one day weekend

 Mormons are known for many things.  They are not well known for having one day weekends, every weekend, but we do.  Sunday is the Lord's day.  Saturday is our play day.  We have been waiting all week with several ideas of fun things to do.  Utah has lots of awesome outdoors things to do.  Today it was raining all day.

So we made the best of it but it was definitely a plan B day.

This morning we went to see Beauty and the Beast.  We all LOVED it. I loved it even more the second time.  

When we came home we loaded up the car and went to the BYU bean museum.  It is small, but fun, and free, so that's good.  We had a fun time.  

 On the way home we stopped for froyo.  Poor Tatum walked into a bar and hit her eye.  She was sad.  We got a bag of ice for her head and a yogurt and then she was fine.

 After all our outings I dropped the kids at home and went to the store.  Shopping in Utah is awesome.  First I stopped by Deseret Books and bought a couple new pairs of garments.  It is luxurious to buy them so easily.  At home we get them at the distribution center by the temple...which is not convenient to get to at the right hours.  So that was great.  Then I bought a few groceries at Walmart and they put my food in plastic bags FOR FREE! How awesome is that!

 So the evening was dinner, and playing, and watching the women's session of conference.  Not bad for a plan B day.

 Ethan juggled in the gift shop.

 This is a fun game we invented called "paw patrol brigade".  Each child gets an antibactrial wipe and then they wipe up as many paw prints as quickly as they can!  It's fun. Penny has won two days in a row.

 Cute boy!

Uncle Ethan helped Moe when it was his turn to read the scriptures.  So sweet.

And finally here's the vacationers.  They are having an awesome time and it's been fun to see the snap stories and to chat with them each day.  The kids particularly have been enjoying watching the stories over and over.