Saturday, October 11, 2008

Family Vacation 2008

We have a goal to take a family vacation each year. We have been good at keeping the goal even though we don't get to far away from home- we went to Salt Lake for our trip again this year. It's actually really great. We were going to go a little farther from home all the way to Boise but decided the less driving to Salt Lake would be nice. Here's a picture recap of what we did-

Thursday- we went to Hogle Zoo. We love the zoo. Ava was happy to hang out and do whatever we were doing. Owen loved the binoculars our whole trip. My personal favorite was the penguins. They make me laugh.

Train Ride.

Gotta get a lion picture.

Happy Ava.

Carousel- Owen riding his savorite (favorite) eagle.


Friday-

Swimming at our hotel.
Aquarium-

The aquarium trip took a lot less time than we thought it would because of it's size and the fact that about half of the museum is all about the native fish of Utah, aka trout and more trout but Owen loved seeing the Nemo fish, sharks and jelly fish.

Temple Square- While Ava took a nap in our car- Owen & I walked around Temple Square.


Conference Center Waterfall.

Relaxing in our hotel room. Take a vacation, fun hotel room & our night owl Owen and Owen is a happy boy late into the night. He loved the all day long party. This picture was taken at about 10:30 at night and he had a lot more in him.

Saturday-

Swimming at our hotel again.

Owen was a hard core traveler and wanted to look the part.

Discovery Gateway Children's Museum- Me & the kids had so much fun at the museum. Owen just ran from place to place.


Owen loved the treehouse.



Matthew missed out on the fun at the museum because he was purchasing...

Yes, we are spoiled.

6 comments:

Malisa said...

Sounds like a fun vacation! Congrats on the new car!

Sarah said...

Okay, so you guys inspire us to get out and do something. Those pictures looked like you had such a blast. You already know how I feel about your car...ahhhhh..someday. :)

Alexis said...

Family vacations are a must. We are planning one as soon as Brian is done with school for the semester (it's been a rough one!) Ava and Owen are so very cute and growing so much! Nice wheels! Love you guys.

Layne said...

Oh, I love the Children's Museum. You are a festive bunch.

utahmigs said...

Emily, Thanks for stopping by today. It was fun to visit. You are such a sweetheart. Let's do it more often.

Kunz Clan said...

Fun family vacation! I'll have to talk to you about the children's museum sometime, it sounds fun. Russell would love something like that. Are you doing temple square again when the lights come on?