Okay, call me the Blog slacker because I certainly am. It's not that I don't have anything to blog about because my life is very full, maybe a little too full is the issue.
Anyway, we had a marvelous UEA weekend. We usually leave town but we learned everyone else does also so this year we decided to stay close to home and just do a few mini-trips. Ella and Aidan had a fabulous time. So did I but can I just say - "exhausting."
First stop: Hogle Zoo. We were going to try and squeeze in This is The Place Monument but didin't make it. I love the zoo everytime we go. I have never been to a zoo where you can get so close to the animals. Ella, always the princess was determined to get on the snow leapord. We even waiting an extra "turn" when it was taken so she could have first pick. Oh, now what am I creating here?
We couldn't have asked for more beautiful weather this weekend. Can you tell?
After the zoo, we ate dinner at Costa Vida and used our free kids meal coupons. Don't you love those from the schools? We then went to see the play "How I became a Pirate. " I was pleasantly surprised and the kids laughed out loud. Way to go, Scera theatre!
Saturday, we put on our BYU gear in preparation for the game. We're headed to our annual tradition of Cornbellys!
First stop was this cute corn maze (we did three that weekend) for little kids where they got goodie bags and met characters along the way with more treats to hand out and not all candy. They got these cute capes and masks.
I love the focus on Aidan's face - determined to win at this duck race.
Seriously, I can't believe how fun this was and how hard! I thought I was in shape but after bouncing this huge inflatable horse I'm not so sure. I couldn't stop laughing. I love this photo of me and the kids.
No matter where Ella goes, she will always find a horse!
This was also fun. We played volleball with this huge, heavy cornball. They had these haystack to throw over and I didn't want to leave I was having so much fun. Aidan could barely get his arms around the thing.
We always end on these giant bouncy pillows. Very fun! We also went on a hayride and another train. I was a little disappointed at how scary one of the mazes was. They said it was daytime so the kids would be fine but once we went inside, it was dark, there were scary noises and statues that looked like people. Ella actually started crying and had to be picked up. I was carrying Aidan and lost Ella and Matt and tried to gain my composure while I covered Aidan's eyes and he covered his ears. Sheesh! Never again on that one.
All in all, we had a wonderful time and feel so blessed to live in such an area where so many good people live and wholesome entertainment for the family is at our fingertips.
Happy Halloween - coming soon.
