Fun in August with the Ashcrafts!

My sister Chrissy and her four kids from Vernal came to the city to hang out for two weeks. We had so much fun hanging out with them each day!! How I wish they lived closer!! Here are a lot- really... a lot... of pictures from some of the things we did each day!

We went to a really neat pool up in Bountiful with lots of water toys!! Rylan of course stuck to his favorite thing to do at most water parks we've visited over this summer, which was to run back and forth over and over through these water fountains!


However, on this trip, Rylan did find a new love. He was able to go down the big water slide on my lap. He would smile and squeal the whole way down only to scream "more, more" as soon as we were off at the bottom! I lost count of how many times we went on this water slide. He absolutely loved it! (Hard to see, but this is Rylan and I coming down.)


He also loved crawling around in the shallow end... He did this forever as well.


Addilyn got to chill in her floaty. When she could touch in the shallow end, she would push herself along the floor of the pool. She'd get this huge smile as she realized what she was doing.


Another day we went downtown to the Discovery Gateway children's museum. We've been here many times before, but Addilyn wasn't as mobile. So it was fun to see her explore a little on her own.








This was one of Rylan's favorites... riding the tractor all around!


Addilyn's first time on a horse.... love that it's not real! She's so tiny up there!


Afterward we walked over to the water fountains at the Gateway. The kids all brought their swimsuits excited to get wet! Rylan was in heaven!

Little water fountains before "the fountain music show".....


When the music starts every half hour, the water fountains get much bigger and go along with music of course.... I know it's hard to see, but check out Rylan's face. He looks so overwhelmed with excitement he doesn't know what to do!




Addilyn enjoyed a little of it too. She sat on the edge where there were little spouts of water that splashed her every now and then. She's a pro at walking now...but when this picture was taken, she was practicing a couple steps. She loves to clap at herself after she does. :)


This was a funny picture to see most of the boys together.... sunbathing. Even Rylan had to join in.


Another day we went over to the Kennecott Utah Copper Mine. It's one of the largest copper mines in the world and was quite a site to see!


These are the trucks that drive up and down to transport the material. Although they look quite small from a distance....


This is how big their wheels were. HUGE!! Rylan, Addilyn, and myself are so tiny compared to it!


Inside their small museum, Rylan of course found trucks! He stared for a couple of minutes like a little boy in a candy shop! He's so funny.


Mommy & Addilyn


On August 11th we celebrated Chrissy's birthday! She picked Outback for dinner which was delicious... below is a picture of all minus one child that sat at our table! We had six kids and five adults. Good times! I'm glad we were able to celebrate it with her!


Rylan is in love with anything trains. So Chrissy thought it'd be fun to go ride the UTA FrontRunner. We rode it up a little ways, got off, did some shopping, and then hopped back on. It was so simple and so much fun!

Myself with Addilyn


Chrissy & Rylan


Chrissy's kids, from the left... Kaylee-Khloe-Kollin-Kooper




Ryland & Addilyn checking out the tracks!


We ate lots of yummy food throughout their trip... Below is at Firehouse Subs. This is Addilyn and her cousin Kooper who was trying to get her to sport one of the free, cool, fireman hats. It made me laugh, so I thought I'd throw it in there too.




There are probably a hundred more photos.... we had so much fun and although after two weeks I'm sure they were ready to head back home... we were sad to see them go!