A Day with Kimber to Discovery

Going into this week I knew it was going to be busy. Matt was gone to Seattle for work the 1st part of the week, the R.S. birthday so I had a bunch to do for that, and just normal stuff, oh and Im working extra since the hospital is still crazy. But Tuesday when Kimber called to see if we wanted to meet her for lunch and to go to Discovery Gateway I said yes. We had to rearrange somethings but it was worth it and a great day out for all of us. Although we should have been getting ready the girls were so funny both trying to ride this tiny horse and then the one on the back would fall off and they would laugh and laugh. After we got ready and Hallie off to preschool. Gracie and I ran a bunch of errands and got a lot accomplished. 

 Once we picked Hallie up from preschool we headed for Salt Lake. Both Kimber and I found great parking spots and we walked to get some lunch at Costa Vida. It was chilly and on and off snow flurries making the walk pretty chilly. The kids were, of coarse, having to much fun playing to really eat. So Kim and I just visited and enjoyed our lunch while the kids played.

 Then we walked down to discovery. By the time we were done with lunch the sun was out and had warmed up a little but it was still colder than it has been. The kids wasted no time finding something to play with. It was so nice the last time Kimber and I took the kids there were a ton of people there and made it hard to really enjoy it. This time there weren't many people there so it was nice that way.

 I decided to take a different approach at taking pictures this day. I just wanted to capture them in their element and didn't want to chase them around trying to get them to look at me. 

 Luke would bring the food to the table and Gracie would pretend to eat it. They played so well together although Luke didn't stay in one place for more than a couple minutes.

 While Gracie and Luke moved on to the water tables and getting plenty wet

 Hallie spent probably the 1st hour in the grocery store doing every job from the deli to the cashier

 Both the girls love horses so it was no surprise when they both wanted to sit on the horse and saddle. Hopefully one day sooner than later we will have horses of our own.

 Hallie was like the driver and gracie and her baby the riders...I think they stopped for gas 10 times in about 5 minutes 

 I loved that no matter where Hallie went she really got into character. She always wore the coordinating uniforms and tried it all

 Last time we were there the upstairs area was a large empty space with some blocks we were excited to see that they had added quite a few things. The kids started in the archaeological dig sit with foam feeling sand/dirt. Gracie wasn't sure what to think about the pieces between her toes

 We all got on the airplane and went for a flight Hallie informed us to buckle up that we were headed to Ogden Utah luckily it was a very short flight.

 Here is our little captain

 Here is our little group. The kids did a great job surviving without naps and playing well together. I'm so glad that Kimber thought to call us and wanted to spend time hanging out with us it was a fun day.