This is The Place

Here we are at "THIS IS THE STATE PARK" I am a sucker for FREE tickets. A company was having a party and we are their customers and they sent us Free Tickets to attend a "Day of Fun". It was really Fun, we got to have lunch, and do many crafts, Dallin and Preston had a really fun time.

Preston standing in front of the monument.

There were many fun things that we got to do. We got to ride the train around, and that was a lot of fun. Dallin kept thinking that he is bigger than he is, and wanted to do it by his self.
We got to go and see Brigham Young's house. We got to "PAN FOR GOLD"

Preston wanted to keep finding the nuggets, I think he found like 12-13 gold nuggets. Dallin found some and then he lost interest. He had more fun going on the Pirate Ship, and he was Captian Jack Sparrow- from Pirates of the Carribbean.

After we finished "Diggin for Gold" we got to see some Indian houses. the Tee-Pee. We had fun looking at these houses, and were amazed how they lived in there.

After that, we stopped in at the Barber, and I got a shave, for 2 bits. I actually know what 2 bits are, they would cut a quarter in have and then half again and that is what they called 2 bits. It wasn't worth the 2 bits , I doubt I will ever go back and have him shave me.

We found out that the Barber, is also the Medicine Man, and the Doctor, and the Dentist. Emili went to him for her Dental Work, and Preston went to him so he could fix a broken bone. Preston was scared, as he didn't really break a bone, and definatly did not want him to work on him.

The we went to see the Sherrif, and we got to use a wooden hammer and make some cool designs on leather.
Then Dallin and Preston got to Ride a Pony, they had fun 1 time, because the horse just went in circles.

We sure did a lot of activities, it was really fun.

Father and Sons 2011

This  is our Father and Son's outing in Grantsville.  This is has become a wonderful tradition for me to spend time with Preston and Dallin. We got some really warm sleeping bags, and I was excited that we had warmer weather this year, rather than freezing and camping in the snow. We had many activities to do, archery, hiking, and BB-Gun shooting, Horse Shoes, and of course, throwing rocks in the water. Dallin wanted to do target shooting. Dallin sure thinks he is much older and bigger than what he is.

Preston, had a lot of fun shooting the gun. Preston was pretty brave, they had a zip line and he decided to go down the zip line and then jump in the freezing cold water. I tried to explain to him that the water would be cold, it came right off the mountain from the snow, but he thought it looked fun. I have to agree, it looked way to fun, and I wanted to do it, but I chickened out, only because the water was way to cold. I made him wear a life jacket. I was on the other side waiting for him. He went down the zip line about the length of a football field and I told him to drop and he dropped and quickly swam to the side. That I think was his funnest time. I had a good time and I was proud that he did so well, and wanted to do that.