The Conservatory - Bellagio

Floral Painting 2 - Belagio

This entire "painting" was made up of flowers.

Floral Art 1 - Bellagio

See the painting at the end of this bridge? see Floral Painting 2 for the details.

Bird Haven - Bellagio

This green house in the conservatory had a ton of awesome birds living in it.

Liberty Bell - Bellagio

I love the exhibits in the Conservatory at the Bellagio.

One of Life's Mottos

I saw this and thought "now THOSE are words to live by!"

Zion

As amazingly beautiful as this park is, I know why they called it Zion.

Weeping Rock

One of the few walks we got to take was to Weeping Rock. I love this view of the growth coming from the wet rocks.

My Hikers

Charity and Camille really loved walking around Zion's and seeing the scenery and animals.

Where We Once Played

A lot has changed in Zion's since I was a kid. You can no longer camp or even drive beyond the turn off to the tunnle. We rested at this bench at the Grotto stop and I reminisced about playing in Zion as a kid.

Zion's National Park

I have not been to Zion's since I was a kid but we loved getting to briefly visit this past weekend.

Jared

Hidden

Charity loved hiding in these little rock alcoves all throughout Zion's.

M&M Pennies

Charity found her collection in stamped pennies.

Choco and Charity

Charity loved this animatronic crocodile at the Rainforest Cafe.

Charity's Lions

One stop we always make in Vegas is the lions at MGM. Charity and I could stare at them all day.

Lying Down With Lambs

We stopped at a gas station in Scipio that has a petting zoo and Charity made some cute wooly friends.

Our Little Trooper

Charity has been fantastic on this drive to Mequite. she is still so happy with her pink headphones at 10 at night.

Shorts a'la Jared

At first I thought I had just made friends with a cute baby goat. turns out the smell from my chicken wrap still lingered on my shorts and he tried for a nibble... I hope I tasted good...

Emu Games

These guys are a lot of fun to watch. I could enjoy having a herd of these and a herd of Cassowarys.

Star of the Show

The big attraction at this stop is the Zebra colt they have here. we loved feeding him and he loved being fed. How many gas station/rest stops can boast a baby zebra?

Good Donkey...

Charity seems to have a pension for mules and donkeys of late.

Charity wants to be a trick rider!

Charity told me she wanted to be like the kids in the radio show!

Get 'em Calamity Jane

We loved watching the Stage Coach ride into town. It was especially fun to see Calamity Jane and Wyatt Erp run off those marauding bandits bent on robbing the coach.

Saving Wild Horses

They had an area talking about the project to adopt and protect wild horses in Utah. Charity really loved it and talked a lot about keeping the horses safe.

Rough Rider

Charity's pony was pretty eager to get going and was pushing the walker while they were still loading other riders. somehow the little pony got around the walker and took some re-directing but ole Cool Hand Charity kept her head and even told the pony "hey pony" stop for the kids".

The Porker 500

Charity's favorite activity at The Wild West Show was the pig races. We rooted for Arnold Schwartzenhogger and Britney Spare Ribs.

The Dog and Mule Show??

Charity was convinced she was seeing a horse. I of course had to tell her a mule to which she asked Pandora's queston "what is a mule daddy?"... uh well.... let's see... when a dady donkey sees a mommy horse that is totally out of his league but refuses to relent then.... uh....

Mac and Cheese Monster

Charity got her dad's trait of getting "hangry". a good Mac and Cheese fix at Archibald's solves that quick.

Sock Monkey Dreams and Candy

Gadner Village is a great place to take a kid who loves just observing so many different things. my little monkey latched on to this sock monkey and told me "daddy take a picture.. it will be cute" I can't argue with logic like that!

Sock Monkey Dreams and Candy 2

I have been loving my retro phone app and had to get a seperate treatment of this proclaimedly "cute" pic.

My Little Rockstar

Looks like we need to get her a baby Red Bull to keep the party going.