Promontory Point

On July 7, We went to Promontory Point which is west of Brigham City, where the two railroads from the East and the West met and the Golden Spike was driven into the tracks.  I was hoping this would be a great activity for the kids, but they did the reenactment of the ceremony and it was so looooooong and it was hot and way boring for the little ones.  We were sitting in an area that was filled with little rocks on the ground and the kids kept playing in the rocks.  The head guy of the reenactment even stopped the whole thing and told the kids not to play in the rocks.  I was annoyed because they weren't hurting anyone and if you don't want kids to play in the rocks than cement the thing.  

When it was finally over we headed home and Cindy and I ended up with Maycee and Jillian in the middle seat of my van and Stevie and Jaron in the backseat.  It was one of THE WORST car rides I have ever had to endure.  Jilly and Maycee were just awful.  Maycee was tired and so she was crying and that was bugging Jillian, so than Jillian had a complete and total melt down and just couldn't stop crying which made Maycee cry even more. I eventually stopped at Burger King and got the kids cones in the hopes that Maycee and Jillian would stop crying.  It worked for a few mins, but then Maycee bit out the bottom of her cone and got ice cream in her hands which made her hands cold, so she started crying again and then that set of Jilly!  It was horrible!  I thought we would never get home. While the girls were causing all this ruckus, Jaron and Stevie were having a great old time in the back talking and enjoying each others company.  I couldn't believe that they weren't bothered by the little girls noise.  I was grateful that they were in the car instead of Shaylee and Annika because the little girls would have bugged them and then they would have added to the noise with their complaining.  See there is a silver lining in everything!  :)  

Jilly's dirty feet from playing in the dirt and gravel

The two trains meeting

The 119 came from the East

The Jupiter came from the West

Kenyon is doing the Scavenger hunt

It was really sunny and so Brandon borrowed Grandma's sun glasses

A Day In Salt Lake City

On July 5th, we spent the entire day in Salt Lake City.  We started out going to the Museum of Natural History at the U.  It was a very nice museum that showed natural disasters like earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and volcanoes.  It even had a history of our volcanoes- Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Hood.  It was so fun for the kids to read about our volcanoes.  It also had a whole huge section filled with dinosaurs.  It had lots of places for the kids to play.  It was a very nice and very big museum.

Then we dropped Pete off to go to his "Man In the Moon" events and we met my sisters at Temple Square. They were a bit late because they had some trouble in the parking garage, but they eventually made it and we headed to the childrens section of the Church History Museum.  Then Debbie and her kids had to head home.  Cindy and I took our kids and met mom and dad at the Conference Center.  They are ending their mission at the Conference Center in November, so it was our last chance to get a tour from them.  Then we ate dinner at the City Creek Mall.  It was a very fun and very busy day.

Independence Day!

I love, love, love the fourth of July in Kaysville.  It is so much fun.  We try to come to Kaysville whenever we can for the fourth.  It is fun to celebrate with family and Kaysville has a great day of events planned for the fourth.  We started our day out with the Kaysville City pancake breakfast.  We met Cindy and Nate there and enjoyed a delicious breakfast.  Then we went home and hung out for a bit and then headed out to the parade.  It was great fun as always.  We then had a family BBQ for dinner.  After dinner we got ready for the fireworks.  We left Maycee at home with Grandma and Grandpa (she was supposed to be in bed, but got out after we left, so she enjoyed the fireworks with them on their front porch) and headed out to the high school to watch the fireworks show.  It was beautiful as always and we loved listening to the patriotic music they played as we watched the beautiful display.

Two cute Patriotic girls!  (Yes, Maycee is smiling!)

You cannot go to a parade without your stuffed wolf!  (that is if you are Shaylee and Annika!)

Just chillin with some cool glasses!

Three sisters having some fun!

My three adorable patriotic kiddos!

Man these glasses are kinda hard to put on!

Finally got them on!

Enjoying a break on the blanket

Daddy and Maycee

Before the fireworks

Waiting for the fireworks!