Lucky Logan... LAGOON!

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LAGOON for the Birthday Boy!!

with his cousin Gabe-the-Babe...

Logan talked about this for the whole month before the trip. His birthday party at LAGOON amusement park in SLC. We left Sophie and Lily home with RayeAnn & Jessica (BEST idea ever) and took Nate-the-Great and Gabe-the-Babe with us!

Turns out every October, LAGOON is  decorated for Halloween... FRIGHTMARES! In the day time it was all good. But come night time... there were hollywood quality zombies walking around everywhere. Let me just say:  It... freaked... Dallin.... out! ha ha. Legitimately it messed with his mind. He hated them. We laughed. So many funny stories about getting followed and freaked out by Zombies all night. ie... Logan hiding in the sub shop to get away from one, wouldn't cross the street because there was a Zombie near by, falling over, screaming... and possibly tears. ha ha. It was a good night.

It was sooooo awesome to just hang out with our older 4 kids!!!! Turns out they are funny. We laughed and laughed. And they are NOT afraid of roller coasters. {Crazy Cat Lady below}

↑↑↑BIRTHDAY BOY↑↑↑

We had never been to LAGOON. I was thinking it would look like a glorified State Fair. It was much nicer than I imagined. I was SO impressed with the elaborate landscapes and ride theming. We loved it!

Props to Nate-the-Greatabove. Turns out, he hates rollercoasters. Like, he won't even go on them. They freak him out. We didn't really realize that before we took him. He only went on a couple rides all day. His parents offered via phone multiple times to pick him up if he wasn't having fun. But SO SWEET, he never wanted to leave. He kept saying it was worth it just to be able to spend the day with us, since he never gets to. It made me a little teary actually later thinking about it. He was willing to go through a little embarrassment having us see his fear of roller-casters, because it meant that much to him to hang out with his cousin Dallin. Aaaaaaaw, that sweet Nater. He partied with us in all the lines though!! We loved having him there with us!!! We love him!!!

{for the record, he was NOT afraid of zombies like Dallin was though}

Such a wonderful wonderful day as a family.

Love Utah! Loved Lagoon!

Love that Logan-Birthday-boy. He is... 

So smart--So funny--So dang cute

 So snuggly with me... 

So 11 now!

Spack-O's!

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Then our last leg of the trip was leaving Blanding to stay at the Spackmans house in Kaysville. 

 We had TWO birthdays during our Utah Trip this year! 3 days after Lily's birthday Logan woke up to his birthday breakfast at the Spackmans! Logan was SO excited because for his birthday we spent saturday as a family with his 2 cousins at 'LAGOON'!! (next post)



So much fun with the Spackmans! The kids get along great. Steve and RayeAnn are awesome. (I wish I could be as dedicated to fitness as she is...) So sad we don't live closer! Turns out: Cousin Jessica has a BEAUTIFUL voice! Her and Dallin had some jam sessions...

"Safe and Sound" starring Dallin & Jesssssss:

Union Station

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Train station with Gma and Gpa!!

 Logan was obsessed with trains for like 3 years when he was little. We still tease him and whenever we see a train say, "Logan, a train!!" ha ha. He secretly still loves it.

Eight is Great!

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Well haven't I fallen off the blogging wall?
I am going to try and get caught up over the next few weeks. Because, wow, it has been an eventful few months to miss on my blog!  A few more posts about our awesome Fall break in Utah.

See this cute Girl, she turned EIGHT while in Utah!! 

 (OBSTACLE COURSE with pvc pipes)

Grandma was so cute and planned a party for Miss Lily. The Spackman family came over, and Grandma prepared ALL DAY for the party that night.  She made "dracula" cookies with the kids....

 ...and she bought all kinds of cute little prizes for a bingo game with both families.
~HAPPY 8th BIRTHDAY~ 
to this darling girl of ours.
Lily is such a sweet, patient older sister. She is so mellow and just goes with the flow. She loves to choose the right, do well in school and play with friends. She is so smart and so loving. We are so thankful to have this sweet thing in our family! {Of course her special baptism was after the trip at home, more pics on that to come}

(Lily and Sophie on gma and gpas back porch)

PS- Grandma had Val set up big tables with table cloths and place settings, so everyone could sit together for Lily's birthday dinner. It was soo much work! They borrowed tables and chairs, and spent so much of the day getting it arranged. It touched my heart that it is worth the effort of preparation to set things up for wonderful moments of togetherness as a family. I thought about her on Thanksgiving, as we were debating setting up tables all together or just letting people eat wherever. I remembered that day at Bruce's moms house and how much work went in to being able to sit down as a family with the Spackman's and us and all eat together. I decided it was worth the effort.

Happy Birthday Miss Lily!!

Logan's Temple

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Logan has asked multiple times in the last few years to go see the "Logan" temple. He thinks its pretty cool there is a temple named after him. 

This trip... that dream came true.

It was so so cute how excited Logan was to see "his" temple.

When the kids saw the HUGE hill in the back of the temple... they of course wanted to roll down it. Which they did over and over.

Then Grandma Judy said she loved our kids because they are happy to do anything. She said a lot of teenagers come over and act like everything suggested is "dumb" to do... but she noticed that our kids are excited about anything. I was glad she made that observation out loud to me. Because I realized it was true, for the most part. (We still get our grump on now and again) But I am thankful for children who get excited about even little activities. I always say to people, "we are easily entertained".  ha ha. And I have heard Emma repeat that same comment. I love that about my children.

Brigham City

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Next Stop: Brigham City

We stayed at Bruce's moms house from sunday-thursday.

My kids love that small town main street, where they can walk to see a movie, and use the "flag system" to cross the busy street!

 

They drove us to this cute little lake a few miles from their house to go on a family walk around it. Upon seeing it, I whimpered,
"Why don't we live in Utah?!!"

Of course as soon as Dallin saw the creek, he was in it. 

I can't even remember why...

While walking around that cute lake, Dallin spotted a snake along the path. Without skipping a beat he picked it up and came to show everyone what he found. ha ha. That boy.

Bruce's mom and Val were so cute and planned so many fun activities for us to do with them while we were there. We toured a cheese factory, went to hot sulfer springs and a train museum to name a few. I personally loved that we gathered with them every night and read scriptures as a family. I loved feeling their testimonies of the gospel through the comments they made while reading scriptures.