Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Fall Break in Utah

One of the days we were in Utah, we went with all of the cousins to Thanksgiving Point's petting zoo. We were planning on going to Hogle Zoo, but Hunter had an "explosion" while we were at lunch. Natalie was kind enough to bring us a spare pair of pants, and so we then ended up just going to Thanksgiving Point. Since it is October, they had everything decorated for Halloween and they also had about 5 different Halloween themed activities for the kids.
First we paid a visit to all of the animals...
Then we took advantage of some of the great photo ops...
The girls all took turns milking this fake cow...YUCK!...
Each of the girls had their faces painted...
They all took a ride on the ponies...except for Kinzie...she was scared for some reason:( Hunter had the most fun of anyone! He couldn't stop smiling!...
After Thanksgiving Point, Rob and I took our kids up American Fork Canyon to pick leaves. Notice only those of us that live in Arizona found it exciting to go up the canyon for this activity...
Last Saturday we spent the day at Liberty Land. Alyssa and Rob were deer hunting in Vernal, so we decided to have some fun of our own.
Here are Kinzie and Ash on the bumper boats...Poor Brooklyn and Gracie...Their squirt guns didn't work so they had to just sit there and let everyone squirt them as they were unable to defend themselves:( That was almost as sad as the next picture...
Hunter and Cooper didn't meet the height requirement for this ride:( You try and tell two little boys that they can't go for a ride on a boat:(
Ash, Kinzie, Brooklyn and some other girl
Hunter was thrilled when my mom spotted this dump truck for him to sit in. He is such a boy!!!
Doesn't this roller coaster look a little unsafe?!!! There is no height requirement for this ride and it only has a bar that doesn't even push down into your lap. Luckily when everyone else went on it, Hunter and Brooklyn couldn't ride that turn. Cooper (my 16 month old nephew) actually rode this with Kinzie (my 11 year old niece). She had to hold onto him the entire ride as they were getting flipped around in their seat. He very easily could have fallen out of their car! Needless to say, Hunter did not go on this ride when their turn came. Can you say LAWSUIT waiting to happen?!!!!
Hunter had so much fun riding on the carousel with Grandpa Clark! Once again...couldn't stop smiling!
Here is Grandma Clark carrying cotton candy for all of the grandkids...Yum!!!
Gracie was the unlucky child that was paired with Brooklyn in the race cars. On Brooklyn's last lap, after the ride attendant had blown the whistle and told her to stop...she didn't. Instead, she slammed right into the back of Kinzie and Ashley:) Poor Brooklyn was so embarrassed.
Hopefully I will post the rest of my pictures tomorrow...I'm done for today. I still need to unpack mine and Hunter's suitcases from a week ago:(

5 comments:

Courtney said...

WOW!! How fun! As soon as Snoopy (my dad's pony) comes down from Flagstaff... we'll have to take the kids to go riding, Hunter would LOVE that! Those pictures of him are SO cute! I love the one of your mom and the cotton candy... she is adorable!! :)

Kahananui said...

Cute pictures!! That was a fun week. Thanksgiving Point was lots of fun too. I wish Jax would have done more with everyone but oh well. I'm sure he will when he's a little older, hopefully :). The picture of mom with the cotton really is the best. Watching her walk towards all of us with all that cotton candy was classic! Love the pictures of the canyon too...so pretty!!

Kyle said...

Looks like a lot of fun. I love Ashley's face paint...so cute!

Natalie said...

If it weren't for Adam, I'd still be living out of my suitcases from our move to Utah two months ago. :) Priorities, right? Those pictures are all so cute and we had a grand time while you were here. The picture of Hunter and Cooper was my favorite, and I'm sure Adam could win us some big money if one of the kids fell out of the roller coaster. That is scary! We can't wait to come visit you.

Anonymous said...

What a fun trip! Your mom is still as gorgeous as ever!!