the most fun wednesday ever!

we had such a fun day

that included meeting up with a bunch of our WSU friends

at the zoo and then out to lunch

between six girlfriends (and two husbands) we had 17 kids!!!  

 they were all so happy to see each other 

and even though it was a little crazy keeping track of them

i'm glad the kids could run around and look at the animals together

 hazel has not forgotten her friend bailey

even though it's been almost a year

hazel pretend talks on the phone with her all the time

and says she's one of her best friends

she was soooo excited to see her

they held hands most of the day

after the zoo

we went out to lunch at red robin

and they gave us a banquet room that was perfect for all of us

the only thing that would have made this more fun

was if the rest of our friends were there

but it was amazing to see all these friends we'd been missing!!!

and so neat to be all together in utah despite meeting in washington

after that we went to trolley square to get some ice cream

and did a little shopping at whole foods and trader joes

 and if that wasn't enough excitement

we bought a second child's bike attachment off ksl on the way home

so we can ride bikes with our kids and without using a trailer

and then went on a little family bike ride

 hazel was super nervous to use the trail-a-bike at first

but she got over it and really enjoyed it

 olive likes being my bike buddy

 noah prefers being in front 

it was seriously such a fun day

and i am so grateful michael came with us to the zoo

i could not have handled the kiddies without him

he is such a darling for taking the day off to come with us

ps. i stole some of the pictures at the zoo and red robin from erin

thank you, erin!!!

pss. we have been tv free since sunday

my original goal was to go all summer without tv

but we'll see how it goes

i'll be happy if we even just make it a week

i am loving all the time we're spending doing other things

instead of fighting over whose turn it is next on netflix