A Fun Train Ride

We did something fun yesterday. My dad wanted to try out the new Front Runner train from Ogden to Salt Lake so we all tagged along. The kids loved being on the train. It took a little longer than driving but it was nice and cool and no traffic! When we got to Salt Lake we had lunch at the Gateway and then we took the kids to the Discovery Gateway Children's Museum. It was a lot like the treehouse museum and the kids had fun. The best part was that we were out of the 100 degree weather. We took the kids over to play in the fountain, which was packed! Payton got pretty wet but Claire chose to stay dry and just watch. Then we walked back over to catch the train. It was a new adventure and a very fun day!











Choo-choo!

Summer swimming

As you can probably tell from my lack of blogging, this week has been a busy one! I have had classes and workshops all week so I am really looking forward to the weekend. For our weekly adventure this week we decided to go swimming at the Brigham City pool. I had actually never been to that pool before so it was exciting. Allie was napping so Nate stayed home with her and Karen, Payton, Claire, and I went. I was so proud of my little swimmer! She is getting so brave! I wish I had some pictures but I didn't want to get my camera wet or stolen at the pool. I have some other pictures of the girls playing at the park that I will post later. Anyway, it was super fun and we are looking forward to going back with Allie and Nate soon!

A fun week

On Tuesday it was another cold and rainy day, so our plans to go to the dinosaur park were scratched. We were already headed to Ogden so we just went to the new Salomon center and took the kids miniature golfing, bowling, and to the Pizza Factory. We were only going to go bowling, but when the kids saw the cool 'glow in the dark miniature golf' area, they got excited. Really they had the most fun climbing on the free play area, maybe next time we will skip the activities that cost money and just go for the freebies! Isn't that always how it works, they like playing with the box more than the toy!
I also took Claire swimming at the nat this week. I decided that she should probably learn how to swim. I thought about signing her up for lessons but she is so shy I doubt she would do it. We had lots of fun and she was braver than I thought. She put her face in the water and swam along the side. I'll keep you updated on her progress.
I started my classes again on Thursday, it is hard to go and sit in class for 7 hours a day, but it will be nice to have it done!

Our first summer adventure

It seems that summer vacation is far too short and before I know it I will have to head back to school. So, I decided that once a week the girls and I are going to have an adventure. Then we will have some fun memories to look back on when I go back to school, and I will have something interesting to blog about :)
This week it was cold and raining so we decided to go to the Treehouse Museum in Ogden. Karen and Payton came with us. None of us had ever been there so we didn't really know what to expect, but it was super fun! We were there for about 3 hours but I think that the kids could have stayed longer. There were so many things to see and do. Claire's favorite thing was the music making room. Payton's favorite thing was dressing up and putting on a show. They also made flowers and necklaces, put on a puppet show, had a tea party, and painted. Claire can't wait to go back and show her dad all the fun things there. I forgot to take my camera, but luckily Karen had hers and we took quite a few pictures. I'll post just a few of them!