Fossils in our backyard (so to speak)

After much searching far and wide for fossils to keep the Muffins entertained, we finally made it over to the BYU Paleontology Museum, which, in addition to being quite a bit closer to us than other museums we've visited, has the neat bonus feature of being free.

Although it is a relatively small museum, it is nevertheless well stocked with very nice fossil displays. Here are the Muffins checking out some kind of reptile:

Here's a giant sloth skeleton:

Here's Amanda with a fossilized tortoise shell (note that she's standing by the sloth's leg, for size comparison):

The Muffins wanted to see more stuff after they'd had their fill of fossils for the day, and so Mom took them across the street to see the cougar in front of the BYU stadium, just because: