This Is the Place

I've never been to This Is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake, so I was really excited when my friend, Kelly, told me that they were having a free day last Friday (the 14th).

Kaden asked if these guys were pirates.  hahaha

I hope he never grows out of this posing phase.  LOVE it!

Lexi kept asking what the girl was looking at.

First train ride of the day!

 We decided to get the free ice cream while there still wasn't much of a line.

Kaden got, like, 8 scoops because the guy said he waited so patiently.

Nom, nom, nom...

Waiting semi-patiently for the pony rides.

Ari found her own little seat on the fence.

 

 

This was Ari's first pony/horse ride.  She loved it and twice around wasn't enough for her.  When the horse stopped, I reached up to grab her, but she very loudly yelled, "I'M NOT DONE YET!!"  The "cowboy" nearby laughed at that.  Ari kept saying it as she grabbed the saddle horn with all her might.  Finally, I was able to pull her off and, in an effort to help with the crying, I said, "Tell the horse goodbye!" and had Ari pet it.  That helped, but we'll have to get her back on a horse again.  :)

 

Everyone milk the cow!

Ring Around the Rosey break

Ari making a pass at Logan

Train ride #2!

Gold diggers

Train ride #3!

Sadly, we could only be there a couple of hours.  The kids would have loved to have stayed all day!  But, we had to get back because my mom decided to take all of the grandkids to Monkey Mountain in Park City.  8 kids, 2 grandparents, who do you think will be more exhausted?

My mom isn't in the habit of taking pictures, but she got a couple.  Only one of which isn't totally blurry.  hahaha

Eight kids!!

 While my mom and Kent tried to hold on to their sanity in Park City, Shane and I went on a date!  To, where else?, Red Robin!

So romantic...

This is when I said to him, "Smile!"

This is a "Shane" smile.  ;)

The kids got home around 10:00 PM and were completely exhausted.  Yay!!  :D  Straight to bed!

Sunday Sparkles

I love relaxing Sundays.  :)

The girls discovered their pretty dresses sparkle in the sunlight.  It kept them entertained for a long time.

After church, I was sitting by Ari on the stairs and Lexi started kissing my cheek.  She and Ari have been obsessed with it lately.  :)  I made Shane take a video of it, because I know it won't last forever, and it turned into a picture-taking session, too.

I love my kiddos!

 The kids all wanted a turn with the camera.  This is the best one Kaden took:

Ari kissing on me while Lexi does a silly face.

 Lexi took this one:

Silly faces!

 And Ari took this one:

My, what lovely knees you have!

1959

It was our turn to host our friends' murder mystery dinner game.  Our theme was a diner from 1959, which couldn't have been more perfect for me.  As I was thinking of ways to make our house more "50's diner-esque," I was like, "We need a jukebox.  Well, we can just play the types of songs you'd hear on a jukebox.  Let's see...1959, we'll need some Sinatra and Elvis and Dean Martin...oh, wait.  I already have all of their music!"  hahaha  I should have been born a few decades ago.  They had all the good music...and movies...and clothes.

 The game box included a menu and under "Today's Special" was the menu that the host is supposed to make for that night.  The problem was, it suggested pot roast, mashed potatoes, and all sorts of fancy stuff.  I was like, "No way!" and decided on a real 50's diner meal: burgers, fries, and malts.  Shane scanned the menu so I could "fix" it.

I got the glass bottles of Coke and some glass orange soda bottles as well.  Little details make all the difference!  While Shane took the kids to Kelly's house (THANK YOU!!!), it was my turn to get ready.

Anyone else ready for a sock hop?!

Kim and Kevin got the "bad kid" roles.

Shane was a wealthy banker and I was the good girl.

Sam was a nerd and Jess was a knocked up former cheerleader.  Which I picked for her because she's really a knocked up former cheerleader.  hahaha

Tiffany was a nerd and Ryan was a football player.

All of us!

We used the self-timer on my camera.  I was thinking if I asked a neighbor to take a picture, they might never speak to me again after seeing us all dressed this way.  ;)  It was a fun (busy!) night.  No one is really sure who the killer ended up being.  Six of the eight of us all conspired to kill the guy (he was my twin brother), but the main three was me, Shane, and Sam, but Sam was the one who ended up "pulling the trigger" before I had the chance.  Although my character wanted the brother dead more than anyone else.  It was a twisted night.  haha

And another huge thanks to Kelly for watching my kids for so long!  They had a blast and were exhausted!  The girls slept until 8:15 AM, so I'm going to bring them to you every day now, um-kay? ;)