Thanksgiving Point Dinosaur Museum

One activity we had planned once we got to Utah and talked to Julie was the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point. Daniel likes dinosaurs and so do Mike and I so we were pretty excited about it. Everyone told us how awesome this museum was, especially for kids, so we were looking forward to it. It didn't disappoint us :)

Daniel was fascinated as soon as we walked in and saw a big T-Rex in the lobby and a huge Pterodactyl hanging from the ceiling.

I know he doesn't look happy but he couldn't see it very well so he was mad

Now he is happy :)

They had a fun puzzle area where you could build the dinosaurs you saw in the museum. Mike had a lot of fun building his Supersaurus and Daniel and I played with the pieces to a different dinosaur.

Then we got to build a dinosaur out of big foam pieces. They were too big for Daniel to pick up but he loved having Mike chase him around with the big dinosaur heads and also giving the dinosaur hugs.

They had a lot of cool dinosaurs and Daniel loved walking around and was fascinated with how big they all were. It was fun to just compare his size to the legs of some of the dinosaurs. He was so tiny in comparison. Daniel is also an expert at doing a dinosaur roar. He had so much roaring at the dinosaurs when he saw them, although he looked sad when none roared back to him.

He isn't scared of a raptor :)

Practicing his dinosaur roar

We also got to see some other cool fossils that came after the dinosaurs. Daniel's favorite was the shark!

At the end of the museum they had a fun fossil digging area for kids. At first he was not sure of what to do and he didn't like when his hands got dirty. After a few minutes he figured out how to use the brushes though and warmed up to it. Eventually he was sitting in the dirt and digging away :)

 It was such a fun day! I'm so excited to watch him get older and enjoy these things even more and now he can teach his little brother too!

Trampoline Fun

On Saturday night we made plans to spend time with my cousin Breanna, Gene and their boys. Their littlest Ben had a birthday party at a trampoline park called Airborne Draper. So we decided to go with them and while Ben was at his party the rest of us could hang out and have fun :) Since Breanna and I are both pregnant we didn't jump but it was so much fun to just sit and talk since I hadn't seen her in about 4 years! Daniel had fun jumping with Mike though. I have never seen that boy so happy in his short 20 months of life. It was tough to get pictures because he was never still but it was a lot of fun! I don't think he stopped laughing until we had to leave. He really didn't want to go home even though after a half hour he was rubbing his eyes while he played and yawning.

After all that jumping, we went to get frozen yogurt which was yummy :) I think that my favorite part of the night was being with my cousins and specifically their son Joseph. He is almost 8 and just the sweetest. He was so sweet with Daniel and protective of him even though he had just met him. He wanted to sit by him at the yogurt place and just talked to him and played peek a boo with him. It was so sweet to watch and Dan loved the attention. It also made it easier for Mike and I to talk to Breanna and Gene. It was so great to see them!

Lunch Date!

We love going out to lunch when we go visit people! Its fun to visit and also to try new places! We went out eat at Greek Souvlaki. The food was super yummy! We went with my Uncle Bob, Aunt Gail and grandma. Daniel was of course the star of the show but it was fun to talk and catch up :) Daniel impressed everyone with how good of an eater he is. He ate a corn dog and half a plate of fries, rice pudding and pita bread. The water bottle was his favorite toy. He loved rolling it back and forth across the table to my Uncle Bob and Aunt Gail. He also got to show off how ticklish he is when the tickle monster came for a visit during lunch :)

Its so nice being closer to extended family and being able to have them watch Daniel and the rest of our kids grow up, at least more than they would if we were on the East coast still.

Utah Trip

In December Stacey told us about the Provo City Center Temple open house that was happening during the first 3 months of this year. We decided to travel from Vegas up to Provo to go see it. It was also a nice opportunity to visit family in Utah.

We were planning on being cold and seeing snow but I'm happy that we don't have to stay and deal with it for a long time :) We have about a 7ish hour drive up to Salt Lake area since we lose an hour. Daniel did great on the drive. We stopped in Beaver on the way up and let Daniel play in the snow for the first time. He didn't know what to think at first and wasn't a huge fan but he warmed up to it after playing in it for a while :)

While we've been in Utah Daniel has gotten lots of opportunities to experience not being an only child. We're staying with my cousin and they have 3 children. Daniel has loved how busy the house is and having so many toys to play with. We also have spent time with Mike's cousin Kaytie and her family. They have 4 kids who loved playing with him and loving on him since they have a new baby in the house.

All the kids love grandma :)

 Its been so much fun to spend time with so much family and I love seeing Daniel around other kids. It makes me more excited to see him as an older brother in a few months!