I just want to say that driving for long periods of time in a car when my children are awake is really not my thing. Last year we did this drive at night, and they slept the last little bit. This year we did the drive during the day and they only slept for a little bit in Nevada. We had breakfast in Reno and then headed out on the long drive. Which was made better because Jon had found a bunch of random parks in areas where we might be stopping. So every time we stopped, we got to go to parks and have lunch at a park and all kinds of fun. That was fun, but the drive certainly wasn't.
We stayed at an apartment in SLC that I had found on airbnb.com - that has only one room of air conditioning. It was really hot. And we had fun. We went to the SLC temple and the visitor's center and did the touristy thing.
We also got to spend time with cousins. Jon's brother lives outside of SLC and we did a lot of hanging with cousins. The kids had a blast and didn't want to leave.
One place we've found that we love in Utah is the Hill AFB museum. They have tons of planes, helicopters, and jets. They are all inside and outside. The kids can look at them closely. Nicholas has decided he wants to fly the jets - although I'm sure that will change. They have a reasonably priced gift shop that I love going to and letting the kids get all kinds of planes and tanks. I really love that museum.
After all the Utah trip we went up to see Jon's aunt in Idaho. And we went ATV-ing. I'm against ATV-ing when you are reckless - too many injuries. But when going flat and stuff - it's a blast. the kids loved it. Abby loved it more than Nicholas - she's a bit more reckless. And they both loved going through the mud a lot.
Did I mention we went to Thanksgiving Point with the cousins? We had a blast at the dinosaur museum and the farm. The kids loved the dinosaurs. And the interactive exhibits were the best.
We went to the dairy in Idaho. The kids liked seeing if they could get the calves to lick them.
We also went to the rodeo - I had a ton of fun. We sat really close and got dirt and bull snot on us. It was a lot of fun. The kids really liked the carnival beforehand.
And at Susan's - where we stayed- she had a bunch of apples off her apple tree and wanted Nicholas to play with them and pick a bunch of apples off the tree. So Nicholas decided to decorate her fence with the apples.
We had a lot of fun with family. We got to see Jon's dad who moved to SLC in May. It was a lot of fun.
