Roos n' More

Monday - We got up very early Monday morning....  The Carlson cousins arrived in the middle of the night, and at about 5:00 AM someone in the kids' room woke up and noticed this.  They were all so excited they couldn't just go back to sleep!?  As I mentioned, sleep was not a priority this trip (that could have contributed to the fact that we all got SICK!!)  

But anyway, after a fun morning of playing, we headed to Roos n' More!  It's this little animal sanctuary/rescue/zoo place about an hour outside of St. George.....it's not really a "zoo" because they're only open to the public 3-4 days a month.  But we booked a private tour for our group, and so were the only people there that day.  It was really cool....very hands-on!!  I took a million pictures!  I put them into collages so it wouldn't take up 30 pages in my book....

First up was the lemur.  This little guy let everybody hold him. He just jumped from person to person and ran across everyone's backs.  Charlotte wanted NOTHING to do with him (and I can't say I really blame her.....I was also backing out of the way as he came jumping towards me....)  But everyone else seemed to like it!

Next up, the kookaburra!  This bird made such a funny sound and was so loud!  And also, some great pictures of kids (and Aunt Kacee...what?!) holding the python.  Charlotte and I (again) wanted nothing to do with the snake.

The camels!!  Lots of brave souls fed the camels right out of their mouths!  Aubrey and Carson did feed them....just out of their hands, though.  I actually was really surprised at how brave both Aubrey and Carson were around the animals (even Charlotte got in on it towards the end).

Next we went into the kangaroo enclosure.  There were a ton of kangaroos just hopping around everywhere!  Charlotte was so excited!  

Then back inside to see the Lynx and the TINY turtles.  Cute!

And last, they brought out the tiniest, cutest little Capuchin monkey ever!  He didn't want anyone to hold him, but let all the kids take turns petting and feeding him.    

There were lots of other animals too.  It was a super fun day!  Glad we made the drive.  

The plan for dinner that night was to BBQ over at my mom and Randy's condo.  Their place had BBQ pits, a heated pool and hot tub, and an indoor game room (pool, mini golf, ping pong, etc.).  The outdoor BBQ was a little chilly, but the crazy kids (and a couple adults) decided swimming and hot tubbing sounded like fun!