Great Family Weekend!

So we had a wonderful weekend away as a family! Sadly it came about because of a funeral for my Uncle Jim(which was really good, strange I know but it was more of a celebration of life and I really liked it) But because of gas prices we decided that we needed to make it a weekend away with the kids and make it fun so we left Friday morning and headed for the Zoo. It rained the whole way down so Joey said a little prayer as we got close and asked for the rain to stop so we could enjoy the Zoo as a family. Well the rain stopped and we got to see all the animals we had been talking about for weeks. Ellianna's favorite was the Gorilla's!!! Joey's was the Elephants! So glad we got to go. Oh and how could i forget we also got to ride the Train at the Zoo...we had to do that very first when we got there and Joey and Ellianna got to ride right behind the Engine!a>

After the Zoo the girls fell asleep in the car so we drove down town cause I had promised Joey we could take a ride of the big train and the TRAX are free down town. Joe dropped Joey and I off at one of the stops just around the corner from Temple Square and Joey and I got on the train. It was so fun to see how excited he was!

Then Sat. the kids and Joe spent some time with Marybeth while I went to the funeral. Ellianna had gotten sick so we didn't want to leave them all. Then we went to Salt Lake and the kids got to play in the fountain and go to Build A Bear! I think they really enjoyed it and Cambria I think likes her Bunny the most...and can I just say I am a bargin shopper all the way....we walked out of Build A Bear only spending 20 bucks..2 bears, one rabbit and 3 sounds in all and we only spent 20 with all the coupons I had...I think we did pretty good if you ask me!

That night Joey got to go swimming with Aunt Rinny and loved it the night before we had gone as a family and the next night the girls weren't feeling to good so we just let Joey go. But Sunday we went to Temple Square and walked around with the kids for a little while and got some really cute pics..but getting 3 kids to look all at the same time is really hard!