Summer Fun!

Well Mark had a long summer break of a total of 2 weeks. We thought we would take advantage of the time we had. First off, we went to the Jack Johnson concert. We got there a little after 5pm and the sun was out and it was a nice summer event...as you'll see in the pictures, the concert started in the dark.

This is where our seats were. We put out two blankets and then laid out in the sun waiting. We even snuck McDonalds in for some dinner. :) Sneaky us...although not really... Mark had the bag in his hand and I accidently distracted the lady with my big bag. We laughed about it later- we figure it's a blessing for being honest about our food.


Just basking in the sun, waiting for the concert to start. It definitely was a very nice break.
Well, before Jack came on...as you can see here....Neil Halstead played. We really liked him a lot! Look his stuff up. Another band played as well...not as good though. Then Jack came on...Oh how we love his music! :)
More Jack. He had some pretty cool screens behind him with fun scenes...I think, I could only see people's backs and heads most of the time.
Oh the waves...makes us miss Hawaii Nei.
Toward the end of the concert...stopping for a quick shot. :)
This was the best part of the concert! Jack did the usual exit and return as all artists do at concerts. His last song was a special treat. One, the blue lights came on- Mark's favorite color for anyone that does not know. (Ha, Robert...even Jack agrees with Mark more!) Then he began playing our song- Better Together. It was the perfect way to end the concert.

The next event was the following weekend. We went up to SLC to visit Grandma Maxwell and made some stops first. We have been wanting to go to the zoo....so we did! :)
But first we stopped at the 'This is the place' Heritage Park...or something like that. Here we are stopping for a few poses. We used their parking lot since it's across from the zoo.
I like the idea of Mark being up there with all those faithful, amazing men.
First stop, the monkeys! There was a brand new baby monkey that you can see hanging on the mom (she's on the right). The baby is all white.
Then the camels.
How Mark measures up to a gorilla. I think he could take them. This is how I measure up...not quite big enough.

...hands too small...
...but we do enjoy some of the same snacks- he's eating a box of Wheathins. Of course I like the actual crackers...but it was the closest I could relate.
Mr. Gorilla posing for the camera.
Mark took this picture. He was confused about how small of a ladder this is to use in an emergency. A bit ineffective.
Playing soccer with elephants.
Hanging out with the rhinos.
As we got to the black bear, she came out to play in the water.
I was checking out the lion's teeth- he brushes well.
Penguins!
A red panda chilling up in the tree.
Zebras...so pretty!
This llama was determined to eat his way out of the fence. He was really going at it, knawing on it.
I decided that if I were to be an animal, the last one I would be is a giraffe- they are so tall!
This is a view from the second story. You have to be there to be at the level of their heads. They are so tall that their newborn babies are even taller and bigger than both Mark and I- on average, they are 6 feet tall.
This was a fun sign..another one Mark had to get. Can't think of many things groser than having a Tiger mark you as his territory.
Here's the rhino sharpening his horn. He did a good job too...I wouldn't ever want him charging at me.
Us with the elephants.
This was kind of cool, an albino crocodile. He was white and had blue eyes. I think he was creepy looking.
A baby alligator...or crocodile. Whatever it is, it's much less creepy than the white, dead-looking one.


That was the zoo! :) Here are a couple shots from yesterday....
Mark's car, Lucy as he refers to her, is now a Washington resident. We decided to use my residency to get Lucy registered with Washington since it would be $78 as opposed to Arizona's $400. She looks pretty good, I think. We just wish it was XYZ...so close.
Yesterday was BYU Football's opening day- woohoo! We dressed accordingly. Go Cougs! :)

Well school starts on Tuesday so life will begin to get busier...but we will try to do some fun things to take pictures of and blog. :) Love you all!