First Utah Trip 2nd Week

My mom and I took the kids to the Aquarium in Utah. They had a great time.  Abby couldn't get enough of the sting rays. She desperately wanted to pet them but didn't get her hand in deep enough. 


The boys took a pretend boat ride. :)

We loved loved loved the penguins!  Alex spent the entire time spouting off information he has read in books about all the different fish, sharks, and penguins.  He is a wealth of knowledge especially for odd facts. 


We also had a great time trying to convince all the kids to put their fingers on the electric eel simulator. Alex thought it was "awesome" and Brett was really proud of himself for finally doing it before we left. We also loved the exhibit of the superhero insects and reptiles including glow in the dark insets and other super bugs.

We had fantastic get together with my college roommates. Even though Natalie was in town she couldn't make it but Keni, Holly, and Mindy were there minus Mindy's family. It was great fun for the kids too.



Later in the week I took the kids to the Dinosaur Museum with Liz and Teri and kids. We had a great time even though Abby wasn't feeling very well.
My kids were so happy to see their long lost Texas family. I am so greatful that they have those friendships.   We watched them clean fossils. 


We put together huge magentic puzzles.

We played in the water zone although Abby wasn't enjoying it too much. 


We ran away from Monster sharks. 

We dug for bones. 

And we enjoyed the beauty of the sunshine and Utah warmth minus humidity. 

This is about the time Abby stopped feeling good and fell asleep curled up in her stroller. 

I was a good wife too and let Greg plan a get together with his highschool friends. It was great to catch up with everybody.

We had a fun outdoor backyard adventure at Jeff and Kim's house with all the cousins. Brett was so nervous about driving the four wheelers but after a few times around we were trying to slow him down.







Abby had a serious introduction to the art of dress ups while we were staying at my mom's house. She wore that little purple number about everyday. She is my little princess and loves to accessorize.

She thought she was Rapunzel and loved her rapunzel hair.

Logan wanted in on the action and asked my mom to make him his own crown. When we went back to Utah for our second trip she had a new fancy shmancy one for him.

The Royal Family

We also got to hang out with a pregnant Becca minus Andrew since he was in Dallas on his internship.

And the night before we left was a party at my mom's parents house.

A  couple of nights before we left Abby woke up in the middle of the night screaming about "Monkeys in her bed".  I reassured her but had to repeat myself 3 times during the night.  The next morning she vividly remembered the monkeys in her bed and has since spent months talking about the monkeys in grandmas crib and that she doesn't like them so we have to make sure they aren't there when we go back.  She has got quite the imagination and memory.