Field Trip with Tyson

I was able to go on a field trip with Tyson yesterday! We went to the planetarium at the Eyring Science Center at BYU. It was pretty cool but entirely too comfortable!! (I thought I was going to fall asleep! hehe) I had a FULL group though so that kept me awake! (I saw SEVERAL mom's dead asleep and even the teacher was asleep! hehe) I had 5 boys all by myself so sorry, no pictures for this one! The boys got to look at a bunch of experiments that are in the lobby area and I think they liked that the best. They all said the part where they were learning about the planets was "BORING" (and it kinda was. hehe) Whenever the lady asked any questions about the planets the kids already knew all the answers so I don't think they learned much. They did like the part that showed the pictures of the constellations though and even asked her to turn them back on at the end so they could look at them some more. I am glad I have somewhat gotten over my fear of driving and been brave enough to attempt going on the close field trips!! I am still no where near ready to do the ones to Salt Lake though! I hate that place!! I get lost every time! hehe Anywho, thanks Ty for an awesome day!!

Field Trip with Dillan

Today I went on a field trip with Dillan's class to a musical at the Scera about the Frog and Toad books! It was AWESOME!! Everyone in the play was AMAZING!!! It was so fun!! Dillan fell asleep about 3/4 of the way into it but I think he liked it! I just wish we had seen the production sooner because the last performance is this Friday and I wish I could go see it again but this week is too nuts!! :( Anywho, if you have the time between now and Friday... GO SEE THIS!! It is only about an hour performance, so not super long, and it is soo dang cute! I think even younger kids would enjoy it! My pictures aren't the best because I didn't want to use flash and disrupt the Q&A they had at the end but hopefully you will get the general idea! :) The people that played the birds also played 5 different characters each! They were amazing! They also played squirrels, moles, a snail, a mouse, Momma frog, Papa frog, and baby frog, a turtle and a lizard... and probably more but I don't remember all for sure! The snail was the BEST! He was played by the guy in the middle of the birds. :) My favorite characters were the snail, frog, toad and the turtle (played by the bird lady in blue).

Draper Temple

I just have to rave about my kids! hehe We went to the Draper Temple open house last week and I was SOOOOO impressed with our kids!! They are soo awesome! We had a group of about 8 adults behind us in line and they were spitting straws at each other and making jokes and laughing really loud, it was ridiculous! (I am evil and I hope one day they go and try to take their children to something like that and have immature bratts setting a bad example behind them!) Anywho, our kids, Dillan 6, Tyson 8, Britt 12, and Cory 14, were so reverent, we had people commenting the ENTIRE time about how reverent they were and especially Dillan and Tyson! Everyone just kept looking at them and smiling really big because they are so well behaved! In fact, one lady said she thought they would make fabulous missionaries someday!! Anywho, I am so proud! When I asked Dillan which room was his favorite he said, "The room with the diamond lights!" (He meant the Celestial room.) We talked about how lucky he and Tyson are to be able to see the inside of a temple at their age and how they most likely wouldn't have another opportunity until they go on a missions or get sealed (well except for baptisms for the dead). I just hope that they remember everything they saw and (once we got away from the obnoxious group behind us) the peaceful feelings they had! They all got a little pamphlet and have read them cover to cover and talked about all the different rooms and how pretty they all were! Woot for good kids! :)
Cory and Brittany have the opportunity to go do baptisms for the dead on the 21st and they are VERY excited!! (Especially Brittany, her dad wanted to go four-wheeling that weekend and she wanted to go to the temple instead, even though she has been DYING to ride her new four wheeler! hehe) I am forever amazed at the things my kids do and say! I love them all VERY much!! :)