Two Days of Crazy Fun!

This week we were SUPPOSED to go to Utah and go camping for our Beecroft family reunion. At the last minute all plans were cancelled due to the uncertainty of when my surgery would be as well as my brother and his family needing to move out of their house and into their new house this week. Since we couldn't go camping we decided to just have a fun couple of days here in the valley. My dad was home from Mexico and the Richards were in town...only the Utah Beecrofts missed out on the fun.



It all started yesterday at the Science Center. I haven't been to the Science Center since my 7th grade field trip and I forgot how cool it is! As we were waiting to get our tickets to get in, Delly stepped on this air vent and it blew her dress out. I think her face says it all......

She thought the Science Center was the BEST PLACE EVER and we hadn't even left the lobby yet!

The kids learned all sorts of interesting things. This particular display was teaching all about POOP. The kids were fascinated and enthralled. The lady teaching about the poo said that maybe one day they could grow up to be a "scatologist" or "studier of poo". Aim high, children. Aim high.

Obviously, my favorite part of the Science Center was the area dedicated to the human body. I love that stuff. There was a mannequin named "Tan" that would have different body parts light up as she talked about the different functions of the body. I was standing there listening with Drey when the "mammary glands" lit up. Drey said "Oh, I am SOOOO out of here!" I said "What's wrong, Drey?" and he said " Mom! She's showing her MELONS!" (*heavy sigh*) Where did we go wrong? Where did he even hear that?! In the spirit of having a nice day, I decided to just let it go and have the conversation where we discuss not calling certain body parts "melons" on another day.

Wheelchair races.....

I loved watching the faces of the kids when they saw something "cool". Delly especially has a face that just lights up in wonder and excitement. I caught it a few times on camera.....

The bed of nails was a big hit. We all had to try it, multiple times. It really does seem like it should hurt way worse!The Lego section was also a big hit with the kiddos. I think they could have stayed in that section all day! The grown-ups liked it, too.

Halfway into our Science Center experience, Drey broke his flip flop. He had to carry his shoe and walk around with one bare foot. When we got home, the bottom of his foot was completely black. He thought that was cool.When we got back to my parents house after the science center, we had a BBQ. We had steak and chicken taquitos, watermelon, hotdogs...the works. It was dee-lish. My parents thought it would be fun for the kids to have a campout in the backyard so we set up tents and we dug out sleeping bags and bug spray. When I say "we" I mean Gage. I don't know what happened but my picture taking kind of fizzled out as the day wore on. I didn't take any pictures of the BBQ or the campout or the marshmellow toasting over the campfire...(that was a disaster by the way- a bunch of kids with wire hangers, fire and burning hot marshmellow goo.) It seemed like a fun idea but I'm just grateful nobody got an eye poked out or a serious burn. My nerves were shot by the time we got all the kids settled in their tents. I went home and found out this morning that all the kids were back in the house to sleep by midnight thanks to Drey and his stories about Sasquatch. So the campout was a bust.

Today we all went to the pool and hung out. Again, I took my camera and didn't take ONE picture. I don't know what's wrong with me. I'm usually good at documenting all the fun. It was a scorcher today and you can see the spots on my kids where I didn't get the sunscreen on well. Bright red spots! We came home from the pool and by the time I got out of the shower both girls had passed out. This is how I found them.....
Delly didn't even make it onto the couch...she was smooshed between the couch and the ottoman. That's what happens when you play hard, stay up late and then play hard again the next day. A big shout out goes to Mombee and Grandpa for hosting this years (makeshift) family reunion. It wasn't camping in Utah but it was still FUN! Next year we're hoping to get the Utah Beecrofts to join in the fun. See what you missed, BK? Your kids could have been passed out like this, too! Looking forward to a quiet evening.