A short jaunt...

Have you ever gotten into a rut, where you just NEEDED to GET OUT!?!

Well, our family has seemed to be running on auto-pilot for a while now. We've been so crazy busy, that we have all only seen each other in passing. SO - to REMEDY this, we decided to get out of the house for the weekend.

So - we made the LONG JOURNEY down to Salt Lake :) LOL~!

We planned some fun activities with the kids. We hit up the Clarke Planetarium, the Children's Discovery Museum, and roamed the Gateway. I love downtown!!

Jenna absolutely love, LOVE, LOVED, the freedom of walking all around! She hardly had us carry her at all -- she booked it everywhere we went!

Luckily - we had some very fun moments down there, to counter the unexpected bickering and whining that came along too (I don't know how they made their way though -- argh!).

Here are the highlights :)

This is the closest Hailey's going to be coming to driving for at least a few more years :)

This was Derek's absolute favorite! He stood in the play store inside the Children's Discovery Museum for the longest time. He'd scan his groceries, then take them back and restock the shelves. It was really cute!

Hailey made an awesome parachute for the little wind-tubes they had.

The best part of this place is that it has something for EVERY age! Jenna had a ball playing with the blocks!