Sesame Place - Aug. 21 & Oct. 9

I have thought that it would be a waste of money to take my kids to an amusement park even one for kids. My kids seemed like the kind who would not be interested in ride, perhaps even to scared to try any of them. Then a friend told me that they went to Sesame Place and her child enjoyed it. It made me think that maybe my kids would enjoy it since this boy didn't seem so brave. So I decided that we should go for my birthday. Strangely when you buy a ticket it is good for any two days, so we ended up going back to celebrate Lizzie's birthday as well. The

kids seemed to love it. They went on any ride that they could. We found that it was a bit difficult with three kids and two adults. It was usually just one parent to go on the ride with the kids, so they couldn't go on the rides that needed an adult for each kids because someone had to stay with Chloe, who couldn't go on any rides.

They had a merry-go-around.

Big Bird's Balloon Race

Aug. 21

Oct. 9

I think this one was called a bed bug ride. It went around in circles and the kids loved it!!

The big winner was this big slide that they could go down. This was one of the few things that didn't have much of a line. When we were there in August the kids had to push themselves down, while in October they slide down just fine. We think it is related to the humidity.

Lizzie and I did get to go on one ride all by ourselves and that was the roller coaster. I was amazed with how brave she was in wanting to go and how much she enjoyed it. Jamie was to young according to the sign so he had to go play someplace else.

But when we went back in October we figured that since Jamie was only a month away from being three and tall enough that we would let him ride also. He loved it. We even figured out that we could all stand in line together and then pass the baby and ride one set at a time.

It was fun to see the kids enjoying the ride, but even more they enjoyed the water!!! There were many different places to play in the water for the little ones, I only got a picture of a few of them.

When we went back in October it was a pretty warm day so we took our swimsuits, but the only water things open were two slide, this one that the kids enjoyed and a big one that was a little scary for them.

We ended the first day watching the parade.

They were celebrating their 30th birthday and sang a great birthday song for one of the numbers in the parade. Half way through the song I realized that I should be recording it as they were sing happy birthday to me!!!!

It was a fun way to celebrate some birthdays and so fun to see the kids being brave and enjoying the rides. Now perhaps someday I will let my husband convince me that we should take the kids to Disney World but only while school is in session. I do not want to be there when everyone else is.

A Day at the Lake - Aug. 14th

We had talked for a long time with some friends about going to a lake for a day. We finally found a fun little late and decided to go play for the morning. Here are some pictures from the adventure.

Chloe wasn't to sure about getting her feet in the water.

They even took a boat ride, though I had to stay back with Chloe.

Family Time - Wyoming

Well I think it is about time that I finish writing about what happened this summer and all the fun that we had with family and friends so that I can move on to all of the fun things that we are doing now a days. I never said that checking my blog was a way to keep up to date with what I am doing.

I had a great time with my family, and finally I did get my husband back but then he wisked me away to Wyoming to spend some time with his family.

When we first got to Wyoming we had a big family reunion that his mom and uncles were in charge of putting on. We got to help out with a treasure hunt around the playground of the school. Here are some kids looking for the clues.

After the other families had gone the kids had a great time in the gym bouncing on these little balls. Yes, all of those kids belonged to our family.

Here are some more of us while the menfolk were playing games in the park.

We again tried to convince the kids that four wheelers were fun, and this time it worked. Even Lizzie like it!!!

Being on a hay farm a hay ride was in order.

And what would a trip to wyoming be without a trip to Jackson Lake. We convinced Grandpa to drive the boat slowly and the kids didn't scream the whole time.

They must have liked it some, because they agreed to go again.

They also enjoyed the water much more then I have ever seen them before.

I even went swimming. It was a little cold.

That night we celebrated Brian's Birthday!!!!! He says he turned 29. Oh good, that means that I am still in my early 20's.

And what would a Hunter Family Reunion be without a family race.

The Beginning

And the end.

With all of the winners!!!

Here is my baby with her two cousins that are within a month older then her. She turned out the be the runt of the group.

We actually had eight of the nine siblings there at some point during the week. Here are most of them with at least some of their families though some had to leave before the picture was taken.

Here are a few shots of out cute family with our reunion shirts on.

Do babies get any cuter them this!!!

Thanks all for the great time.

It was fun, though crazy at times, to have so much family around and to be able to enjoy being together. I hope someday we will be able to do it again with so many of us together!!!

Friend Time - Price, Utah

While in Utah, without Brian, I tried to see my old friends that still live in Utah. One of which is Jill who lives in Price (two hours away) and is a little more difficult to see because of the distance. While talking to her and figuring out how we could get together for dinner, she got a call from her mother-in-law saying that her and her step daughters wanted to come visit. Jill figured that while she would be entertaining people for a few days why not add to the party, and invited me to come play with them also. I gladly took her up on the offer as a couple of days to play with good friends is always better then a couple of hours. I am very happy that I did. We had a great time playing and visiting.

We drove down in the evening and spent the night. The next morning while deciding what we should do, we got word, from Jill's sister-in-law, that the fire department was going to be hosing down the dome, so we decided to go watch and get a little wet in the process. How many places can say that there government offices are located in a dome.

Here is the fire truck.

And here is the dome. I wonder if they found the leek after soaking it with water.

After lunch we decided to hike up to the C cave. It was a pretty steep hike, but the kids did very well on it. We started by going up this steep sandy part.

After hiking up the side of the dirt they got lifted up into the cave, which is just above where Jill is.

Here they are waiting in the cave for me to finally get up. This is about how big the cave is, just a small passage through the mountain.

Then, we climbed up another steep part with lots of rocks to reach the top of the mountain.

And when we got on top this is what there was to see. Just about all of Price was laid out in front of us. And look they are still smiling.

Thankfully, Jill drove up and picked us up. I don't know how the kids could have gotten back down from that hike.

Later that night we went swimming at the local wave pool. The kids got really scared the first time the waves came on. After a while they got used to it and loved running in and out of the water, waves or no waves.

The next morning we went to the dinosaur museum. Here is a picture of all of us (minus Jill) in front of some bones.

Here is Jamie standing on a dinosaurs foot, thankfully it isn't the other way around. We heard about a man being killed after being stepped on by a dinosaur, well running his head into a foot print in the ceiling of a mining cave.

They even had cool rocks that glowed in the dark. Who knew that rocks could glow in the dark.

Here is my little family hanging out with the cave men of old.

And the kids playing in a teepee.

They even had a place for the kids to dig in the sand and find some bones and some other activities in the little play area. I think that kids really enjoyed the museum and learning about dinosaurs.

Here is Jill and family with us. Again in front of some bones.

Sadly, after the museum we had to start the long drive home, to my parents house. We had such a good trip and I enjoyed spending some time with a good friend. It made me realize that dinner with friends is just not enough time to truly catch up with them. Thank you Jill for the great couple of days and for all of the fun.

As I drove home through the canyon I could finally see the beauty of the desert and thought that maybe living in Utah again some day wouldn't be to bad.