Family Fun Week - Day 4

Today's agenda included: Tracy Aviary, Oquirrh Park aquatics, Chick-fil-A, and swim lessons.

I just took my kids to the aviary last month, but it had been years and years since Brian's last visit and so we went again.  I really didn't mind at all going again, since they have greatly improved the aviary in the last couple years.  And, I also discovered a whole area that we didn't get to see the last time.

 

Having Brian around this week has been fabulous!  Not just because I love spending time with him, which I do, but also because I have been spoiled with the extra set of helping hands.  I have hardly had to push a stroller all week!  I have found myself on many occasion with nothing to do but take lots of pictures.   

When we got to the aviary, we (I) discovered that a certain someone (Brian) failed to put any shoes on Luke.  And so he was banished to the stroller.   Our little wanderer hates being restrained like that, but he actually did remarkably well. 

Once we got into the owl forest, we let Luke out of the stroller to wander a bit...he was quite happy about that.

After leaving the aviary, we were off to spend the afternoon at the pool.  So, so, so much fun!  We spent about five hours there and when it was time to go, nobody wanted to leave. The big kids had just as much fun (maybe even more) as the little kids.  We left with a resolve to return again soon.

  Chase practiced his sitting skills...he needs more practice.

 Waiting for the big bucket to dump.

 All tuckered out.

We really could have stayed at the pool longer, but we had swimming lessons to get to.  All that fun in the sun had left us famished, so we made a pit stop at Chick-fil-A for a quick dinner.  We ordered our food, pulled up to the window, paid for our food, and as the worker was handing us our dinner, our car went kaput.  It just completely up and died on us.  The car was in park, so there was no pushing it out of the way either.  I know nothing about cars, so I couldn't give you an explanation, but Brian was dumfounded as well.  A Chick-fil-A worker pulled her car around to give us a jump which only worked long enough for Brian to switch to neutral so we could then push the car out of the way.  We had caused quite a back-up. 

Another attempted jump yielded no positive results and so my mom came to our rescue.  She picked up me and the kids so Ashlyn and Trent wouldn't miss their final day of swim lessons.  Brian was left alone at Chick-fil-A to figure out how to get our van back to the house.

While we were gone, Brian figured out that something called a 'relay' was possibly he problem.  However, that part has to be special ordered, which means that our van is out of commission for a week.  Dang. As luck would have it, Mindy and her family are out of town and offered us the use of their van.  So, we are back in business and our Family Fun Week will continue!  Oh and our good neighbors (and I'm not talking about State Farm here) came and towed our car home.  All is well...hopefully.  Unless, of course, the relay-thingy isn't really the issue. 

Favorite part of Day 4?
Ashlyn - "The big, red, twisty slide at the pool"
Trent - "I don't have a favorite part" (not sure what that means, but he does claim to have had fun)
Luke - "Birds!"