Dulaneys Do Utah Day 3: Tuesday July 10, 2012

We left the house early on Tuesday morning and headed to the Trax station.  We rode the train into downtown and spent the whole day there seeing the sights.  Steve had to work that morning and met us downtown that afternoon.  Our first stop: The Church History Museum.  Here are the kids trying out bunks that are like the bunks on ships that LDS Converts came to America on.

Lunch Break!

Next we headed over to Temple Square.  In the South Visitors Center Addy made some friends from Australia.  She showed them around the visitors center and told them all about everything they saw.  Her tour with them lasted a good 30 minutes or so.

The Tabernacle

The Christus at the North Visitors Center

Looking at the Capitol Building from the top of The Church Office Building

Meagan, Lisa, Ed and Josh

Emily, Aubrey, Addy, Allyson, Zac (yes he is that much taller than I am) and Steve

The Joseph Smith Memorial Building

In the Legacy Theater watching Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration.  It is an awesome movie and if you click on it it will take you to a link where you can watch the movie.  I highly recommend it.  If you aren't a member of our church and want to know more about our history, this is a great place to start.

Taking a tour of the Beehive House

Last Stop: The Conference Center.  Steve is talking to Addy about this picture of Ammon.  We had just read this story in the Book of Mormon a few weeks ago.

It had been a very long and very hot day and the kids were exhausted.

The whole gang atop the Conference Center

Aubrey trying on Zac's glasses on the train ride home.  The train was pretty full on the way home and Zac and Josh had to share seats with this sleeping guy in the background.  He was sound asleep when we got on the train.  He was asleep for most of our ride with him.  When he woke up it was pretty funny to watch him.  All of the sudden he was surrounded by kids and he had no idea how they got there. 

BFC's (Best Friend Cousins) Meagan and Emily

Zac and Josh.  Too bad I didn't get sleepy head in this picture.

Just checkin' a little e-mail on the ride home.

All of our good snacks were depleted and we were down to carrots.  The kids finished off the whole bag on the train ride home and Addy didn't even complain that there was no ranch.

Mormons are all over the news these days.  To learn more about us and what we believe, or to request a free copy of The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ, click here.  To take your own at home tour of Famous and Historic Temple Square, click on the links I included above of each of our stops.

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Dulaneys Do Utah Day 2: Monday, July 9, 2012

We started out the morning with a Spa.  Lisa sells Beauti Control and I had a little spa for her at the park by our house.  I had a few friends and neighbors come by and we all got our Beauti on.  

Addy did her own makeup.

After the Spa, we went to Hill Aerospace Museum.

Zac's Favorite

Josh's Favorite

Emily.  I think.  I can't quite tell since she's in disguise.

That night Steve's Uncle Harold and Aunt Connie and their kids and grand kids came over for dinner.  It was fun to get everyone together.  I think the last time these cousins were together was 16 years ago, the last time  Ed and Lisa came to Utah.

The kids were totally entertained by the chickens.  And the adults were totally entertained by watching the kids be entertained by the chickens.  None of the girls had a problem catching chickens, but the boys on the other hand couldn't catch one for anything.

Yes, that is what you think it is.  A big blob of chicken poo.

Uncle Harold, Aunt Connie, Susan, Amy, Julie, Lisa, Steve

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Dulaneys Do Utah Day One: Sunday, July 8, 2012

Finally!  The day we had been waiting for all summer!  Steve's sister Lisa and her husband Ed and their two youngest kids, Josh and Meg, arrived in Utah!  It has been about 16 years since Ed and Lisa last made the journey to the Promised Land from Missouri.  We were so happy to have them here with us.  My kids must have asked me about a thousand times on Sunday how much longer it would be until the Dulaneys got here. And finally, around 4 PM, they were here!  Above, Steve and Ed are cutting up the chicken for dinner while the salivating onlookers gather round.

The girls wasted no time before they turned on Just Dance 3 and got the Floobie Song going.

That night we decided to go for a walk on one of the trails close to our house.  They are clearing out a lot of trees that fell during the storm we had in December and someone cut an awesome chair into this tree stump and made seats in the big tree trunk.

Meagan, Aubrey, Emily, Zac, Addison and Josh

Feeding the ducks

There is a new strip mall that is going in near our neighborhood.  They just opened the fountains not that long ago.  We hadn't been to see it yet, but had heard it was awesome.  They do a show every hour on the hour.  We happened to be on our way home from our walk just a little before 10:00, so we stopped to catch the show. It was fabulous.

A video of the show.  The Beatles only helped with my enjoyment of the whole experience!