Water Fun

The last full day we were in UT, Cari was smart & rented a fun water/blow-up plates for the kids to play with.  They were SO excited.

We drove 40 minutes to pick it up & drove 40 minutes back only to find out they had given us the wrong one.  The kids still had a blast on it, but it was more for little kids so the older girls didn't get to play as much as they would have liked to.  Cari called the rental place & they told us to play on this guy until 1:00 & that they'd bring us the right play-set then.

Even Justin was having fun on it.

My cousin Naomi came up for a few days while we were there & brought her 3 kids to play as well.  It's been years since I've seen her so it was really nice to catch up.  I even got to meet this little darling. . . Alana is her youngest & is so cute.

While we were waiting on the 2nd blow up play set, we got out the slippin' slide & started races on it.  The kids were giggling & laughing & just having a blast.

Canyon thought it was a bed & kept trying to lay down & sleep on it.  It was driving the big kids crazy because they'd start running & then all of a sudden Canyon was in the middle of the slide again.  Little turkey.

Dad & Justin got in on the racing fun too.  It was a blast to act like kids with my brother & dad.  We don't get the opportunity to do that very often so it was really nice.

Justin & Trek were hilarious together.  It was like having 3 year old brothers trapped in adult bodies.  They had everyone cracking up the entire day.

FINALLY at 2:00 we got the big kid swimming play set.  This one was SO much better than the first. It had a bounce house with basketball hoop, larger pool, spraying water guns. & a huge slide.  The kids (& adults) LOVED this one.

My brother is a big dork. . . . but that's why I love him.

After all the water fun, we lit up a fire & decided to roast marshmallows & starbursts for fun.  Smores are good any time of day.

Poor Trek's feet got SO sunburned.

This also was a good opportunity to take pictures with Mamoo.  All her grand babies together.

It was a wonderful night & a great fun activity to end our trip to UT.  I miss my family already.  My brother & sister, my mom & dad, my little nieces & nephew.  I love them so much.

The Payson, UT Temple

Our last temple trip in UT was to the brand new Payson, UT temple.  It just opened a couple of weeks ago & it was a JOY to get to go & do an endowment session there with my mom, dad, brother, & sister-in-law.  It's been SO long since I've been to the temple with family.  It was wonderful.

This has to be one of my favorite temples ever.  It is SO beautiful both inside & out.  I love that my parents live right next to it.  That means I'll get to come back every time I visit my family.

Dinosaur Museum

My kids love museums.  They always have & I love them for it.

While we were in UT, my brother took us to the Thanksgiving Point dinosaur museum.  I thought my boys were going to die from excitement.  They loved every second of this museum.  It was great.  There were lots of hands on exhibits so they could touch & be curious without getting into trouble.  Those are the BEST kinds of museums.  Plus we got to go with my brother & his family & we all agree that cousins make everything more fun.

Canyon & Kylie liked the caverns.  We had to drag them out of these things by their feet.  They did NOT want to leave.

Bladen was head over heels over the dinosaur skeletons.  He's always loved dinos.

All the kids spent a good half hour trying to put together this dinosaur.  There were different heads & feet to choose from & you build your own creation.  They had a blast.

My favorite part of the museum were these huge dinosaur magnet puzzles.  The kids spent a TON of time putting these together.  It was really HARD, but fun.

They also found a room where you learn about water & erosion.  The entire room is one big sand/water pit where you can manipulate the sand to make the water go a certain way.  There were also little dinosaurs to play with.  My kids would have stayed in here all day if I would have let them.

I can't believe how big some of these dinosaurs were.  INSANE.

The kids were pretty excited about this shark too.  They kept begging us to take pictures of them with the shark.

And in the very last room of the museum there was a dinosaur dig.  They loved using little paintbrushes to expose the dino bones in the earth & sand.

I'm SO glad we chose to spend a full day here.  The kids had a blast & I enjoyed being with them.  I love museums.