A Spur-of-the-Moment Trip

Since Jesse is going to be starting his new job, we decided that we wanted to go do something with just our family. We had enough points with LaQuinta Hotels to get two free nights so we went down to Salt Lake and stayed a couple nights. Per the kids request we went to the aquarium and a pet store. They liked the aquarium but Cambria would only want to look at something for a moment and then be off to the next thing and true to kids' form, they liked the fake animals more than the real things. Atreyu, however, loved the shark tank and another small tank that had sea urchins in it.

I love this picture of the kids standing in front of the anaconda and the look on Cambria's face. We had to reassure them that the snake couldn't get to them as we took the picture.

Atreyu is pretending to be a shark in these pictures.

The kids had fun swimming at the hotel, going out to eat at different places, going to Asian City and trying on masks, but mostly they loved going to Wal-Mart and picking out new bikes for their birthdays. We were planning on getting Cambria a bike for her birthday and decided that she would be able to use it longer if we got it now than in the middle of the summer. She picked out a pink princess bike with a seat for a baby doll. Since Cambria was getting a new bike, Atreyu thought he needed one too. We told him that would be his birthday gift and he picked out this cool bike with huge wheels.

It was such a fun little trip and I loved having the time to spend with our little family. What a blessing all these spirits are in my life.