Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Thursday- Explora Museum

Christopher came on Thursday morning, the kids were pretty excited to see him.
 Then we went to the Explora Museum. It was tons o fun!
 Emmett was enthralled with this thing.





Emmett was completely amused with this thing. It was filled with like dish soap or something and you could spin the stuff inside and he just kept trying to figure how to get it out.
 He couldn't figure out how to get the ball...
Payton found the trains, O happy day 
 
The elevator was HUGE and it had couches in it, for one floor!

Putting the kids into bubbles.

Micah showing us how to build a guiding system for a hydrogen bomb.
Emmett's most favorite exhibit, he was so excited to just sit and stare at the millions of him.
This was a camera that showed the temperatures in the body. Black means no heat, these are Nicole's fingers, Proof of the bad LaPierre circulation gene!
When we got home Kenz started making this cool rug out of t-shirts. Actually Katy called the Dollar Store to make sure they had hula hoops and he said they did and she asked if he knew how much they were. He responds, "uh ya....... a dollar". We went to the store to buy and saw the cashier laughing at us as we were in line. When we got up there he asks, are you the ones that called and asked how much the hula hoop was? O Katy.
 They actually made it too tight in the center or something so it kind of started to go into a cylindrical shape so Kenz decided to turn it into a purse instead.

Thursday, May 05, 2011

Wednesday

The day started out with the kids painting everything with water
 Then a treacherous hike in the foot hills.

 trying to get Payt up the hill was not fun at all!
Eating a snack at the top of the mountain, that everyone felt the need to sit way too close to the edge of the cliff!
 Payton walking for the first and only time during the hike.



 Camping and a fire outside (I slept inside on my comfy warm bed)
 Camping & ipods...




the little camping beauties waking up in the morning (it rained during the night)

Wednesday, May 04, 2011

The Monkey Park with Animals

 So Bay referred to the zoo as the monkey park with animals.
On Tuesday we went to the zoo. We spent all day there (until close) and we still didn't see all of the exhibits. It was an awesome zoo!

 (they mean their poo)


 Play center in the middle. It was the kids favorite part.
 Tanner is very proud of his pictures of the polar bears. We got to watch them feed them, it was pretty cool.

Feeding of the seals.



 Payt was so excited all day for the snakes, and the second we walked into the building he stopped dead and wouldn't go any further. He was convinced the snakes weren't in cages and were going to get him. I had to carry him to get him to go inside.

 Kenz wanted to take a pic for Christopher where he'd have to find them all hiding in the picture.
 Memmett was happy to feed the ducks.

Seriously, Smems is a STUD!
 Train ride around the zoo.

 How precious is this picture!?
 Ok, and this one too! I LOVE it!

 Apparently they were all waiting to be dumped on by this huge vulture!


 
  This ostrich's beak is broken.
Then we had to say good bye to this studly piece of man meat who had to go back to the real world in UT.