Family Vacation 06-21-08 thru 06-23-08

When we go to Salt Lake for Logan's eye appointment, we always try to do something fun as a family.

Sam's tournament baseball game was Saturday morning in St. Anthony. We drove from the game, back to Rexburg to get something to eat. We then left for Randolph, Utah.

For some reason this trip seemed awfully long to me and I felt like we were always in the car. (Riding in the car for four hours with four kids has a tendency to do that to you!) We didn't get to Randolph until 5:00. We stopped for dinner at the Frosty Gator there in Randolph. For those of you who don't know where Randolph is, it is over by Bear Lake. Bryon's grandparents lived there and that is where Bryon's dad grew up. After Bryon's grandparents passed away, the family kept the house as a "retreat". The Frosty Gator is the only restaurant in town. After dinner we then went to "The Ranch" as they refer to the house. The mosquitoes were so thick. Bryon tried to mow the front lawn and came in with at least ten mosquito bites on his face. The kids had fun playing with the toys inside the house. Sam loves to try to catch water snake or Gardner snakes while we are there. He caught three in the first twenty minutes we were there. We put Logan and Natalie to bed. We let Sam and Conner stay up and watch a movie. They watched "Hook" with Bryon while I enjoyed reading a book. Sunday morning, we got up and ate breakfast. We got ready for church and then drove into church to attend Sacrament Meeting. After Sacrament Meeting, we came home, had lunch, cleaned up, loaded up and then left for Salt Lake.

We got to Salt Lake about 4:00. We stayed at the Crystal Inn so that the kids could go swimming. We let the older kids swim for a while before going to dinner. We went to eat at The Mayan. The kids love that place. I don't think Natalie or Logan have been there. They loved watching the divers. After dinner, we went back to the hotel and we all went swimming. Monday morning was Logan's appointment at Primary Children's. Bryon took him to his appointment while I stayed at the hotel with Sam, Conner, and Natalie. We had breakfast and then Natalie and I went down to sit at the pool while Sam and Conner swam for a couple of hours. When Bryon and Logan got back to the hotel, we loaded up and check out. I really wanted Sam and Bryon to see the Joseph Smith Movie at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. We were really pushed to make the next showing. We hurried and made it just in the nick of time. Natalie got a little restless but Sam and Bryon really loved the show. After the movie, we left for Thanksgiving Point. We spent about four hours at the Dinosaur Museum. The kids loved it. We even splurged and bought tickets to see a 3-D movie. We went to the Dinosaur one. It was a little boring. Bryon actually ended up leaving the movie because Natalie was so restless. The rest of the kids loved the 3-D effect. Logan actually fell asleep at the end. Here are some cute pictures of our day at the museum.

The first picture is of all the kids around a dinosaur. The pictures of Sam and Conner are them digging for dinosaur bones. Logan is playing in the erosion table and Natalie is doing a puzzle of dinosaurs. We splurged and treated the kids to dinner at Red Lobster in Layton on the way home. We ordered an appetizer of crab legs. The kids loved them! It was a great family vacation.