Cousins on the moon during our visit to the planetarium. What a great, fun place and it's free! Would post the pics from Mars, but the red gave my camera fits and everyone has silver flashy eyes. Must be an effect from all the radiation on Mars. :)
Took a couple of the cousins to temple square and on a tour of the conference center. The kids were so excited to see inside the building they'd only ever seen on tv. Beware of the tour, though - it's LONG!!! I was expecting 15 minutes and agreed. Had I known it would be over an hour, I would never have done it. Little kids do not need a description EVERY. SINGLE. PICTURE. ON. EVERY. SINGLE. WALL. in the whole 3 story building!! Thought I would die and I'm an adult! Thank goodness for Benjamin's willingness to give piggy back rides to tired cousins.
Time with cousins was really the highlight of the trip.
With cousins, even a trip to the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers museum, can be an intense ninja warrior mission. Thank goodness those old ladies were patient.
Benjamin turned 9 while we were there. He had a party at the park with friends and cousins and the soccer cake he requested.
Benjamin wanted to go motorcycling on his birthday too. So, of course, that had to be done...many times during the two weeks, actually.
Grandma got the older two some roller blades, but Christian took Benjamin's and was more into it than anyone. He became a really good roller blader in those huge skates!
I love this picture of the Benjamin, David, and Christian. They got a stick and a rubber worm and constructed a fishing pole. They all look so Tom Sawyer out there in their rolled up pants, bare feet, with their cane pole. :) Sadly, no fish was fooled.
Wouldn't be the 4th of July with out a small town parade!
Wouldn't be a parade without a ton of candy. Benjamin designed a new way to hold it so both arms were free for grabbing.
After the parade is over, there's tons to do in the park. Races, play ground, food, fishing, etc. Benjamin won the boys race in his age division. This is how Christian spent his time. :)
This is in the cousin's back yard. Any idea why the kids love to come here? :)
Dodgeball on the trampoline was a genius idea. Wish I could take credit for it. Tons of fun. Two people stand off the tramp and throw small balls at those on it. If you hit someone, you climb on and they climb off. Hours of fun.
This tractor was part of a restaurant I'd eat at every day if I could - The Machine Shed in Davenport, Iowa. With a name like that, I wasn't expecting much. We passed this place on the way home and it was the closest restaurant to the freeway so we went. So glad we did! It was really great food and the kids loved that they got to ride this around while they waited for a table to be available.
Well, as always, Utah did not disappoint. Always so much fun! I'll be posting these pics to Facebook too so those who had given up on this blog can see them.
