Playing in the mud part 2

We've sure had a lot of mud this spring and this time the children really got "into it!" They started out just jumping in it, but then they got out the buckets...

I put Marc and Hyrum down for naps in the middle of the mud play so they didn't get as dirty.
Brigham and Rebekah and one of their friends were soaked and covered with gunk!
I had to run them through the shower and wash their hair and I still didn't get all of the muck out. But, they sure had a good time.

Lions, tigers, and bears oh my!

On Tuesday we woke the children up early and drove to the zoo. They're still trying to wake up in the picture above. We've been trying to make it to the zoo for over a year now and we finally made it.
The kids loved seeing all the animals. They were all fairly well behaved at the zoo because there was just so much to look at.

The favorite animals to see were the monkeys and elephants.

Here are the lions.

We got a lot of crazy comments from people about our large family and our stroller.

I dressed the children alike so that I could keep track of them easier and I also put signs on their backs that said, " If I'm lost please call Mom" and my cell #. Luckily we didn't lose anyone, although, Marc ran off for about 30 seconds I couldn't find him, but he came running right back.
We sure had a great time at the zoo, the children keep asking to go back.