Spring Break Continued

On Wednesday, we set off for the zoo, only there was a slight problem.  When we arrived, it was incredibly crowded - so bad that we couldn't even find a parking spot in any of the lots and cars were lined up the road for at least a half mile and the line to get into the zoo was a length I couldn't even fathom conquering, so we went with Plan B and headed over to This is the Place State Park. 

Alicia chose to stay with her friends at the zoo (with their mom), so therefore, she is in none of our pictures.

The rest of us had a GREAT time with no crowds. 

 

They had a ton of fun activities, like: 

 learning how to spin wool into thread

 

how to iron the old-fashioned way

 

 

 making designs in leather

 

 

and even learning how to write using the Deseret alphabet: 

 

(Did I even know they had their own alphabet?  Why no, I did not. Did you?)

 

The girls even got to pan for gold:

 

 

They also had a cool train that took us around the park, and then a mini train too. 

 

 

 

 

...and you can't beat the view up there either. 

 

 

The girls' favorite part were the baby animals, where we spent a good deal of our time. 

 

 

 ...and of course, some fun pony rides. 

 (Kimberly brought along her friend Allison)

 

We had a delightful time, without crowds, for 6 whole hours. 

We came home and slept really well that night.