Thanksgiving Point Dinosaur Museum - December 2010

While mom and dad were visiting we braved the cold and went out to the Museum of Ancient Life down at Thanksgiving Point.  I had been there years ago with students, but never with my own kids.  The kids had a lot of fun, but definitely have attention spans of little kids.  They had fun looking at the displays though.  Here are some pictures from our trip.



The kids in front of the dinosaurs in the lobby.



The kids could see someone actually working on uncovering one of the fossils.  Pretty neat!

Gabi checking out an exhibit.

Granddad, Gabi and Koa

This was a big fossil of a whole bunch of little fish. Pretty cool!

I think Koa was more thrilled with his reflection than what was actually in the case.

Grandmom looking at an exhibit with the kids.

Gabi and Kai with a big dinosaur.

Koa doing the sorting game.

We go all the way to a museum and the kids find the computers.  :)

The sand table was a big hit with the kids.

T-Rex.

This was my favorite.  A large sea turtle.  How cool is that!?

Wouldn't want to meet this in the ocean! 

Kai "reading" the sign to us.  He would run his finger across and was making up what the sign said.  Very cute!



The large mammoth with Kai and Koa.



Church Dress - December 2010

This outfit came from Grandma and Papa for Christmas.  So cute!!

The boys are wearing their outfits from their great-grandma.  Gabi is wearing the dress from Grandma and Papa.  So cute!!





Playing in the snow - December 2010

Even in the winter you can play tetherball!

That is Koa all bundled up.

Gabi throwing a snowball.

This was Koa's first time out in the snow.  He first wanted to make sure the chairs were cleared off of snow. 

All bundled up.

Kai is covering Gabi in snow.

She tricked him...here she is getting him with snow.

Koa was playing with the water running down the drain.  His hands must have been cold!

Koa and Kai covering Gabi.

Koa was being silly and rolling over and over in the snow.

Koa also found out you can't ride bikes in the snow.

The kids wanted to make snowmen.  They forgot the arms, but they did a pretty good job!

Gabi telling Koa not to sit on it.  :)

The end product.

Gabi's dance recital - December 2010

Gabi is still quite the little dancer.  Any possible moment she gets, she is dancing.  Enjoy the pictures from her winter concert. 

** Warning:  This was the first time I was using my new camera.  I should have done some tests to figure out some of the features.  The video is not very good.**

We are very proud of our little dancer. 

For the winter concert Gabi sat with us until it was her turn to go back.  She loved watching the dancers before her.

Kai running up and down the aisle before the concert began.

Gabi's group before the song began.  She is the second from the right.  She is in a 6-8 class, although she is only 5.  The girl to the right of her is 9.  There is quite the age range.

This was taken after Gabi's performance.



Gabi with Auntie Em and Uncle Michael



Papa and Gabi.  Grandma was really sick, so she wasn't able to come.

Pictures taken at home.

Gabi showing some of her dance moves.

Hopefully Gabi will continue to love dancing.  She is pretty good at it.  :)

This is the video of her performance.  The beginning is quite blurry until I start to figure out how to use the camera.