THANKSGIVING POINT

Saturday, March 21, 2009 What a day. Niki called and asked if we wanted to meet her, Alexa and Gavin at Thanksgiving Point. It was a beautiful day. It was supposed to get up to 75 degrees and I believe it probably did. Judy suggested I call Corey and ask if he wanted us to take Jayden and Bailey with us. He did. He had been up until 2:30 in the morning doing homework so we drove out to their home, picked up the kids and drove to Thanksgiving Point. (Stacey was at work at Fedex-Kinkos.) We started out by getting something to eat at the deli. From their, we did the Dinosaur Museum. Unfortunately we started out going through some “reduced light” areas and Alexa did a minor freak-out, but after hurrying to a better lit area, she was ok and was having fun. From the Dinosaur Museum we walked to the farm animal zoo and looked at a lot of the animals. We got distracted before we were half way through when the kids saw the pony ride. There were six ponies attached to poles going round and round under an open sided tent. Jayden, Bailey, Alexa and I got in line and waited for our turn. When it was our turn Jayden insisted on getting on the biggest horse without help. One of the workers grabbed Bailey and put her on hers and I put Alexa on a small pony. I walked around beside her for one rotation but she was having so much fun and not needing any help so after that I waited against the fence next to where Judy, Niki and Gavin were sitting. Every time she got around to where we were, she posed or waved and Niki took her picture. After it was over we all left the ride but a moment later I found Alexa back in the entrance saying “My turn!” Funny! The girls decided to look through the shops. Jayden didn’t want to so he and I drove to Liberty Land in Lehi next. He and I played air hockey then Jayden climbed the rock climbing wall making it all the way to the top and hitting the buzzer button. After that he rode the Jumping Frog. He wanted to do more but we were running out of money. Later this evening we all ate at Café el Lago. Niki got out a bottle of hand sanitizer for Alexa and Bailey’s hands. Niki set in on the table and before long Gavin grabbed it, stuck it in his mouth and sucked some into his mouth. Judy read the label. It said to go to a doctor or call poison control. There is an Intermountain Instacare next door so Niki grabbed Gavin and ran over to talk to them. She was soon back with a relieved smile on her face. They told her that he probably didn’t get enough in him to do any harm and to just watch him. In spite of that it was a fun day!