VACATION DECISIONS

I always look forward to vacation. It is a time that we can get away with our children and discover the world. Okay, (if I'm being realistic), discover Idaho and Utah.

We started really taking vacations two years ago. In 2007, we were able to go to Utah. The highlights of our trip were the Tree House Museum in Ogden,


Cherry Hills in Layton, (these are not my children)


Build-A-Bear, and Fat Cats.

Last year (2008), we went to Boise and stayed with my sister. We went ice skating at their ice skating rink, went to look at the outlets (that was a flop), Goody's (good, but not as good as Leatherbee's), the Discovery Center of Idaho, and Build-A-Bear. (I believe that Build-A-Bear might become a tradition.)

This year, we are gearing up to go to Utah again. I decided that it would be really fun to do have the kids decide what we would do. So I started the research (yes, I research online for everything) on fun things in Utah, printed fake money, and wrote down each activity with a price tag. The we gathered the kids to make their vacation decisions.

We handed them the fake money and the first thing Dawson said was, "We need to go to fakemoney.com to print more money." He learned quickly to pick the stuff that was 'free' so that we could do more stuff. But here is what we decided:

The Tree House Museum - the kids just can't live without going here
The Heber Creeper - riding the rail road tracks at Heber City
Thanksgiving Point - Farm Country, Children's Discovery Garden, and the Museum of Ancient Life

Each time that we asked what he would like to do, he would respond with "the hotel!" We are going to stay one night camping and one night in a hotel, so they can swim in the pool.

So, friends and family, if you know of any places to camp poor man's style (in a tent, but with flushing toilets and maybe showers) in between Heber City and Lehi, please let us know!!!