How we spent our Summer vacation...

For our Family/Summer vacation we went to Northern Utah. I say Northern Utah, because there are sooooo many towns up there I can't keep track of all the one's we went to! I had a Designer Blogs Conference and we thought we could kill two birds with one stone and make it a family trip too.

I think I should've titled this post, the post of many pictures... but I digress...
Enjoy!

Driving 6+ hours with the kids wasn't too big of a headache. The kids had movies, candy and quiet books to keep them busy.



Plus we stopped in Cedar at the park with the river running through it! Not sure the real name but that one works for us.


The kids had a blast. They stretched, got wet, ate and then were ready to hit the road again.

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Friday, was a our first full day in Utah.

Our agenda for the day was Thanksgiving Point.
First we hit the Museum of Ancient Life.


"Look Mom, its the dinosaur from Night at the Museum!"


The first part of the museum was called Notion of Motion. It had lots of crazy, cool hands on learning thingers...




Then it was on to the Ancient Life..

























Next stop, the Thanksgiving point Farm.
What? Why would we traveled 6+ hours to go to a farm, when we live on one?
Yes we did, but it came with the all day pass. And it was fun.









Last stop, the gardens!

Saturday, I went to DBC and played on the computer all day with these girls.

While the rest of my family visited Temple Square and Cabela's.









That night, we all got back together.. tried to find a pizza place for dinner, ended up going to KFC and then swam and swam and swam!!

It was a great trip.. but Allie's face says it all!

Eastern Nevada Day Trip Part 3 - Million Dollar Court House, Pioche

The Million Dollar Court House

The man in this video was our tour guide. He was full of stories and facts and very entertaining.

The D.A.'s office

Lots of old documents and histories

Nevada's original laws

An old leather fire helmet

Mining Equipment

Old typewriters

The Courthouse was full of these old mannequins and the guide had storied and names for all of them!

"The best secretary around. Never complains... never answers the phone either"

An old voting record. Luke Syphus on the left is Baby Luke's namesake.

The Courtroom where a claim jumper is on trial for murdering a farmer and throwing him down a mine.

The jury -- tough crowd

"Who's that guy"?

The judge

The jail

I was fighting a cold all weekend. While we were touring the Court House I started sneezing and coughing and having a hard time. Then Luke decided to throw a fit.. so we're going to have to come back again on a better day and explore Pioche more. Especially all our family heritage spots.

Allie and Injun Joe (as she lovingly named him) in one of the only photos from the Pioche Museum.

We had a great time and another trip is in the works for camping in the fall.
Anyone want to throw in with us?!