I'm back, for today anyway

This is the place making arrowhead necklaces in a hogan. Ry now wants and expects a pony.

This is the Place Burnett cabin. MMM cap'n crunch. (we were supposed to find 10 things that were not supposed to be there.)

Hogle (Hobo) Zoo Trolley ride.

Church history museum she's so sweet.....and Jacob???/

Thanksgiving point Chuck-A-Rama

We wore 'em all out! YEAH That's his knee he's sleeping on. Comfy? Yes, I was there, too.

We had a fun weekend, so I thought I'd tell anyone that checks this about it. We left Thursday night and stayed at Nicki's. We got there pretty late so we just went to bed. When we woke up we headed to This is the Place monument park. This was the favorite part of our trip. If you haven't been, it's well worth your time and money. It was fun to take a step back in time. We found that we could send Jacob and Reid out to be apprentices and they would feed them, but they wouldn't take Tanner and Blake. Apparently after they are 14 they are too mouthy and eat too much. We rode on trains, Rylee rode a horse, and we saw a cabin of one of Chad's ancestors. Apparently they liked Cap'n Crunch in the 1800's. After that we ran across the street to the "Hobo Zoo" (Rylee's words-so it stuck). We didn't stay there long, maybe an hour, we've been there many times and just went for Rylee mostly. Oh, and so Jacob could see the Peccary's (a creepy piggy looking thing.) We rode the trolley down to the Planetarium and got tickets for the I-max Bugs show. Then rode the trolley back to the Lion House for dinner. That was pretty good, but boy do they give a lot of meat. There was a lot of wasted meat from my family. After that we rode the trolley back to the planetarium and watched a 3-D bug movie. Kinda creepy, kinda cool. Jacob was pretty upset when the preying mantis ate the butterfly. Sorry if that ruined the movie for anyone. :) Then we hopped the trolley back and went to the Church History Museum. Rylee found the kids room and could have stayed there for a long time, but we were tired and wanted to go. It was neat to go there, though. We seem to go there a lot, it is always the same, but we love it. Then we headed to Spanish Fork to stay with DeeAnna. We slept in Sat. then went to Thanksgiving Point. They have a little childrens garden that the younger kids played at. There was a Noah's Ark and a maze. Mostly for little kids. We went to Chuck-A-rama for lunch. A highlight of the day for the boys. A little sad, because the boys can't have soda or junk food so they bypassed the dessert and soda. I was proud. Our last stop was the Aquarium. It was OK. not the highlight, but ok. The kids got to pet a manta ray, they said it felt weird. We wore everyone out......

FYI If any of you want to explore SLC we found this great deal online. for $20 each we did all this stuff. There was lots more to choose from but that is what we picked from our list. Great weekend! Thanks Nicki, DeeAnna and Melissa for everything! And just maybe I'll blog sooner than later?