For weeks Sean and I have talked about just getting "the heck out of Idaho." Don't worry, we still love Idaho, we just desperately needed some type of family vacation. We decided to go to Salt Lake City. We have been wanting to take the girls to Hogle Zoo and there was a pre-season game of Jazz vs. Suns.
On our way down Thursday night we stopped at Maddox Ranch House in Brigham City (if you have never been there, YOU NEED TO! It is a Kress family favorite and it is soooooo good!). While the food was fantastic, the highlight of dinner was Taylee yelling for the whole restaurant to hear, "Daddy burped in my face! Daddy burped in my face!" (which he did!). For about 30 seconds before, both Sean and I knew what she was going to say, so we were desperately shushing her and trying to distract her, but our little girl was determined. By the time she finally got it out, both Sean and I were laughing hysterically. It was a great family moment.
We took both girls to the game as a 'test-run' for the year. Sean has season tickets to the Jazz and we wanted to see how they would do. Lets just say that we only made to half-time. And the only reason we made it that far was because Brynlee had her licorice and Taylee had her rootbeer.
On Friday, we took the girls to Hogle Zoo. It was a blast, though I'm not sure who was more excited to see the animals, the girls or Sean :-) Brynlee loved the tiger (I think it is her favorite animal), and Taylee loved both the giraffes and elephants. Sean, I think, liked the tiger too. It sat in the corner of his cage and was just growling and howling (it was definitely a bit weird). Sean put Taylee on his shoulders and they 'talked' back to the tiger. I did decide that I like the zoo better in the fall. It WAS cold, but the animals were more active. The cougars were running and jumping around, the bears were all awake and moving, the rhino was right at the window looking back at us. It was great!
On our way down Thursday night we stopped at Maddox Ranch House in Brigham City (if you have never been there, YOU NEED TO! It is a Kress family favorite and it is soooooo good!). While the food was fantastic, the highlight of dinner was Taylee yelling for the whole restaurant to hear, "Daddy burped in my face! Daddy burped in my face!" (which he did!). For about 30 seconds before, both Sean and I knew what she was going to say, so we were desperately shushing her and trying to distract her, but our little girl was determined. By the time she finally got it out, both Sean and I were laughing hysterically. It was a great family moment.
We took both girls to the game as a 'test-run' for the year. Sean has season tickets to the Jazz and we wanted to see how they would do. Lets just say that we only made to half-time. And the only reason we made it that far was because Brynlee had her licorice and Taylee had her rootbeer.
On Friday, we took the girls to Hogle Zoo. It was a blast, though I'm not sure who was more excited to see the animals, the girls or Sean :-) Brynlee loved the tiger (I think it is her favorite animal), and Taylee loved both the giraffes and elephants. Sean, I think, liked the tiger too. It sat in the corner of his cage and was just growling and howling (it was definitely a bit weird). Sean put Taylee on his shoulders and they 'talked' back to the tiger. I did decide that I like the zoo better in the fall. It WAS cold, but the animals were more active. The cougars were running and jumping around, the bears were all awake and moving, the rhino was right at the window looking back at us. It was great!
3 comments:
I wish I could have been there to see the restaraunts reaction to Taylee...that is priceless!!! It sounds like you guys had a good family getaway. We all need them once and a while :)
I want to go to Maddox...it's so close but we have never been. I'm glad it was so much fun and that Sean had as much fun as the girls at the zoo! You gotta love family outings...we all need them...especially when we bring back such great memories.
I love reading your stories. Taylee has got quite the cute personality. Derek's parents always get tickets to some of the Jazz games for their business and they usually end up in Derek's hand. Maybe we'll see you there!
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