The first weekend we enjoyed a fun time in Idaho. Some good friends of ours, The Robbinsons, invited us to go up to their family cabin and ride four wheelers and do the whole dutch oven cooking and campfire fun! We were stoked to go! Turned out that weekend was one of the coldest weekends we had had since April. We were very cold and enjoyed lots of time in the Cabin. We got out and endured the cold while riding the four wheelers. Kinley took a much needed nap on Patricks lap while riding the four wheelers! Imagine that. Porter tried to drive his very own four wheeler, but it scared him a little bit too much. But we were VERY proud of him for trying a couple of times.
The second weekend we last minute decided to ride front runner down to Salt Lake and go see the new City Creek shopping center and go to Temple Square. The kids were so excited to ride the train and thought it was really cool. Porter remembered riding it on his 3rd birthday and remembered all the sounds and things that went on while riding the train! Once we got down there we ventured over to City Creek and walked around. We thought it was very pretty and also very busy! Too much so for our liking. But we enjoyed going into the Disney store with the kids and we bought them new pajamas. Then we walked more and found the Porsche Design store. This store was AWESOME! Of course everything in there was way way to expensive, but it was fun to look. Patrick tried on a pair of their shoes "Just for Fun" as the sales clerk lady said. The shoes were made with the same suspension that Porsche uses in their vehicles. When Patrick put them on I asked him if he felt like he could slam dunk! He said "OH YEAH!" Must have felt pretty cool. The shoes were priced to be $650.00 INSANE! Totally cool though. Then we walked over to Tiffany's and I enjoyed seeing the beautiful jewelry. I knew that Tiffany's was known for their solitaire, and amazing quality, but I expected a lot more from their stuff. I was let down in the fact that their things were very simple. Not as elaborate as I thought it might have been. But still beautiful! After that we walked down to the water fountains where the kids played. Wait... rephrase that...Porter played and got SOAKED and Kinley daintily touched the water here and there. She didn't want to get SOAKED like Porter apparently.
After the kids were done with the water, we walked our way over to Temple Square to sit down and have some snacks. As we sat in the shade and looked at the Temple, we very quickly realized what a difference in the spirit we felt from city creek to Temple square. From the moment we decided that even though we still had more to see over at City Creek, we wanted to stay on Temple Square. We walked around the temple, let the kids touch the temple, went to the North Visitors Center and saw a 15 minute little video of the family. Then we went over to the Church History Museum and let the kids go to the kids area and play. They love doing this anytime we go to Temple Square. It's a great place for them to discover and play in a great environment. Then it was time to go and we got us some food real quick and headed over to the train. The kids loved eating their food on the train and we had a great day!
The third weekend started out with Patrick running the Ragnar again. This time he didn't feel as prepared, nor as competitive so it wasn't that big of a deal this year. Even though he didn't feel very prepared he felt good, did well and enjoyed his time doing it. While he was gone running I took the kids down to Grandma Christensen's and saw family. We had a big day of swimming and then girls night. The next morning I went to the Temple with Carrie and Gavin, and then came back for lunch and went with mom to help her clean the bank. Then Sunday was Fathers Day. Patrick didn't have any meetings so we got to have him home lots that day. Porter sang with the Primary and did a GREAT job! I think Patrick had a good Fathers day, enjoying relaxing and being with the kids.
The fourth week of June we went on our Family Vacation, which Porter called it our Family Home Evening E-cation! It was tons of fun... I'll be doing a separate post just on that! Coming Soon...stay tuned! haha
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