Road Trip 2010--Day 3

The reason we had decided to take a road trip to Utah in the first place was for my friend Esther's wedding.  Day 3 was her wedding day.  Unfortunately, with the boys so tired and things just being a bit bumpy, I decided it would be best to miss the sealing and spend time with my family.  I'm sad I missed it, but I'm glad that we were at least able to attend the reception that evening.

So, during the day we ventured out to Heritage Park.  Kai was most excited to ride the trains (there were two) and I was surprised when he quite readily got onto a horse for a ride as well.  We spent a couple of hours there seeing the sites, making crafts, and letting Kai play in the playground.  Once we were done there we headed in the direction of the hotel with the idea of picking up lunch to eat back in the room.  But before we ever got there, both boys fell asleep in their seats.  So, Reid and I spent some time driving around the valley to get the lunches we wanted.  We went through the Taco Bell drive-through and then drove several more miles to get Dairy Queen.  Yummy ice cream!  This started our Dairy Queen vacation extravaganza.

 Riding in the caboose

 In a Native American Tee Pee

 Panning for gold

 Steering the replica ship

 Riding the mini-train

 Trading in his gold at the bank (they give you tootsie rolls!)

 Kai's first ride on a horse

 Playing at the old western playground

 More fun at the playground

 "This is the place!"

Finn woke up in the car as we were headed back to the hotel and we woke Kai up once we arrived.  Then we fed everyone else lunch and decided to go swimming again.  Since it was now evening time, a Friday night, and the water slide was open (with lifeguards on duty) the pool was much more crowded.  We had been swimming for a bit over a half an hour when Reid spotted a little girl with a pretty nasty looking runny nose.  Within five minutes we were out of the pool and headed back to our room to get ready for the reception.

We made it to the reception and I was excited to see another old roommate and good friend, Amy.  We got to chat with her and her family a bit before they headed home.  Then, as we were getting ready to leave, I ran into yet another old friend from a BYU ward, also coincidentally named Amy.  It was so good to see friends and most importantly to see Esther and meet Brian.  Esther looked absolutely beautiful in her dress and so happy.  I couldn't be happier for her and her new husband.  She so deserves it!  Wouldn't you know that I forgot to take pictures!  So, you'll just have to click here and see if you can see her facebook pictures.

Day 3 was a good day and by the end, we knew our time in Salt Lake was up.  We were ready to move onto the next part of our trip--visiting Provo, BYU campus, and Reid's sister Kara.