Summer Adventure #8---a tragedy!

So this week we headed off for #8 and tragedy struck.....I FORGOT THE CAMERA!

What kind of mother am I? 

Does it go along with the saying "if a tree falls does it make a sound if no one is around to hear it". So if I don't have pictures of Summer Adventure #8 does it mean that it didn't happen? I'm writing about it anyways :)

We first went on a tour of "Sweets Candy Factory" ( we have a thing for candy this year:) The kids review: It is bigger than Taffy Town.  They make a lot of different kinds of candy, not just Taffy.  But the taffy from Taffy Town was WAAAAAY better.

Then we went to Liberty park and played in the water. The kids had a great time....lots of photo ops there...stinking camera where were you! Then we let the kids go on 2 of the rides. They were having a deal, 8 tickets for $10. Each ride was 1 ticket. They had a Carousel, Big Swings, Airplane Swings, Little Cars, and a Farris Wheel! Yes that is the same Farris Wheel from the amazing movie Charly.  Guess what, I found a picture of that :) The older girls went on it and thought it was so fun. After that we went to lunch and then home. So it was only a 1/2 day adventure. 

Summer Adventure #7

THE HOGLE ZOO

 We each had a "buddy" that we had to stay with...Mr.A got to be mine.

 Dad and Miss. K got to be together.

The older two got to hang with each other.

 The Elephants were a top pick for fun animals.

 And of course the Apes were a crowd pleaser.

 You can't visit the zoo without going on the train.

A break down of the adventure: We got discount tickets from Les Schwab tires, buy 1 adult ticket get a child ticket for free. So the whole family got in for $27, sweet! We took our lunch in a cooler (so glad they let you bring in outside food...a hamburger is $6 there) We got there at 10:00 am, there were only 3 parking spots left.  The zoo opens at 9:00 I would advise going earlier than 10:00 if you don't want to walk 1/2 a mile.  We walked, and walked, and walked, til lunch. Ate. Then walked some more, and some more.  Did I mention we walked a lot :) It was kind of hot but we took spray bottles to keep us cooled off.  We got to see the Bird show, a must see! One of the owls got so close to us that it actually hit hubbies hat.  We did the train very last, because the kids were tired of walking. It was a great day, and we were home by 4:00 pm. Another week of summer is gone and we will be onto Adventure #8 next week :)

Summer Adventure #6

A little more music anyone????

This is Jonathan Jones at his Cd release Community Group.

His band members. (Andy, Benny, and Mike)

His show was at Kilby Court (down town SLC). It was a tiny little place, kind of scary looking from the outside but not too shabby once you get in. Jonathan Jones was actually part of 2 other bands at one time "Waking Ashland" and "We Shot the Moon" both were very fun to listen to. Now he is starting kind of a "Solo" career.  He is from California, but has built a pretty good fan base up in Idaho and Utah. Probably because his music is clean, has some great harmonies, fun to sing to, very energetic, and quite inspiring.  He writes his own music and lyrics, which he has been doing that since he was 16, very talented! His newest band members are very talented also! It would have been fun to see each of them do a "solo" on their individual instruments (just to hear how they have mastered it) maybe next time when they come to town. Speaking of next time...SLC had a pretty small turn out :( So in the fall when they return all of you ---my friends (all 12 of you! haha) need to come with us to support them.  You can check out all of their music on  http://www.jonathanjonesmusic.com/

 Here is my favorite song of theirs...its brilliant!!!

(song is in the post just below:)

Jonathan Jones - My Faith

Summer Adventure #5

 We decided to do a Bus, Trax, and Front Runner train all in one day ($13 group pass for 4 people for all 3 forms of transportation, not too bad)

 While at the Front Runner station we saw a few crazy people...so of course we had to take a picture :) Yes he does have on a turban, gold chains, yellow feathers, and he is carrying some sort of musical instrument!

 Getting ready for the train.

 Of course we had to ride on the upper deck...way fun.

 One of the "stops" had a huge shovel in the parking lot...kind of cool.

We rode the train to Ogden and then rode the trolley over to the Tree House Children's Museum.

The place was amazing, the kids had so much fun.  We could have spent the whole day there.

Here is Miss. P milking a cow!

 The kids pretending to be cowboys and cowgirls.

They had an area that looks like the Presidents office, with fun dress up clothes.

 To end the day we all need a little life size game of Chess :)

It was a long but fun day. The kids had a great time, and there was minimal fighting between the kids :)  I think they learned a little lesson (not intended) that they sure appreciate having a vehicle to go places.  It was fun to ride all of the public transportation, but a trip that normally would take less then 2 hours took us about 7 hours.  But it was a fun adventure.