Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Children's Museum Fun...

We were so lucky to have the Smith Family visit us just a few weeks ago. We went from a family of three to a family of 10 quite quickly. :) Our house guests: Brian's sister Amy, her husband Brent, and their 5 children: Kenny, Diggy (Douglas), Kirsti (Kirsten), Allison, and Cienna. Kylie LOVED having time with her cousin and we loved being able to play with our nieces and nephews and having some adult chats with the adults. Brent's mom was even able to stay with us a few nights and it was a blast having her as well! One of the first things we did was head to Discovery Gateway down in Salt Lake City. It's a great Children's Museum and all the kids had a blast! We even got a membership there, so we will be heading back frequently...especially during the horrible Utah winter months! :) I LOVE having fun indoor places to go to entertain Kylie when it's freezing cold outside! :) Anyway: we had a blast and here are some of the pics...

ALL the kids actually at one place at the same time! Incredible! They all loved playing with these balls. They have all sorts of different tubes and such that you can drop the balls in and send to different places.

Kylie LOVED sitting in this helicopter. Intermountain Health Care donated a retired helicopter and this was definitely a hit! Kylie just sat here for quite awhile. She even got to borrow Mommy's sunglasses so she could be extremely comfortable. :)

Kylie up on a big horse they have there. You can even "feed" it bales of hay!

Driving a truck while another kid puts gas in the car. :)
Sweet little Diggy playing some grand music!
Kylie playing with her cousin!

Brent helping his kids climb the rock wall!
Then he had to take a turn and here he is from the other side of the rock wall!
We had a lot of fun. I'm amazed at how many pictures I didn't get. They have this darling "store" to shop at, this "garden" where you can plant different things, a water area where you can mine or something like that, and my favorite....a DARLING mini house with a living room, kitchen, and all sorts of fun areas to play that I want to build in my house. :) Thanks for coming Amy, Brent, and the kids!!! We had a blast!

3 comments:

Jill said...

oh how i miss you!! :) Wish I could meet your little one. Thats it! NEXT TIME i come to UTAH I am going to call you and we are going to get together!!!! hey I had a quick question. do you keep in contact still with david ahrens?? JILLER

♥ Kristy Woods ♥ said...

Wow looks like a fun time Ashley!
Kristy xo

Brad and Dana said...

Man - we got robbed! We didn't get to see any of these cool places that you took the Smith's to! Just wait till you come to Australia. Only lame places for you guys! Seriously, how much fun did you guys have? And I thought you said you were sick the whole time. Sick from having so much FUN!