Antelope Island

Today was a boys day out. Just north of Salt Lake there is a place called Antelope Island. Every year they have a hot air balloon and kite festival. We had all planned on going bright and early to see the balloons launch on the last day. Jen had been sick with a cold and decided to stay home and sleep while Dustin, Glen and Zach headed out on the trip. When the camera came home – there were no pictures of hot air balloons. Apparently they only had 4 of them launched and they were already landing them and taking them down when the boys arrived at 7:45am (advertised schedule said the balloons launched at 7:30am and were suppose to be up all day!). Kind of a bust for hot air balloon watching, but the boys did end up buying Zach his first kite and showing him how it works.

Antelope Island is also just next to the great Salt Lake – the area was beautiful….take a look at some of these shots.

Also…apparently they are BUFFALO in that area TOO! Who knew buffalo existed in Utah, just outside of Salt Lake???

Zach got another airbrushed tattoo – they didn’t have dinosaurs, but Dustin picked out a gecko and we have just been calling it a dinosaur. Zach LOVES it….he walks around lifting up his shirt sleeve to show everyone his “dinosaur” and then her roars like a dinosaur.

On the drive home they all enjoyed some smoothies……this is what happens when men are in charge of a 19 month old and no mother or woman is around. Oh well, they had fun and Zach was as happy as could be for entire day!