Wednesday, May 04, 2011

Grandfather and other dinosaurs :)

On Wednesday May 4, 2011 we headed out to visit my Mom's dad (Grandfather), the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point, and our friends Nathan and Stephanie.
Grandfather recently moved to an assisted living place and it was our first visit with him there.  Even though his memory is terrible these days, he is such a kind and gentle man.  He loved just being with our girls and shared some treats with them.  He asked their names over and over again because he wanted so badly to remember.  It was a nice visit and I'm thankful for such a wonderful grandfather--he has led an amazing life.

Grandfather, Megan, Amber, Brooke

We headed over to the Dinosaur Museum and the kids were having a great time.  It was very kid-friendly (I loved the signs that said "please touch").  Here they are checking out a fossil...

They built their own dinosaur...

They did some shape matching...

They especially loved the erosion room--right up until the power went out...uh oh.  We hung around for about 20 minutes and when it hadn't come back on, we went with plan B--BYU campus!

We ate Creamery ice cream in the Cougareat (and ran into some good friends who have moved from Houston there), walked around the bookstore, and enjoyed seeing all the new construction happening around campus.  Then it was off to Orem to have dinner with Nathan and Stephanie.  We had a good time chatting, laughing, trying to get our kids to sleep, and playing Pinochle.  It was a great day.

1 comment:

Heather said...

I like your title.:) It is awesome that you got to go to the museum AND get your money back. sweet.