Fall Break

Let's step back in time a few weeks... I totally missed posting our Fall Break activities! Let me apologize in advance for not being able to click on the pictures to see them bigger. I've started using Flickr to post pics, because it is SO MUCH FASTER! But... then you can't click them. :( Fall break came so fast this year. It felt like school had just barely started, but at the same time we were needing a break badly! We almost went to Colorado to see Jared's Grandpa, who has lymphoma, but we decided it wasn't the best time. Everyone who kept coming to see him - the crowd of people coming in and out - really was wearing him out, so we decided to put the trip on hold. Thankfully, it sounds like they will be able to successfully treat it. The advantage he has, even at his age, is that he is in remarkable shape. He had been teaching aerobics a couple of times a week!! Jared had taken time off already, so we just decided to play!!

Having kids in soccer, sometimes we are given free tickets to soccer games. We happened to get tickets to the UVU Women's soccer game, and Jared took a few of the girls from his (Kaitlyn's) team! Eryn and her friend Daphne went along. They had a good time, and UVU won!

We are big BYU Basketball fans, and Jared was excited to see Jimmer Fredette there at the UVU Soccer game. We weren't sure why he was at UVU, but Jared took advantage of the opportunity and got a picture of him with Kaitlyn. Of course, K had NO CLUE who he was, but smiled, shook his hand and said "thanks!" We had to show her a picture of him in uniform playing basketball when she got home. Then she thought it was pretty cool ;)

On Friday, we headed up to Trafalga (which used to be called Liberty Land). Apparently the rest of the world decided it was a good day too. There were too many people!! So we went back on Monday, because our kids' school also had Monday off, while the rest of the Alpine School District did not! We went right when it opened, so we got to play Laser Tag as a family with NOBODY ELSE THERE! It was so fun! We usually get a family pass somewhere. We've done the Zoo, Thanksgiving Point... but this year, we saw an amazingly awesome deal for "The Pass of All Passes!" It includes Trafalga (both Orem and Lehi), Owls games, Flash games, and SEVEN PEAKS! It has been so fun, and definitely worth the money. The kids had a blast and saw a ton of their friends from school.

And of course, the airplanes!!

But MY FAVORITE ride is the roller coaster. It's not BIG, but it's fun!! Our kids love it! And sometimes when we go, there aren't a lot of people (like this day in particular) and they just let us stay on and ride it multiple times if there aren't any other people waiting in line!

There are fun things inside as well. We don't play the arcade games, because they aren't included in our passes, but there are a few rides inside, plus a climbing wall and LASER TAG!! So much fun :)

It used to be called Liberty Land, so there are fun patriotic facts, statues, and things like that all around. The mini-golf has the Liberty Bell, and some other fun Americana, and the roller coaster looks like Mount Rushmore :)

It was such a warm day, that we finally decided to let the kids do the bumper boats. They got completely SOAKED!

Gotta love the biggest kid, with his glasses down on the end of his nose because he couldn't see through the water spots!

After the bumper boats, they decided to race one more time. They almost froze, since they were soaking wet, but it was fun anyway!

It was fun to see all the families that we recognized from our school. Eryn loved having friends to hang out with (even if she looks bored out of her mind here! I just caught her at a "winding down" moment ;) )

We all had such a fun time. There are so many fun things to do there! We've only taken the kids to the Lehi one so far, but Jared and I went the next week to the Orem Trafalga and played "Black Light Golf" which was fun, and watched some fun little 3D Ride-type movies. I loved Fall Break. It was so fun just hanging out with Jared and the kids and just playing! It was hard to send them back to school. Now I'm just counting down to Thanksgiving Break! It will be here before we know it :)