They were in a competition out there. I thought that since Dean was having to go out their anyway, the rest of us might as well go with and do something for Spencer's birthday. (Kind of a 2 for 1 trip....gotta save on gas!!)I asked Spencer what he wanted to do in Salt Lake. I thought he would choose to go to a haunted house. I was surprised and a bit relieved when he said he wanted to go to the "Body Worlds Exhibit". He had seen it advertised on T.V. I didn't know too much about what it was. We looked up the website and got tickets for Friday night. This exhibit is very interesting. It is learning about anatomy, health, and how the human body works by viewing real human bodies. I was a bit skeptical about going, but Spencer has always been interested in this kind of thing. He used to love looking at my old college anatomy book when he was little. These are real bodies preserved through a process called "plastination". They did not allow you to take cameras or even cell phones in the exhibit so I didn't get any pictures. But if you want to know about it you can click here. At first I thought it was a little freaky, but it really was interesting. It was a good learning experience to be able to show the kids what healthy lungs look like, and what smoker's lungs look like. What a healthy liver looks like and liver from a person who drank alot.
After that we went to dinner at Marie Calendars. Not Spencer's first choice for dinner, but most places were busy, and we were starving and did not want to wait. After that, we went to our motel room and the kids swam in the pool. Dean went with them and I enjoyed the peace and quiet all by myself!!
Saturday morning we had to get up and going and get down to Payson with the trailer and meet up with the bus loads of kids. It was pouring rain. The band played in the rain.
We got completely soaked watching them.
After the competition a stop at Cabela's (Can you believe we went in and out of that store and didn't buy anything? And I had Dean and two boys with me. Amazing). We had passed a mall and I said "Who wants to go shopping at the mall?" Knowing the reaction I would get from the males in the car. But it was Caitlin who said "No way! I am not going into a mall!" When we got to Cabela's, we were walking in and Caitlin turns to me and said "Now this is my kind of mall!" Could she really be MY daughter? You gotta love her!!
On the way home I looked in the back and saw four exhausted, worn out kids. Isn't that how we like them?
We had a fun weekend. Sorry to family who live out in the Wasatch Front. We didn't have a minute to call or stop by to see anyone.
Maybe next time!
4 comments:
Sounds like you all had a great time. You and I should go sometime, and hit the mall. That would be fun. The Body Exhibit sounds very interesting. I should take my kids.
"Happy Birthday to Spencer"
Happy Birthday Spencer! Sounds like you all had a great time.
I have to tell you a funny story. I guess Kamryn and Wyatt saw Logan tonight at football practice. Kamryn came in the house and said "Mom, we saw Logan tonight. He's really tall, taller than dad. And he sounds different. He's getting his manly voice." I thought it was pretty funny. I can't believe my little cub scout is old enough to have a manly voice. Oh, how time flies.
Why can't my kids sleep in the car?!
That's so crazy that you lived in Powell. It's only 20 miles from Lovell. What years were you there.
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