Tuesday, May 19, 2009

The annual "spoil the kids" trip

Every spring, we (my Mom, Sisters and I) try to take all the grandchildren on a weekend trip (we went the last weekend of April) to the Salt Lake City area and visit as many kid oriented attractions as we desire. This time my Dad surprisingly tagged along (thanks for being patient and putting up with the chaos). On this particular visit to the area, my parents hooked us up with a condo in Park City. We all arrived on Friday at different times. On Saturday we visited The Dinosaur museum, the Aquarium, the Lion's House Pantry for Lunch, then the Clark Planetarium for a 3-D ocean movie. On Sunday we decided to take it easy, (a change from years previous) we slept in and went swimming in the condo pool then headed home. Previous years, in addition to what is listed above, we've visited the children's museum, the zoo, Thanksgiving point, and the fountains at the Gateway mall (we just let the kids strip down to their skivvies and go crazy). It actually rained and snowed most of the time we were there, so this was not an option, bummer.

Claire, Robi Ann, Riley, and Stella excited and ready for the action.

This was probably the kids' favorite part of the Dinosaur museum, we had to pry them away.

How many children can you fit on a small dinosaur statue for a photo?

SHARK!!

L to R: Robi Ann, Rhet, Claire, Riley, Stella, Keeler, and Lily
(only one grandchild missing, Treasure decided to go chop wood with his Dad, crazy kid)


4 comments:

Jamie said...

How fun! I can't believe how big your kids are getting.

You guys really know how to party! That sounds like a fun weekend with the girls(grandpa) and the kids. I bet they love being with their cousins. Lucky kids!

Jamie said...

This sounds like a ton of fun. I bet your girls loved it!! Stella is getting so big. We need Claire to come over and play, but I lost your number...

Lindsey said...

What a great tradition! Wow, you guys really know how to pack in the attractions. It looks like the kids had a blast.

Jessica said...

That is a great idea! I can't believe how big Claire is getting and Stella is a doll. Marissa keeps talking about doing a playdate with you guys, we seriously need to hook up :) In case you haven't heard we are having a boy, yeah!