Road Trip

The Lion House, we couldn't wait to get the incredible rolls I remembered eating as a kid.  Easton is all about the "peace" sign these days...

The sprinklers were on and Madeline was getting wet!

The SL Temple grounds are absolutely stunning.  My grounds at home could use a little of this magic. 

We have known we were going to take the kids on a "road trip" before school started again, but we had a hard time deciding exactly where that should be.  We had decided on Mount Rushmore, and then at the last moment decided on Salt Lake City.  If you can believe it none of our kids besides Paris have ever been there.  She went last year for "camp Nanna and Papa."  She had the time of her life, but was definitely up for the adventure again.  We packed up and headed out Wednesday night.  I really don't mind driving at night at all.  I would always prefer driving all night and just being a little tired the next day.  Darin somehow usually "wins" on this one, and we end up driving until 11:00 or midnight and getting up early the next morning.  I can't even imagine how my parents did these trips with no dvd players.  I have a love/hate relationship with them, because on one hand I know we wouldn't be so ready to hop in the car so often without them, but on the other hand I can fell so guilty when I am enjoying my book tape, and I look back in the back and all of the kids are "zoned" out.  We definitely take a lot of breaks from the movies, and then we all end up being really glad we have every movie in the packet to fall back on!!