This is the Place

My folks and I took Luke, Jade, Harry and Ivy to the This is the Place monument and pioneer village on Friday and we all had a great time. It is definitely an all day event and there is so much to see and do, and although the kids aren't quite old enough to understand the significance of what they were seeing, they loved every minute and were attentive to the people teaching them and telling them stories about the pioneers. My mom took Luke and Jade to the historical sites downtown on Thursday, so they were primed perfectly for this opportunity. (My sis Amy did a nice post about that here.)

Just a word of advice for those who might be thinking about visiting, try to go earlier in the season than we did. Apparently, they run out of supplies for the crafts and we had trouble finding the three we paid for with each admission. Here are a TON of pictures from our fun outing....

They thought it would be "so fun to be a pioneer."
On the wagon ride...
They got to pet the baby duckling.
Learning the three R's. They all made lots of noise while designing their leather.
They also helped print the first edition of the Deseret News.

Making pinwheels was definitely a highlight....and an obsession.

The group appropriately at the "Andrus House."Our cute, tired kids.