Our week in Midway...

Last week we spent a great week together in Midway...  we had a timeshare exchange we needed to use and decided that would be a great place to stay... and it was!  We did TONS of  fun stuff...

Starting with some shopping at the Park City Outlets...

Shane is totally outnumbered in the shopping department, he and Lydia hung out in the car... and napped...  and then he went to WalMart and bought a football....????  Good thing his girls were willing to play catch with him later!

The next day we hung out at the resort...   swam, explored, played games and rode on the Carousel at the hotel next door.  It was probably Jadyn's favorite activity of the week...  She asked again and again to go on the "Spinney-cell"

The next day we went to church and then decided to hike to Timpanogos Cave.  It seemed like a simple thing... only 1 1/2 miles...  but throw in a 1200 foot elevation change and a baby strapped to your front and it wasn't quite so easy.

But we made it...  and the cave was fantastic!

It was a hot, hot day... like 95 degrees hot... so the cave was a fabulous place to cool off...

Little Lydi rode like this and she was a total trooper the whole time, we never had to stop for her once!  She is truly an angel!

Jadyn rode like this for way more than Shane hoped for...

We were grateful for a nap that afternoon...

The next day was spent at the Gateway...

We have always wanted to try out Discovery Gateway... and Saige had a family pass from a school assembly so we spent a few hours there.  The girls had fun exploring and playing... I am so glad that my big girls still know how to act like little kids and get right in there "pretending" with their little sisters.

We didn't do any shopping at the Gateway, but did spend a little time at the Fountain...

The next day we rode on the Heber Valley Railroad it was fun... a nice relaxing ride with beautiful views.

(I often times ask people to take our family picture for us... ususally they turn out pretty good...  I thought this one was great... until I noticed that we lost daughter #4 at the bottom.... hehehehe...)

I can't imagine traveling very far in seats this close together...  talk about knee knocking!

I spent a good part of the ride taking cute pictures of my girls...

And yes I am hanging out of the train to get most of these pics...

 

That night my Mom and Dad and Andy and Missy came to Midway to see us. We went to dinner at a delicious restaurant with them.  Since my mom is from Midway she was more than happy to come up for a visit...  I would have to agree with her... there is something very beautiful and peaceful about that valley.

The next day was another day of hanging at the resort.  We were all excited that Joe, Lisa and Josh Astle, and Josh's friend Megan were coming to see us later.  The plan was the for the guys to golf at the HomeStead and the girls to shop in Park City.  Shane was VERY excited about the golf thing... we were right on the course and I saw him longingly gazing out at it everyday. :)

But the girls didn't have a bad time shopping either...  We may or may not have got in trouble in stores for taking pictures and horsing around... but I'm not saying for sure.  The guys decided on 18 holes so we had plenty of time for getting in trouble.

The next morning we headed to the Salt Lake Temple so that Shane and I could go to our nephew Chris' wedding.  It was very nice and we were glad that we were able to attend.  During that the girls hung out on the Temple grounds... took pictures and explored the visitor center...  We sure are thankful that Tayler and Saige are such responsible sisters....

After a change of clothes we were off to Hogle Zoo... the Astle's were meeting us there and  Jadyn was excited to see all the animals... in her words.... "the monkeys, the pigs, the horses, the cows??"

This was our whole group... a pretty exciting group I might add... I mean those people leaning over the fence staring at us seem thoroughly entertained don't they?

And Joe is just now pointing out that Shane looked fab with a couple of his girls purses??

We saw it all... rode the train and carousel... ate cotton candy, ice cream and fries... and drank out of the lions mouth of course. :)  All together a fabulous day!!

Joe was a little tuckered out by the end though...

But we all had a great day and ended with dinner at PF Changs... my favorite...

Thanks for coming with us guys you were all lots of fun.

That night we swam for the last time.. 

and headed home the next morning.  It was a good week...  I am grateful for my family and for all the memories that we make together.  You are the best!