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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Trip to Utah

We have been staying busy traveling, visiting family, playing and just enjoying summer. At the end of July we spent a few days in Utah with my family. We packed a lot into one weekend but we had a great time.
The 24th of July is a holiday in Utah, we celebrated Pioneer Day all day long. We went boating with my family, aunts, uncles cousins, it was so fun to see them all and catch up. Later we went to have a BBQ and more swimming at my aunt and uncles house. The kids were totally water logged and loving every second of it.
Riding on the boat.

Ellie and I rode on the tube together. She didn't love it neither did Drew our ride was pretty short. Maybe next year.


Swimming at Kerm and Steve's. The girls absolutely love the pool this year. Bailey has gotten really good at swimming, she is a total fish. Ellie does great with her water wings.

Friday we went to Lagoon. We had a really good time. I hadn't been there since high school there were quite a few new rides but it was a lot like I remember. The girls had so much fun. Ellie loved riding the lady bug drop tower ride, and Bailey was so brave she went on all of the big rides that she was tall enough for. Even the scary Wicked ride. Logan was so good the whole time and was even able to ride on the train and the big Ferris wheel.


This was Ellie's favorite ride. It was a lady bug drop tower and it was a really fun ride. She went on it 6 or 7 times and every time she would laugh and say that it tickles her tummy.

Ellie and Drew going for a little fly

Grandma and the kids on a train ride

This picture was taken at 11:00 at night. We were a little tired but had such a fun day.

Saturday the guys went golfing and we attempted to go shopping with all of the kids. The Nordstrom sale lost some of its appeal to me having all of the kids in a crowded store. Still found some cute shoes but wasn't quite as fulfilling as I had hoped (this made Ryan happy). Afterwards we met up with the guys for a Bees game. It was nice to just chill on the grass, let the kids play and enjoy a fun baseball game. The girls loved singing Take Me Out to The Ball Game and there was an awesome fireworks show after.



Monday afternoon we took the girls to the TreeHouse Museum in Ogden with Jenn and Drew. It was such a cute place. The kids loved it, we spent a few hours there. They had rooms representing different countries and It was the perfect way to end our trip.

Having a tea party in merry ol England



Ellie being and Indian and Bailey being a cheetah


Sitting in the oval office

Queen for a day

Logan just happy to be there as usual, he was such a good boy the entire trip

We had a great trip hope to go back and hang out with everyone again soon.

6 comments:

Sarah said...

So glad that you are posting again- I was starting to get a little worried! It sounds like you had a fun trip- I can't believe you packed so much into one weekend! We'll have to check out that museum sometime. It looks really cute. I really need to call you soon- it's been way too long since we've talked!

Nat Lud said...

First of all--YAY new posts! I have missed reading your stuff! Your trip to Utah sounds way fun. I didn't know anything about that treehouse museum thing. Where is it? Your girls are so cute and Logan is adorable! I love weekends like that where lots of stuff goes on. Fun fun!

Dinger said...

Wow! Seeing those pictures of Lagoon makes me want to go back. I haven't been since the ninth grade. It looks like your kids had a lot of fun! And.....in the post above-- Logan looks so grown up!!

Melanie said...

Sounds like you guys are having tons of fun this summer. That Tree House Museum looks really neat from the pictures.

Logan is getting so big so fast! Love how he's sticking his tongue out in his picture. :) And the late-night family picture from Lagoon is really cute! :)

Jill said...

The treehouse museum looks like fun good to know it was worth it. Lagoon looks fun! Wish we could have gone together, maybe if we plan it now for next year we can get everyone to go. :)

Ashlee said...

I've never heard of that tree house museum before, it sounds really fun. It's fun to see posts of everything you've been doing, I love the pictures of your fam in front of the temple, such a cute family!