We have had a very busy week this past week, so make sure you are comfortable before you continue...


Here is a day by day look at what we have been up to:


MONDAY

Went shopping at Costco, saw the movie "Emma" (very good, by the way), and went to Zupas for dinner.



TUESDAY


Went on campus to the bookstore to get a new hat for Ethan. We left his other one at Elaine's house. I think he made a good choice!





Just kidding, we went with the baseball cap instead.



When Jer got off work we headed for temple square. The highlight for Ethan was riding the train downtown.

The highlight for me was going to Lion House, even though they didn't have my favorite chocolate cake.
We also saw the Joseph Smith movie, the statue of Christ in the visitor's center, and the new church history museum. I wish we had more time in the museum, I didn't quite get to see everything I wanted to. It was definitely worth going to.

WEDNESDAY

Went to LAGOON! We had a very exciting, tiring day.

Here we are about to embark on the Tilt-A-Whirl. It seemed like such an inocent ride...

...until Jer started spinning it out of control. I never did recover fully from the dizziness I suffered. Ethan loved it, though. That was just another reminder of how old I am getting. I used to have a stomach of steel.

Ethan found a feather on the ground that he wanted to keep, so we stuck it in his hat. It actually stayed there most of the day.



As the day went on, he got a little bit braver and braver. At the end of the blog there's a video of him holding his hands up for the entire ride. He was so proud of himself.

It eventually got dark, so we decided to head home. It was hard to convince Ethan of that, though. He was ready to go another round...
...as you can see.


THURSDAY

Amy watched Ethan for me, and I got an afternoon off to spend with old roommates: Kammie and Melissa. We went to Gardner Village and ate lunch and shopped. Then we went and got pedicures. It was so much fun to see them again. It felt like old times.

Then Jer, Ethan, and I went to the park. I think Jer wishes he was 4 again.

FRIDAY

Jer, Ethan, and I decided to try a little hiking. Ever since Ethan saw the "Y" on the mountain he had been wanting to hike up to it. We thought it would be a quick 30 minute hike, but it was much more intense than I had imagined. Ethan was a trooper, though. He hiked the whole thing without being carried (up and down).

SATURDAY

We all went to Boondocks. As you will see it is full of a lot of fun activities. The first thing we did was ride the bumber boats. Unfortunately, these boats also squirt water. Jer and Ethan were quite a team. They were very ruthless.

That is me getting drenched by those two. Ducking did not help.

Afterwards we played a game of golf to try to dry off. As you will notice on my legs I was drenched.

Ethan got his first (hopefully of many) golf lesson.
You will find another short video of Ethan golfing at the bottom.


We then decided to play lazer tag. Ethan was actually tall enough to be able to play...so the three of us stood in line...

...and stood in line...

...and stood in line.

Here is Jer and I (A.K.A. Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia) ready for a battle.
Ethan, last minute (after watching the instructional video), decided he would rather observe than play.



Here we are eating lunch. One of us got a kids meal that came with a toy. Can you guess which one is the kid with the kids meal?

After lunch we decided to take a drive on the GoKarts.


Here we are in line again...you would never know we were related.

At the begining of the race I was ahead, but because of a "drunk" driver ahead of me, Jer and Ethan were able to pass, which put them in...


...first place! You can see another short video of us taking off at the end.

After we raced cars, we went in and played games in the arcade. We ended up winning a few tickets so we bought some prizes...we weren't able to wait until we got home to play with them.

GoKarts @ Boondocks

Golfing @ Boondocks

Ethan @ Lagoon