Utah Adventures...

Last Tuesday Jeff had to fly to Salt Lake for training for his new job so on Wednesday Kamden and I picked Ethan up from Preschool and drove to stay with Jeff. While he worked, the boys and I did lots of fun things like digging for fosils at the Dinosaur museum, seeing the animals at Hogle Zoo, and visiting Temple Square. But, no matter what we were doing, the boys kept asking when we were going back to the hotel to swim.
Ethan is usually pretty timid when he's in the water but by the time we left, he was floating around in his lifejacket and Jeff had taught him how to move his arms and legs so they could race from one end of the pool to the other. Kamden, on the other hand, could care less if there was anyone around to catch him, he'll jump in whenever he wants.



It was an interesting feat trying to get the boys to sleep the first night, they were excited to be somewhere new and also to get to sleep in the same bed. But by the next night they were so exhausted and the excitment had worn off so it was a little easier to get them to sleep.

Thursday morning we drove to Thanksgiving Point to visit the Dinosaur Museum along with about six busloads of little kids on fieldtrips...a repeat of our visit to the zoo here last week. But the boys had fun and I enjoyed watching them freak out when they saw the huge "Sharp Tooth" (T-Rex) skeleton.

That night we picked Jeff up from work and took the boys to Temple Square. Ethan was really excited to see the 'big temple' and loved all the fountains and ponds, I'm pretty sure he stuck his hand in every one. We were able to go inside the Tabernacle and listen to part of a practice for the Sunday program broadcast from there. We saw the Christus and the pictures of Christ's life. When Ethan saw the one of Jesus being baptized he was really excited because he gave his first talk in Primary last week on baptism and told us Jesus' friend, John the Baptist, was baptizing Jesus in the river.




Friday morning the boys and I did some shopping for the baby. Before we got to the store I told them we were ONLY buying baby stuff. So, every toy Ethan saw, from soccer balls to race tracks and golf sets, he thought the baby just had to have...he wasn't very happy when I reminded him the baby can't use any of those things for quite awhile and so we weren't buying them.
Then we found lunch before going to the Hogle Zoo where they had two rhinos, elephants, a gorilla, and lots of other animals the boys hadn't seen before. Kamden's favorite was still the Zebra. Before we left I let the boys wear themselves out at the big playground they have in the zoo and then we took a train ride before going back to the hotel. That evening we went to dinner with one of Jeff's high school friends and his wife at a restaurant called the Mayan where they have a live show with cliff divers and a rainforest atmosphere. It was nice because the boys were entertained for quite awhile so we could visit.



On Saturday we took the boys to Lagoon and they loved it. Kamden hadn't ever been and the last time Ethan was there he was 2 but before we even got there, Ethan said he wanted to go on the whale ride first. Jeff and I were amazed that he even remembered the whale ride. Then he said he wanted to ride the Feris Wheel but when they got in line and Ethan saw how big it actually is, he changed his mind and turned right around.

So, now it's back to normal every-day life and getting used to not having Jeff around every day after having over a month off from work while he was between jobs. It's been really nice having him home, we've all been a little spoiled with dad around all the time. The boys have gotten to do a lot of golfing with daddy and I haven't had to change quite so many diapers or deal with all of the tantrums that come my way in a day. But we're very thankful and very blessed with a new job and the chance to take a little trip before Jeff goes back to work and before the baby comes.