Missed

There are several fun things we did in the last few weeks of August that I somehow missed posting about because I got burnt out from posting all of our California trip. I still wanted to include these fun outings and photos though, so here's the backlog of posts from August.

Ogden Dinosaur Park
We used one of our Groupons and went with friends to the George S. Eccles Dinosaur Park in Ogden. I had never been. It was a fun little outing. They had a museum inside with lots of similar types of exhibits as the Musuem of Ancient Life at Thanksgiving Point. The boys loved it. They had some different dinosaur bones and dinosaur poop. That was, of course, a big hit.

Outside they have a path you can walk that has replicas of different dinos all along the way in the trees and fields. It was pretty hot the day we went, so we didn't spend a ton of time on the path, but the kids loved all the little scenes you could put your face into. We went and did a bunch of puzzles and coloring inside after our walk to cool off a little bit, then ended the outing with some playtime on the dinosaur slides and playground.
After going to the dinosaur park, the Herrin's were kind enough to invite us over to their new house in Ogden for a BBQ. It was a really great to hang out with them again. We met in our Murray ward about 5 years ago back when our kindergartners were just babies. :) Glad we have been able to keep in touch all this time.

Bishopric Bowling Night
Using yet another Groupon we had a bishopric group date a couple weeks ago. It was a blast. We drove out to Park City together and had pizza and bowled at this really awesome place called Jupiter Bowl. It is about as fancy as bowling gets. We sure love our very supportive friends and are thankful we get to serve with them.

Bishop Spaz and Michael Ann with Alison

Kerry and Alison

Me and my hubby

The whole group. Bishopric and their wives. Friends.

Uncle Eli
Ian's brother, Eli, came for a quickie visit a few weeks ago. He was here for just about 24 hours to be at a good friend's sealing, but we got to spend a little time with him too. He helped Ian clean out the garage, then we hit up In N Out before he went to the temple, and watched a movie out on the patio later that night. It was a short, but fun visit!
Classic Fun Center
The week before Weston started school we went to the Classic Fun Center in Sandy to go on the bouncy slides and the giant play place. It was interesting. I had only been there once and that was just to roller skate with the youth, so I didn't really know what to expect from the rest of the place. It was honestly pretty gross. I just felt dirty and sticky the whole time. It didn't help that it was hot inside, so I was sweaty too. The bathrooms were icky, the fire alarm randomly went off, and Talia was tired. Not quite the hours of fun I had imagined. The kids did love it, but I don't know that I will be paying to go there again any time soon.
Bug Hunting
The weekend that Ian bought his new car the kids were playing outside in the backyard while Ian showed me the car and they found this awesome leaf bug! Who knew such exotic creatures lived in our yard! The boys thought this was awesome and I was impressed that the poor bug didn't fly, jump, or skitter away from the not-so-gentle 5 year old fingers that were so interested in it. We got these cool pics of it.
Davin Goes to Preschool
The day after Labor Day Davin had his preschool open house. He was a little out of sorts that morning so we didn't end up staying long, but he did enjoy playing Legos and making a fruit loop necklace. He was kind of losing it when I tried to get this photo with his teacher, but she managed to coax a (weird) smile out of him with the threat of tickles.
The next day was his official first day of preschool. He was very excited to bring his new big boy Cars backpack and play on the playground before the doors opened. We are now on week 2 of preschool and things are going just fine. Davin is a very chill little boy. He loves playing in the water table and with Legos and having snack. I don't hear much from him about other kids or what he is learning, but his teacher says he's doing great. I love my big little boy!