Play Date with Haley

My granddaughter, Haley, and I had a play date a few weeks ago. I sure do love this adorable person!! She's eight and full of fun.

Our first stop was Wendy's for lunch. Here she is trying to suck up her Frosty. It was too thick.

 She likes fries with her shake:

After lunch we went to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point. Right now they have a special room entitled "Tinkering". Here are some things we did there:

She made her own parachute:

And then she launched it in this air tube. It flew out the top and up to the ceiling!

This area was for playing and shaping sand on a rotating wheel. I even tried this one.

When we finished tinkering we went into the dinosaur museum.

Here's Haley sitting on a dinosaur

If it had been up to her, she would have stuck her head inside the shark's mouth. Cooler heads prevailed. :)

I was tempted to put on an apron and play myself. Again, cooler heads prevailed. :)

Her island, complete with a lake and dinosaurs:

The artist and her creation. Isn't she cute?!!

Last stop - digging for dinosaur bones. 

Such a fun day with my Haley. I love you Haley bugs!!!

More fun at home

Road Trip!

I'm kind of behind - sorry. In August, Kent and I did a road trip. It was the perfect trip - drive until we want to stop. Then sit/walk and enjoy the beauty of God's earth. These are all from Mirror Lake, in the Uintahs.





We walked all the way around the lake and saw so much "wonder". Kent has become a wildflower photographer and quite an expert on all the different kinds of flowers.

These are just a few of the many flowers we saw! 

 

 

Here are some of our other favorite things to do.

Look through binoculars:

Read under a pine tree:

 Have lunch surrounded by fresh air and pine scent:

This was our first day. We ended up in Evanston, Wyoming, where we spent the night.

Day 2 - Evanston to Vernal

After we left Evanston, we followed the Pioneer trail for awhile. We then went to a place called Sheep Creek Geological area and close by to Sheep Creek and Spirit Lake. It was beautiful! Our last leg to Vernal, took us through Ashley National Forest. Nature is good for the soul, isn't it??

I loved Main street in Vernal. It is so welcoming, don't you think?

End of day 2.

Day 3 - Vernal to Orem

Leaving Vernal we went west and then went off road up Rock Creek Rd to Upper Stillwater Reservoir. 

My happy driver. :)

I've never seen a dam from this perspective before. It was really impressive!!! 

Here's the top of the dam! We had lunch near here.

More off-roading up over the pass to Hannah

 

The sad part of this trip? It ended and we came back to sweltering heat in Orem. Love our road trips!!!