got to see one of the trainers working with this giraffe when we first got to their enclosure. Giraffes will do almost anything for a treat. But boy, these giraffes sure are tall . . . we had no idea!

A harbor seal - so cool!

And us with the infamous gorilla statue.

Another day's activity was the bouncy place. We got lots of energy out and enjoyed some races. Watch this video to see one of our races.

Sliding and climbing and bouncing . . . makes for a great day.

Here I am bouncing - trying to bounce Sam off his perch.

We slept well this night - a great way to spend a spring break day!

On another day we went to work with mom for a few hours. Then we tried finding something fun to do but I guess everyone had exactly the same idea. Every single place we went to was completely overflowing with people, including the lunch places. So we came home and just played around the house. I perfected a basketball shot from my "sweet spot" - behind the basket. Enjoy!

Another day of fun was had at Thanksgiving Point's Farm Country. We rode the ponies.

We had a wagon ride pulled by these very strong horse.

And our favorite part - feeding the goats.

We happened to be there on the same day the veterinarian was and we enjoyed watching the workers help gather all the animals for their shots and medicine. It was quite the event.

Dad took a day off and we headed to Delta to the Trilobite quarry. This is truly one of our most favorite activities of all time. On our drive up to the quarry we found this snake on the road. We were more than a little hesitant at first, but dad talked us in to petting him.

Here we are with the snake before we continued on our drive up in the mountains.

We spent a great day in the quarry looking for "bugs" (trilobites). I was the "Trilobite boy" of the day and found some of the biggest and best fossils.

Here's Sam working hard with the rocks.

Here's mom and Sam taking a selfie. Mom really was present for all these fun activities - just behind the camera.

We ended up with a collector fossil this time.

And we really enjoyed ourselves! If anyone wants to come to the quarry with us sometime, just let us know. We'd love to share a fun day with friends.

On our drive home I decided to wear every hat in the truck - all at the same time.

We had an Easter egg hunt at Grandpa and Grandma L's house one day.

Here I am finding some eggs.

A bunch of our cousins were there. I had a lot of fun reading one of our favorite stories to everyone.

Sam got in on the reading - one on one with Grandpa L.

It was also Grandpa L's birthday. He is 85 years old.

We did some Easter egg coloring. Always a fun time!

And the Easter Bunny didn't miss our house this year. He was very kind to us. I left a picture scavenger hunt for him to do and Sam left a real egg hunt for him to do. We hope he loved it!