Friday night we picked Dave up from work and headed out of town. We stopped in Pocatello to eat dinner at Butterber's. It was okay, and took us a long time. But, we finally got on the road again and made it to Salt Lake about 9:00. We stayed at the Embassy Suites. Very nice. Each room is a suite and so we had a living room and a separate bedroom. That is so nice when traveling with kids. Plus, in the morning they have a "cook to order" complimentary breakfast. You wait in line and they serve you up whatever you want, and cook your eggs to order. All for free! That is nice, it saved us quite a bit of money.
Saturday morning we got up and headed to Disney on Ice. We didn't tell the kids where we were going until we got there. They were really excited! We got to our seats with about 10 minutes to spare.
Avery wasn't too interested in sitting there with nothing to do and so, of course, there was a bit of drama from the 2 year old.
Once the show began she settled down and seemed to enjoy it. Easton and Paisley hardly took their eyes off the show.
At intermission I sent Dave out to get a lemonade for the kids to share.
The lemonade in the souvenier cup that Easton is holding was quite pricy!! It was $10!!!! That goes to tell you what the prices for things are like once you are at the show. That is the only thing we bought. We have learned our lessons from the 2 previous shows we have been to.
After the show we headed over to a mall to eat lunch and do a little shopping. The kids like to eat at the mall because we let them pick whatever they want to eat. We all ended up getting something different. The shopping was okay, but the kids were tired. We didn't shop too long and decided we had better head back to the hotel for a little rest. Avery fell asleep about 2 minutes into the ride back. Poor girl was exhausted!
After naps, (from Dave and Avery) we headed out. We didn't know what we were going to do. We drove up to the Avenues and looked at some of the cool houses. On our drive we saw the horse carriages you can ride. We decided that it would be pretty fun for the kids to go do that. We finally found a place to park and walked through temple square to get to the carriages. It is always neat to be so close to the beautiful temple. It is so peaceful there.
The carriage that we rode on was pulled by a horse named Charlie.
The kids had quite a bit of fun at first. The weather was really nice. Not bad at all with a jacket on. About 10 minutes into the ride, Easton started complaining about his eyes hurting. He kept rubbing and rubbing them.
We knew that he is allergic to horses, but we didn't think a carriage ride would bother him since he wasn't touching the horse at all. We were wrong. His eyes kept getting worse and worse.
By the end of the ride he was crying and telling us how miserable he was. We made a mental note to never take them on a carriage ride again! :)
Afterwards they did talk about having fun on the ride. Poor Easton. I felt bad for him.
At that point it was almost 7:30, the kids were hungry! So, we ate at a little diner.
Avery was happy as long as Dave would let her feed him. It was really cute.
The next morning was a miracle. We ALL slept in until 9:30! It was sooo nice! (I LOVE the black-out curtains in hotels!!) We really needed that. We took our time getting ready and headed out for our final surprise...Chuck E. Cheese!
The kids were so happy to be going back to Chuck E. Cheese. We got a bunch of tokens and they just played and played.
Avery had a ton of fun, also. She loved riding the rides.
Paisley was nice enough to take time out of her game playing and help Avery play on the toys and go down the slide.
The kids won a lot of tickets and were able to each pick out a couple prizes.
That was it. We were all tired by the time we left. Avery slept for a while on the way home and the kids watched movies. Nice and peaceful, (for the most part!)
We had a great time. I love to get away, even just for the weekend. The kids kept telling us thank you for the fun trip, and that was all that I wanted, for them to have fun.
My sister-in-law told me a quote last night. It said something like, "You won't remember the days, but you will remember the moments." I am so thankful that we had many special "moments" on this trip. We will definately remember those "moments"!
4 comments:
I am glad you had a fun time in Salt Lake. When are you going to come to Provo? :)
Looks like the kids had a ton of FUN!! Poor little Easton's eyes, that is so sad! I love how is still all smiles, what a cutie!!
That sounds like so much fun!!! I am sure that your kids had a wonderful time. What a great surprise for them!!!! What a great mommy you are!!!
I am glad you guys had some fun. Poor thing about the carriage ride.
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