Crazy Cousin Time...

we went to this crazy fun indoor everything place in utah. rollerskating, and bouncey houses galore! video games, and swimming, and climbing tunnels around half the building. these boys look exhausted!


it was hot, duh...and the water fountain broke while we were here. thankfully aunt shelley saved the day with otter pops!


this very bouncey thing has been the sight of several accidents, that i have witnessed for a few of the cousins. this time, toran made it out alive.


near the end of our adventure here, the boys were a little stir crazy, so i challenged them to pretend they were indiana jones and race through this insanity of a bouncey house. at first caleb was cruising...


...but he got all caught on plastic and didn't slide down so fast. the winner is: TORAN JONES!


we spent some time at a great new kids museum. caleb was in charge of the lighting during one of the girls' plays...


i have no idea what the play was about. i did try to follow the storyline, but to no avail. cabes did great giving them the proper lighting...


of course haven's favorite spot was the water location. it's pretty nifty. lots of tubes and balls and water. why whouldn't she love it?


cabes had a great time here with haves. they had to share 1 ball as there was a little boy who was "collecting" (stealing) them somewhere...i guess he was preparing for the stock market crash a little early...

now, this boy was hoarding balls, but only the purple ones. don't really know the answer to that one either, but toran and the cousins had a great time using the up once they hunted them all down!


toran is a bit of an animal-lover. and it doesn't matter if they breathe or are stuffed...he'll even dress up like one! chase is wearing one of the dog outfits while i assume toran is sending some chicken mail...


the construction pits was one of my favorite places here. i think glenn and i were both imagining our playroom with these cool toys!


cabes did work together, atleast with our family. there was a small scuffle with an outsider, but i think he was silenced...did you see that block move?


haven loved sliding the blocks down the tube, and wanted to get in herself. especially after caleb did!

Seeing the Sights in Utah...

this beautiful globe is a time capsule, that can be found inside the gorgeous joseph smith memorial building. here ciela and toran are pointing to buffalo!


a couple of crazy kids we found being ridiculous in a very fancy place!!


everything looks peaceful here, but they are only tricking you! it got crazy, fast up here!


haven konked out after a few attractions. she is an inexperienced traveler.


the kids by the conference center. there are about a zillion doors here, but you can actually only use 1 of them! aagghhh!!!!


by the river on the conference center roof. our tour guide reminded our kids a few times of all the rules. like not getting too close to the edge (ignored), and staying away from the water (what did you say?) not climbing (whatever!)...


you can sense from this picture the draining heat that we were in up there. i felt badly for the tour guide in his nice suit, and no water bottle! check out the wonderful view!


pretty ciela by one of the lovely statues by the church headquarters building. the flower gardens here are overwhelming!


this is what our awesome boys are like half of the time. and about half of the vacation! they are just as sweet as those flowers!

While In Utah...

we went to the beautiful conference center while we were in utah. they have paintings displayed of all the book of mormon story pictures. really cool.



toran checking out "the man". the idea of this shot was better than the actual shot!


you can see our reflection. that's me taking the picture and our little fam. the tour guide is on the right side and the rest of the tour on the left. what you can't see is that between the mirror and us is a huge opening that goes down to the first floor. i think we are on the 3rd. with a beautiful piece of art that is suspended and goes to the floor. wow!


on the roof on the conference center they have 2 very large prisms, or things like prisms. and in the right spot in the seating area, rainbows are splayed on the seats. it was way prettier than you can sense from the picture here!


there is a little river that is on the roof of the conference center, and it runs down forming a waterfall from the roof. it looked very inviting in the very hot heat!


we went to the hogle zoo with some family, and the kids played on this ornately carved elephant, that also made noises at you!


of course what is a hot zoo day without cold stuff ? maybe the only thing that's $1 here.


glenn with our nephew atticus! he is the 2nd newest little ashworth, and growing into his crazy little self.


i forced my family and lizzy's to go to the This is the Place moonument. and who knew there are like 10 other monuments there as well? we saw a few of them. i don't remember which one this is...


this one made me cry. with the sweet family in prayer. kind of wanted to take a picture of family praying by them, but thought that might look a little wrong-o. caleb is definitely all done with this day!