Fall Break - Day 3: Texas Roadhouse

We got some free kid meal coupons at the Dinosaur park for Texas Roadhouse so we decided to make good use of them.
They food was super yummy as always.  We all love Texas Roadhouse!

Fall Break - Day 3: Tree House Museum

The Tree House Museum was probably the most favorite thing that we did the whole trip.
They had so many things for the kids to do.  Even Tyler and Josh loved it.  They had all these mini rooms that were like real life.  Like a mini doctors office, grocery story, restaurant, fire station, police station (Josh's fav), and much more.  They had tons of learning activities, crafts, a doll room, theater room, science room, and more.  It was pretty awesome.
 This was the rainy day so we planned on doing this museum that was all indoors.
We got there right when it opened and then let the kids play for like two hours before deciding it was time to go get some lunch at Texas Roadhouse.
After we ate lunch the kids wanted to come back to the Tree House Museum, so we did.  The price of admission is for all day so we could go back.
When we went back they were starting a kid run play.  Megan really wanted to do it so we let the boys go play while we took the girls to the play.  Megan ended up getting a part as a rabbit and she did a great job.  So fun to watch her do that and be so brave.
We let them play another couple hours before we left to go to the movies.  We went and saw Abominable and it was super cute.  It was the perfect activity to go along with our rainy day plans.
After the movies we went to Crumbl and got some yummy cookies.  We then went back to the hotel to relax and watch the BYU game.
The next morning we checked out and went back home.  It was a great Fall Break and we had a really good time exploring Ogden.  It worked out perfectly and we all had a great time.

Fall Break - Day 2: Pumpkin Patch

On the way back to the hotel we spotted a fun pumpkin patch so we decided to stop and check it out.  They had fun games and activities for the whole family.
We started at the corn pit.  The boys didn't want to play in the corn with the little kids so they went on ahead to do the maze and climb on hay bales.
After the girls played in the corn for a little while they decided they wanted to go down the slides that were coming down from the hay bales.
After that it was time to go on the train ride.  This was a big hit with the girls, especially Allie.  Megan went a couple times before she wanted to go do other things, but Allie went probably five or six times.  But hey it was all part of the entrance fee so I let her go as many times as she wanted.
Allie really liked going down the slides too.  I even went down a couple times.  I got a lot of hay in lots of places.  But it was fun.  We stayed until it was almost closed.  It was a good find.

Fall Break - Day 2: Spiral Jetty

Before leaving that part of the area we drove over to the Spiral Jetty that is by the Great Salt Lake.  It was quite the drive and we weren't really sure if we were going the right way but we found it.
We all got out of the car and walked down to the "beach" and walked on the rocks of the jetty that someone made a long time ago.

It was nice to walk in the sunshine and we enjoyed the view.  I didn't even know that this jetty was there or that it was a thing, so that was a fun thing to see.  Good times.  After we walked around we headed back up to the car and started driving back to the hotel.

Fall Break - Day 2: Golden Spike

After eating lunch at a Mexican restaurant we headed out to the Golden Spike national park.  It was kind of a long drive but not too bad.
Once we got there we found out that because Josh is a forth grader he got a free national parks pass for the year.  He just had to answer a couple questions and then we all got in for free and he received a pass.  We hope to use that pass in the future.
We then took a pretend spike out to the spot where both railroads met together.  The kids then pretended to hammer it in the wood.  It was pretty windy and cold outside so we didn't stay out there very long.
Once we got back into the visitor center we got a work packet for the kids to do.  Only Josh and Megan wanted to do them.  So they completed the packets and became Jr. Rangers.
After that we watched a movie about the railroads being built from each side of the country.  It was very interesting to see the history behind the railroads and all that went into building them.
After the video we went to the maintenance garage where we saw replicas of the two trains that came to meet on that day at the Golden Spike.  It was fun to see those up close and hear about the differences in the trains.  It was cool but we were all pretty trained out by then so we were done.

Fall Break - Day 2: Union Station

First activity of the day on Friday was Union Station.  They have big trains outside for you to walk around and look at.  You don't get to go on them or in them, so that is a bummer but it was cool to see them up close.
Inside Union Station has 5 different museums. 

They have the history of trains museum that talked about...the history of trains.  That was interesting.  The kids don't like to stop and read the signs with all the information so that can be hard sometimes.  But they did have a cool play room with train stuff to play on.  They all really liked that.  They liked pretending to drive a train and push all the buttons.  It was a fun room.
Then it was the gun museum.  That had a lot of guns and a very opinionated presenter.  It was interesting for a minute.  Then we saw some really cool old cars.  That was fun.  They also had some other smaller displays but they weren't very interesting to kids and only mildly interesting to adults.
After exploring all the inside things we then checked out the trains on the other side of the station.  They were cool enough.  We decided that as plenty time at Union Station and we went to get lunch.

Fall Break - Day 1: Dinosaur Park Halloween Fun

We had a little trouble getting to the dinosaur park but once we got there we parked and then got the kids dressed up their Halloween costumes.
Then we went into the park.  We were greeted with hot chocolate and a spin wheel for prizes.  After that we went around the park trick-or-treating and seeing the dinosaurs (at least what we could see of them).
After going around outside we then went inside for games.  Each game the kids won candy so that was fun.  They got a couple books, coupons for free food, and more.
After the games the girls wanted to do the costume parade.  We all walked around in a big circle and like 5 different people gave the kids handfuls of candy.  We left there with tons of candy, I was totally surprised.
After the parade we did a craft for a little while before the park closed.  It was tons of fun and we were really glad we did it.  The weather was chilly but not too bad and it only sprinkled a little bit, so that was great.

Fall Break - Day 1: Ice Cream & Park Fun

After getting changed we decided to go get some ice cream at the Farr ice cream place.  We all got some yummy ice cream and ate it all.
We had some time before we needed to head up to the dinosaur park so we drove around a little bit and found a really fun park.
We all got out and played at the park for a long time.  The kids all loved it and found fun friends to play with.  It was pretty busy with kids.  We were all enjoying the weather while it was nice.
We played until it was time to go to the dinosaur park.  Then we left.

Fall Break - Day 1: Lunch & Hot Tub Fun

After the aerospace museum we went to lunch at a very yummy lodge-type place.  It was a fun atmosphere and the food was super good.  The portions were huge so we had plenty of left overs that we took back to our hotel.
After eating we checked into our hotel in Ogden.  It was a hotel that was attached to the conference center.  We were unaware of this went we booked it.
We were told on the website that they had an indoor pool, but they did not.  They only had an indoor hot tub.  But it was a big hot tub and since it was the afternoon no one else was using it so we had it all to our selves.
It was fun for a little while but it got hot so we were done.  We then went up to our rooms and got ready for the nights activities.

Fall Break - Day 1: Aerospace Museum

We met Margie at our house after our flu shots.  After loading up her car we drove up to the Aerospace Museum.  It was our first stop on our awesome vacation to Ogden.
It was really cool and interesting to see so many different airplanes from different times in history.
The kids were really into it at first but then got bored. It was very cool but it was a lot of planes.