Our Fun Weekend

We decided we needed a vacation but didn't want to spend a lot of money. So we decided a staycation in Salt Lake would do us good. We stayed at the Holiday Inn Express on the west side of town and it was fun. They had this great pool area. It had a kid play area (see below) and then it had a basketball pool, a lap pool, and a water slide for adults. It was a lot of fun.

After we checked in and played at the pool for awhile, we went to the Real soccer game. It was very warm but it was fun. The kids lastest for 3/4 of the game and then got bored. Oh well.

I think the kids favorite part was the hotel stay. They thought having a hotel room was great and they actually slept pretty good. It was a nice hotel and we had a lot of fun.

Saturday we woke up and played at the pool for another hour or so and enjoyed ourselves. Then we got dressed, checked out and went shopping. We grabbed a table at the Skybox and ate some yummy lunch while we watched the first half of the USA soccer game. Too bad they ended up losing in the end.

Then we made our way up the hill to Hogle Zoo. It is amazing how you can get away from your town and still run into people you know. We saw a family from our ward and some family friends. It was extremely hot so we were doing our best to stay cool in the misters all around the zoo. I have a bunch of pictures but didn't want to put them all on here. Below was one of the highlights for the kids:

After three hot hours at the zoo, we made our way to the Salt Lake Bees baseball game. That was a blast. We got to say hi to the Bumblebee and ate a bunch of food. We had great seats and sat in the shade the entire time. We would have loved to stay the entire game but after 9 p.m. and still in the 7th inning, we knew we had to get home. (early church and I had to teach)

I think we are still trying to recoop from our fun weekend but it was well worth it.

:-)