Thanksgiving Point $2 Tuesday!

Today we headed down to Lehi for $2 Tuesday--the things we will do to save a buck! When we got there we decided to check out the Dinosaur Museum first...the line was crazy long...we should have turned and run...but we didn't...we stood in line and went in with all the other crazy $2 Tuesday people! We were "going to" come back later with the Thompsons (yes I said going to--I'll get to that part of the story later...it is still a source of heart ache in my house...can you hear the girls crying?) Anyway, since we intended to come back we kind of did the hurried version-we saw everything but there was a million (no exaggeration...ok a little exaggeration...but not much) other people there trying to see everything so we hurried. Once we were safely outside and could breathe without a million other people sucking up our oxygen we decided to go check out the gardens and I'm glad we did! For one thing there was A LOT more space and A LOT fewer people and for another thing they are GORGEOUS! I mean it they are totally beautiful (and totally worth a lot more than $2 to see-although I'm glad it was just $2 so we could afford to go see it!)



They have the Children's garden which is really cool. When you first walk in they have a big Noah's ark that shoots out water and the kids get wet. We unfortunately didn't have swimsuits for the kids, but we let them get wet anyway! Then as you walk through the children's garden they have water that shoots up at you and caves that you can go explore and a caterpillar play set...the kids had a great time!



After we played for a while we said goodbye to Aaron (he had to go home for bishopric meeting) , Esther (he took Esther to my mom because we didn't have enough seats without his car) and (unknowingly) the keys to the van which were in my diaper bag which Aaron took with him! UGH! I know, but we didn't know we were stranded at the time so we were having a great time in the Gardens--they were absolutely beautiful! Side note: when my back yard is finished I want it to look like them...we will need a lot more space AND a lot more money :) When Jeremy came down to rescue us after we realized our mishap with the keys he told me "I think this might be what heaven is like: a bunch of people walking around talking and having a good time in a beautiful place." I think he might be right. It definitely felt like we were in another world!

While we were in the Gardens Holly called and told us they were almost there so we headed to the parking lot to go meet them at the museum (it is a couple of miles away from the Gardens) that is when we realized we didn't have the keys! Long story short: we made some calls, Jeremy and Aaron headed down to rescue us and we headed back into the gardens since there was no way we were making it to the museum without a car! All in all we had a fun day (and secretly I'm kind-of glad we sent the keys with Aaron because then Jeremy was able to enjoy the gardens with us!) If you get the chance to go you should...you might even want to make the chance to go...definitely worth seeing!

OK, so I took like a million pictures (once again a little exaggeration, but not much--seriously I took hundreds of pictures) so you get a slide show. The first will be of the dinosaur museum (crazy crowded) and the second of the gardens (peaceful relaxation)