Vacation: Science Museums

We have a season pass to idaho's discovery science museum and it works at several fun science museums in Salt Lake City, best $65 I've ever spent!

The Museum of Natural Curiosity was a blast for us all.  There was a huge rainforest playground with rope walkways all over the place.  Teagan loved this area!

Eloise found this slide and went up and down it about 50 times in a row.  So bumpy and fun!

The magic room was really cool.  

They had little trains that you could propel with hand pedals.  We all enjoyed this one.

This was Zac trying to make the robot ride a bike.  The kids were mesmerized! 

The outdoor gardens and playground were really fun too!

We also went to the Gateway Science Museum.  It was a big hit.  They loved the ball machines that would suck the balls out of your hand and put them in a big container.

There were tons of educational toys that the kids loved figuring out.

Teag messed with these pipes and ping pong balls for over an hour making the perfect run.  

This was an actual helicopter that took you through a mock rescue, then you went to the pretend hospital to do surgery.  It was so cool. 

The museums were a highlight for the kids, so many fun toys and fun things to do!

Family Vacation 2014

We are having a great time on our family trip to Salt Lake!

We are staying at a really fun hotel that has a water slide and really fun pool.  We've all been in heaven!

Eloise loves playing in her tube.  She swims all over the pool in it!  The goggles are a must, even if they are loose.  

Teagan spends his time on the awesome water slide.  He goes forward and backward and love to race Dad!  

The super loud splashing water lulled Adeline through several naps.  She loves it in there!

Eloise got cold, next thing I knew she was asleep.  Sweet girl.

Meanwhile, Zac showed us how to ride the slide like an expert  :). 

Not pictured: a very competitive game of basketball between mom and dad, the fun play structure with mini slides, water fighting, Zac launching Teagan across the pool and me going down the slide.

The pool wore us out!  

This sweet thing, we love her!

This hotel has been a blast, I think a tradition might have been started!

Adeline is 3 Months Old

This little girl is three months old today. I can't believe how fast time goes!

Adeline is smiling a ton and you can even get her to laugh if you work hard. She is so good-natured! She has started sleeping through the night which has been a wonderful thing for everyone.   We had a rough month or so and we couldn't figure out how to get her to sleep, but she has figured it out and is a much happier baby now… Hooray!  

She loves Teagan so much and follows his voice with her eyes.  He has saved her on many occasions while mom makes dinner to bring her a Binky or play with her, thank goodness for big brothers!

She is growing so fast!

Ellie loves Adeline so much and likes to get right in her face to say hello. Adeline is not so sure about that yet.  Today we got Adeline laughing and Eloise started laughing and they were feeding off of each other, it was so cute. I see a great friendship in the making

Daniels Reunion

We had a great time at Bear Lake with the Daniels family!   The first night we went into town and found this giant pillow that the kids loved jumping on!

The boys went on their annual golfing trip, Zac won, of course!   He loves to go golfing with his dad and brothers!

We rented this huge bike, it looked a lot funner than it actually was. It was so heavy and we had so many free riders, we only lasted about 30 minutes. Ha ha I think we'll wait until the kids are old enough to pedal next time. :-)   We still had a lot of fun though!

The razors were Zack and Teagan's favorite part of the weekend. We girls thought it was fun too, but didn't last very long.

One of them got a flat tire so we were stuck up on the hill waiting for someone to come fix it for a while.  Adeline  and Eloise were both getting pretty grumpy so Zac took us back to the cabin to rest.  After we left, I guess Zac  started driving a little crazier… He had Teagan and Taylin screaming and laughing the whole time.

 

We usually spend an entire day out on a boat on the lake. This year since I had baby Adeline I decided to stay on the beach and read books. After the rest of the group had been out for about 15 minutes they came back because the boat had broken down. So we ended up all playing on the beach and renting some jet skis and just having fun. The girls kept trying to steal our chairs so we made them a beach chair in the sand!   It was a really fun day!

The Last night we went out to dinner and it was great! Eloise and Adeline's behavior could have been better but the food was delicious and the company was fun. I don't have any pictures but you can imagine the group picture of us all with the lake in the background it was so gorgeous up on the mountain.

Durtschi Reunion

 We had so much fun at the Durtschi reunion! A ton of time was spent wandering the forest and enjoying nature.

It was our first camping trip ever. It was freezing at night! But we all stayed warm and the kids did great. Adeline even slept through the night both nights!

Mom scored first place in her category at the fun run! We won't mention how many people were in that age category. Ha ha

Teagan and Eloise loved the zip line at Grandma Durtschi's house. They went on it over and over again all afternoon.

Grandma Durtschi has a rope on her swingset. If any child can climb to the top then she gives them a dollar. Teagan did it first try, what a man!

It was such a fun weekend! I wish I had taken more pictures! But we were too busy enjoying seeing cousins, aunts, uncles, and second cousins that we hadn't seen forever.  We are already getting excited for the next one in 2016!

Eloise

Today Eloise likes pink pants, getting dressed herself, raisin bran (only for the raisins), coloring on herself with markers, wrestling Teagan and eating cupcakes.  

Adeline's Blessing

Adeline was blessed today and it was such a special day.  I love hearing the blessings that Zac gives.  Adeline is wearing the blessing dress that her aunt Whitney was blessed in.  Here is a fun fact.  Whitney's full name is Whitney Florence, she was named after our great-grandma Florence.  Adeline is named after Florence's mom, Adeline (our great-great-grandma).  Adeline had a twin sister named Florence which is probably why she gave that name to her daughter.  I'm not sure we knew that when she wore that dress, but it makes it all pretty fun!  The pink blanket is one that her Great-Grandma Durtschi made and the white one was made by Great-Grandma Packer.  

We are now a family of 3 and love this little bundle of joy!