We made our annual trek to SLC, mainly to go to the BYU/Texas game. Our first stop was, of course, The Red Iguana!
Ellie and dada at Red Iguana
Silas and dada at Red Iguana
Following our lunch outing we headed to the outlet mall
Then hit up Moochie's for dinner
Driving with dada at Moochie's (notice Ellie's new Utah Utes cheerleader bear)
We headed out the the Utah State Fair which was a blast...
so much so that we ended up going two nights in a row!
The day of the game we headed out to Thanksgiving Point Farm
where Ellie got to ride the ponies
Then to Thanksgiving Point Natural History Museum to check out the dinosaurs.
We also got to check out this bad boy Megalodon!
Which had Ellie VERY scared!!!
Finally it was time for the game!
As you can see in the background...some ominous weather was approaching
Soon after this picture the rain started pouring like I've never seen before and we were forced to take cover inside the stadium. During this time mass chaos ensued and Justin and I were separated. I had Ellie and Justin had Silas. Thousands of people were crammed inside the interior of the stadium which was a bit scary. Finally I figured out that Justin and I were on different levels of the stadium so Ellie and I pressed through the crowds and found Justin hiding out by a little almond stand. The man running the almond stand was kind enough to let Justin and Silas hide out there to avoid the weather (the level they were on was somewhat open to the exterior).
We waited for several hours before the game resumed. The rain and lightening was so intense that we could not walk back to the car to leave. So we just had to wait, which was not a fun thing to do with two little kids who just wanted to be on the move and couldn't understand what was going on.
We did stay for the game -- UT lost ---- and left with a bunch of new rain gear (we had - along with thousands of other people - hit up the BYU apparel store to get coats, ponchos, and blankets) and a pretty memorable story!
After our Craaazy day we decided to keep it low key with a visit to the Children's museum
Working on an arts and crafts project!
Gathering up "bricks" to build a fort
