Day 2- Discovery Gateway

We have been to a few different Children's Museums..one in St Louis and one in Toledo, Ohio. Our very own "Discovery Gateway" is right up there with the best of them! We had a great morning at the museum! Lot's of things to occupy everyone! (Even me!) The kids loved it all and it was hard to drag them away! (We missed Heather and Ryan this day...due to their new jobs!)

Hal showing the kids how to use a crane

Playing some songs... Twinkle Twinkle Little Star!

My dream job!

Pump that gas!

Cute little grocery store.... Abby knew how to scan every item!

Hunter and Amy

Oakley and Preston in the water feature

Mason is off in his own little car!

Levi and Becca with the girls... in the farm truck

Taylor and Hunter climbing the wall!

Hunter helping the girls with the eggs from the chicken coop!
How cute is this? All the little girls LOVE Hunter! He is so good to them!

Trey and Bennie in the bird nest!

Abby ironing...just like her mom!

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Nate and Jenny on the porch swing...

Mason in the kitchen... he loves to "cook"!

Then it was off on Trax to lunch at the Lion House Pantry!

Lunch was delicious and included on the "Connect Pass"! Trax is free in the downtown area...that was fun for the kids too.

Taylor and Sadie

Jaxson ~ Preston ~ Benson and Trey

Mckay with Abby...

Waiting for the train....

Amy and Brett

Mckay with Abby and Sadie

Then on to the Joseph Smith building! Up to the 10th floor for a quick look at the view!

Elevator anyone?

Jaxson checking out the fountain...

The Salt Lake Temple! What a view!

The kids checking it out the view!

The guys!

The girls!

Then we were off to the Clark Planetarium!

Hal and Amy

Waiting for the 3D movie!

Tough guys!

Mason

Lookin' cool!

Everyone has the glasses!

They are on Mars... not sure what's going on?

Moon Walking

Sadie found a cool toy!

Marchbanks Family Reunion!

We just spent a wonderful 4 days together with our family at our 2nd Annual Marchbanks Family Reunion. Jenny and Nate were in charge this year and they decided that this year we would do a "staycation". Jenny was in charge and she found an amazing bargain! We purchased "Salt Lake City Connect Passes". They were $20 and it gave us admission to some of the major Salt Lake area attractions! Hogle Zoo, Clark Planetarium, Discovery Gateway Children's Museum, Living Planet Aquarium, Snowbird Tram, and many more. Right now you can buy the passes for$20.00 for two days! One day you even get lunch at The Lion House Pantry (a $10.00 value). Check out this link! http://www.visitsaltlake.com/connectpass/ Utah's best kept secret! (try to find a cool day to go!)
Our first day we started at Hogle Zoo! Then we went to one of my very favorite little restaurants in Salt Lake for lunch... Gormandise Bakery! So yummy! (I might add that the air conditioning was FABULOUS!) Then we headed home for dinner at a park by Nate and Jenny's. They set up a "hill billy waterslide" and we had a blast! Yummy food and the view of Utah Valley was spectacular! (More day's to follow!)

Hogle Zoo...here we come!

Amy ~ Audrey ~ Becca

Heading on our way around the zoo!


The crew.....

Grandpa and Oaks


Macie found a squirt bottle! We all needed it!

The kids....

I wish I had someone to push me around in the stroller...

Here are the kids at the Bird Show

Benny don't eat your cousin!

Watching the birds fly over... such synchronization!

Miss Millie

Cooling off a bit! It was so HOT!

Sadie ~ Macie and Oaks cool off!

Macie checking out the monkeys


Blue Shaved Ice! Yummy!

These two have great taste in clothes...don't you think?

On the train....

We are sweating to death! The breeze on the train...will feel good! IT WAS SO HOT!

Hold on kids! I remember riding this train when I was a little kid.
Now we are off to lunch at

Gourmandise.... The Bakery!

This is one cooler full of treats! The have a great menu and their food is so delicious! Sandwiches, salads, pasta! This is our favorite place to eat during the Miss Utah week...

Audrey teasing Becca

Granny and Sadie!

Benny and Trey....

The Hill Billy Water Slide!
Jenny and Nate set this up for the kids! So fun! they were going to fast down the hill it was hard to get pictures! We laughed our heads off!
If I can figure it out... I am going to post some video of it! Hilarious!

The slide....

At the top ready to go...


Ryan kept the water flowing...

Oaks catching some air!

Crashing.....

Taylor

Sadie
With this crew we are really lucky we didn't have anyone get hurt. A few scrapes and bruises... but nothing serious! It was so fun! Thanks Jen and Nate!

Granny... Let's do a project!

Abby and Audrey were kind of bored...and wanted to "do a project" so we decided to make some bread! They loved it!
Here Abby... have some yummy dough!

Look what we made! Cinnamon bread!

Fun for ME!

My beautiful granddaughter Taylor had a soccer camp at BYU this week! She and her friend Micayle came to stay with us! We loved every minute! She is growing up way to fast! Love you Tay!

Taylor and Micayle

I Love This!

I was on my way to work on Tuesday and I came in the living room and found this darling group! Abby was playing quietly with her babies...and she had them all set up in fine style!

Is it really that hot?

These kids were sure it was hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk...(114 degrees) so we tried! It actually kind of "baked"... fun experiment... not great results!

It Never Fails!

You've gotta love goofy girls! We go shopping and they are always up for a fun picture! They try to find the ugliest thing they can...and they still look darling in it! Seriously...