Back in February I said I was back to blogging. Well, that lasted about a day. Oh well, here goes.
This last week was Spring Break and I really wanted to go on a vacation, but we couldn't afford that so we did a stay-cation. It worked out very well. Monday we went to Eureka where we had a certificate for a night's stay to a bed & breakfast. She happily welcomed our whole family, but I'm so glad that we were the only ones there! We went sledding on a hill nearby, ate pizza, then watched the newer Parent Trap on her big screen while eating popcorn. It was so nice and relaxing except that the kids had a hard time settling down for bed.
We had a nice breakfast the next day then headed home. Rick worked and the kids and I went to Grandma Potter's to visit. My mom was there and had two of my nieces, Sharice (15) and Evynn (7). We spent the day with them and had fun. Later we went to Grandma Hilton's and got to see my Aunt Rose there too. My nieces stayed with us the rest of the week.
Wednesday we went to the Hollywood Connection in West Valley. It has some rides for kids and mini golf. It also has skating, which apparently isn't open on Wednesdays. Oh well, it would have been hard for the little kids anyway. We had a blast! Even better though, I got a deal on the tickets so they were $5 a person instead of $20 a person!! It was so much fun watching all of them, but especially Darren and Charlie. Darren was scared of every ride until he went once and then it was hard to get him off that ride! It was the same with sledding, actually. Charlie didn't really act scared, he'd just hang on tight if he got nervous. He was mad that he couldn't drive the bumper cars and we went on the carousel about 20 times in a row until I had to get off. :) I got sick on the very first ride but I hung in there and played with them the whole time. Mini golf was hilarious because the kids just cheated their way through the whole thing and went as fast as they could. I wanted to actually try to golf, but Rick and I took turns with Charlie who kept chasing after everyone's balls and kept picking them up. Ahhh, good times but I didn't think to take any pictures.
Thursday was no nice and warm I wanted to be outside. The zoo seemed like a good option, but the kids wanted to go to the Living Planet Acquarium. The kids won because Rick found $2 off coupon for every person, so that was better. We went and had a blast. The kids kept going back to the petting pool. Even the ones who were afraid of actually touch the sting ray loved the petting pool. Some favorites were the jellyfish and octopus and definately the sting ray, oh and the scorpions that glowed in UV light were amazing too. My sister Carisa, her other two, Jaycie & Aili came up along with my brother Mathew late Thursday night. They stayed at a hotel and we met up the next morning.
Friday we had lunch at Murray Park enjoying another beautiful day. Then we went to the Discovery Gateway which is the children's museum here in SLC. It was a blast. I'm lazy so the pictures will come in a seperate post, but we had a great time (minus Rick who was working.) We had dinner at my house then went swimming at the hotel. After that we had birthday cake for Rick.
It was a truly wonderful week and I don't know that we could have had more fun for the same cost anywhere else. It was a blast, but by Saturday I was so glad we just had soccer in the morning and then we could just sit and watch conference.
Sunday was nice too because even though there was snow, we were able to stay home and I made Rick's favorite meals. Golden rod eggs for breakfast, BLTs for lunch, and shepherd's pie for dinner.
