Going on a "Train"-chugga, chugga, choo, choo!

Yesterday Jimmy had a gold tournament so instead of sitting around all day we decided to have an adventure. After Conner's soccer game we went to Sandy to catch Trax. Before we could go though we stopped by Target and got some food for a picnic. Bananas (that was Sophie's pick), raspberries (my pick), Chicken salad and some pita's to stuff it in, and some Oreos (Conner & Kali's pick). After unloading at the station, I realized I needed cash (no debit cards- what??) so we had to pile back in the car and head to the nearest ATM machine. After getting our tickets- we were off. At each stop, Sophie would say, "more, more!" She wanted to "train" to keep going. We got off at temple square and walked to the temple grounds. We found a nice big shade tree with a beautiful view of the temple to stop and have our picnic under. After we ate we went to the visitors center that has the big Christas. The kids thought that was so neat. Sophie went right up to it and just stood there looking up at it. By the time, I found my phone to take a picture- the moment was gone. It was so sweet though while it lasted.

Then we went to a presentation of the Proclamation to the Family. It was great for kids because we moved from room to room so the kids attention was kept at each station. Sophie had a hard time in the nursery room though because she saw toys she wanted to play with. They have a glass barrier so you can't touch anything and Sophie was frustrated about that.

From there we went to the church history museum. We walked around and learned about the early members of the church. Conner and Kali both liked the bunk beds from the ships. The kids climbed in and they said it wasn't very comfy. The pillows were flat and on the top bunks one of the ladies pointed out the rats that were common on the ships. There was also a hand cart that the kids each tried to pull. It was such a neat place. If Sophie wasn't with us- we could have spent a long time looking at more of the displays. They have a whole children's area with the theme "I Am a Child of God". They had a great time going from station to station. We'll have to do something like that again soon. When we first got to Temple Square Conner said "This is such a fun day- it feels like it's some one's birthday or something."

It took us a little longer to get home than it should have. We got on the University line to go home instead of the Sandy one. So after a couple stops we got off and waited for 20 minutes for another train, and then we had to get off downtown and wait for another Sandy one. It added about 45 minutes on to our trip home. Sophie was ready to throw herself on to the tracks by the time we were done waiting. She missed her nap so she wasn't in the best of mood anyway. All in all though, we made some great memories and learned some new things about church history.