Spring Break '09

This last week was spring break. I had Brian take the week off so we could spend some time together as a family. The week was busy and really fun! We started the week off by going to Kangaroo Zoo,
the Bean Museum, and PF Changs and then Classic Skating rink

. The next day we went to The Living Planet Aquarium. This was really cool. They have a South American Exhibit right now with anacondas and piranhas. You can even pet a real sting ray!
Then we went to the mall and road on the carousel and played at the park there.
We went to dinner at The Mayan. Maya and Kaitlyn totally love that place. It is fun if you like the whole dark rainforesty thing. The divers are pretty cool. It is Maya's dream job! On Wednesday we went to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point. This was really cool! The kids loved this. They got to play in the water with sand,
and they got to work in a quarry to uncover dinosaur bones!
Well worth the time to go there. We even got a family pass so we could go back a lot! Then we saw "Race to Witch Mountain." This was fun. The kids love to go to the movie theater. We finished out the night by going to the gym so we could work off all that fat we have taken in the last few days :)! On Thursday we were supposed to go to the zoo, but it snowed, so we just hung out at home. Friday we went to the Discovery Museum at the Gateway mall.
That place was mayhem! There are all kinds of fun things for the kids to do. They definitely did not have anything like this when we were growing up. Maya is a pretty good rock climber!
Even Gavin had a blast playing with all the toys.
The girls especially liked being on TV.
We stayed in Salt Lake that night at a hotel so we could go swimming.
Gavin was surprisingly not happy about the swimming. He kept his feet tight up to his bum. He probably had leg cramps when we were done! He did enjoy dipping in the hot tub though, so maybe the pool was a little to cold for him. We had pizza and watched movies, and then nobody slept! (We probably won't do that again for awhile!) We finished out the week at the Clark Planetarium. Very cool. We got to learn about the planets and space. We also got to feel what it is like to walk on the moon.

Yes that is me walking on the moon! We saw the Under the Sea 3-D Imax. It was really cool! The kids loved the fish coming right out at them. WHEW!!! I am ready for my vacation after the vacation!