The Salt Lake Temple MFT#4

7-28-08

This weeks field trip was Jon's idea, and it went over better then I thought it would with the kids. This week was extra fun for my girls as well because our cousin Lindsy was able to come with her 4 kids since they were visiting from Idaho. We met at the South Visitor Center with our lovely tour guides for the day. One of which was from the Philippines. Tressa was very excited about that since her Grandma and Grandpa Hunt are leaving for their mission to the Philippines in October. I called ahead of time to set up the tour so that the Sisters could gear the tour for our kids. And they did a really good job I thought. We sang songs together, and they asked the kids lots of questions, and at the end bore their testimonies of the Gospel. My girls especially liked going up to see the statue of Christ. I love the Temple at this time of year. The flowers, trees, and fountains just make everything feel so peaceful. I planned on taking my kids on a tour of the Conference Center while we were there but Aspen got sick so we had to cut the day short. I only wish the Sisters had been able to do the pin drop demonstration in the Tabernacle, but I guess that just leaves something for them to see next time.

Our Tree in July

I forgot to take any pictures of the girls next to the tree this month but here is our tree after the hail storm/flood on July 22nd (1 month after the last picture). The leaves got pretty torn up but it is still doing great.

Rain Rain Go Away!

This day was crazy. It was beautiful until early afternoon, then it dropped a ton of rain and hail just in our little town, and then turned sunny again. But the girls had fun trying to bail out the water to keep our neighbors and our garage from flooding. In the end our neighbor found a pump to rent (after calling 10 stores) so we could get rid of all the water.

Bowling MFT #3

7-21-08

Another Monday Field Trip. And my girls had so much fun bowling for the first time. We went to Fat Cats (after lunch at the park of course) and let the kids bowl with the bumpers. Josie and Aspen also used the little ramp things most of the time since the balls are still a little heavy for them.

No one had a very high score, but who cares.

At the Zoo again

7-17-08

My dear friend Zildy needed a sitter for her kids because the normal sitter was at girls camp, so took her kids for the day. And lucky them because it was a day that we were going to the zoo. I could take them for free with our Zoo Pass so off we went.

The kids spent over an hour in the stinky snake and bird house (by the way it is the porcupine that makes the whole building stink). They were fascinated by all the different snakes and I had to drag them out. I think it is because the snakes are fun to find since they don't sit out in the open. But then again it could be because they are so pretty. Tressa and Shayden really liked finding where each of the dead bugs on the wall were from by using the colored dots on the cards and the dots on the world map. Don't you love it when kids are learning without realizing it!

After the zoo we went to Liberty Park for lunch and swimming since lunch is Free and the Manuel's hadn't been able to go before. More splashing, sitting, and chasing . This time they chased my empty water bottle, which floated better and longer then the cardboard boat. But wasn't nearly as cute or creative. Mean while I read in the shade. So everyone had a great time.

Liberty Park MFT #2

7-17-08

This week we went to Liberty Park for our "MFT". Zildy was out of town so it was just my and my friends Chistine and our munchkins. The one with the big cheeser in the middle is Brooklynn (B-Bop) and her big sister to the left is Katelynn(Katie-Kat). Liberty Park is the coolest park in the summer. It has Free Lunch for the kids, a big play ground, a splash park, and an area called The Canyons. The canyons is a series of man made pools and rivers only a foot or 2 deep. The kids love it. And it is built in the shade of big trees so we adults love it too! Josie liked to climb into the small pools at the top and just sit in the cool water. While Tressa played with Katie-Kat chasing Kate's home made boat down the water ways. Aspen and B-Bop just splashed as much as they could. It was a great day with lots of wet fun!!

Monday Field Trips have begun!

My friend Zildy and I decided to do a weekly outing for our kids this summer. Which later became known as the Monday Field Trips-since the where on Monday. We started them in July and had one every week until school started. Once we got a plan in place Zildy made some calenders and we invited some friends and neighbors. Our friends came often, our neighbors never did. Oh-well




7-7-2008 The first MFT we took was to a candy factory which I can't remember the name of. Zildy and I took our kids to a park down in Pleasant Grove called Discovery Park that morning. We got lost due to the switching street numbers between the city's in Utah County and it took much longer then we thought. But the kids had fun at the park for the little bit of time they had there.

We had to run to get to the candy tour on time and were still a few minutes late. Luckily the rest of our group were on time to hold out place. The candy factory was really fun. We all had to wear those silly blue hair net things to be able to walk around on the tour. We ate lots of samples, talked with our friends and learned some new things. For instance- each jelly bean takes between 7 to 21 days to make. And to be a jelly bean maker you have to train for over a year. hehe I love trivial knowledge. It was a great start to our summer field trips.

At the mountain with Gandma and Grandpa

On July 1st I took the girls up to Grandpa Bob's place up the canyon from echo lake. I have to admit being a full time Mom has some benefits-like being able to take my work anywhere I want anytime I want. It was so nice to spend the time up there with so few people and just relax. Bob has bought a child ATV so the girls all took a turn riding it. It was quite fun to watch their faces when Bob would use the remote to set of the alarm when they went to fast. Aspen had to ride with me on it with her so she kept repeating "I can do it, I can do it." Of which I have no doubt since she does power slides on the hot wheel ATV we have at home. But I still wont let her, and neither will Grandpa (thanks Bob). The girls spent the rest of their time helping to cook, begging for big ATV rides around the mountain and swinging on the big beg swing Bob made. They even picked my a bouquet of wild flowers!

The thing I love most about this place is the view from Skyline Road which runs on top of one of the mountain ridges. Nothing but mountain peaks and canyons can be seen in every direction and it is beautiful to say the least.