On Wednesday, we went looking for a place to ride our bikes. We had been wanting to find a gorgeous trail to ride along and this was our big adventure for today. We followed a brochure map that we got from the Chamber of Commerce and found a little trail with kiosks all along the paved trail telling about what the area used to be like thousands of years ago. Apparently Cache Valley was under water at one time and that is why the soil here is so rich. No wonder everyone here has a vegetable garden. At the top of the mountain, we found tons of sea shells and the girls gathered up handfuls to bring home. We walked and Jace rode his bike along the trail until we came to an amphitheater and then went on a short beautiful hike up the side of a mountain. The trail was covered in shredded bark, (I love that smell) and had hundreds of wildflowers along the path. The path was shaded and it was just heavenly to behold. Someone spends lots of time maintaining the trail because there were little ceramic frogs, butterflies and other garden ornaments all along the way. Near the top of the trail, there was an amazing view of the Cache Valley and the Logan temple. A house right there would have been magnificent. When we reached the top, we had traveled from the bottom of the nature park into a well-kept neighborhood with historic houses. We looked around on foot for awhile and then decided to drive the neighborhood when we got back to the truck. We played at a fun park that had a misting system for the kids to cool off under and then came home for some lunch.
It was still dark outside when I woke up the three smallest children to drive them all to Salt Lake City for Jace to do a commercial for Foundation for a Better Life. He had to be there by 7:15 a.m. and it takes an hour and a half to drive there so we left at 5:30 and made it two minutes before call time. I had the kids stay in their pajamas and sleep while I drove but no one really slept because Maci kept talking. They changed clothes in the car while I was driving and we took a couple of minutes once we got there to brush teeth and comb hair. With two minutes to spare, we arrived in the Avenues in Salt Lake (another place I would love living. The old trees and homes are so inviting to me AND the beautiful yards.)
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| Jace in the red ball cap with his crew from the commercial. Danna Wilson was also chosen to be in the commercial and it was fun to see her and her dad. Lynn played with the girls while the filming was going on. |
We finally found one and went in a bought coloring books and crayons, a backpack for Maci to take to kindergarten and polly pocket rapunzel dolls. I needed some things to keep the girls busy during the day because I knew it would be a long one and Maci isn't one to just sit for very long. We headed back to the shoot location and didn't stay very long because it was time for lunch and the actors were the only ones being served lunch and the little girls were hungry. We went to Wendy's and grabbed some fast food which the girls ate quickly because the next thing on our agenda was the splash pad at the Gateway Mall. We came prepared with swimsuits and towels this time and the girls played for a couple of hours with no complaints at all.
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| The kids all got their own guest library card so they could play on the computers. |
After we dried off and got dressed, we headed to the Salt Lake library on 400 South. What a treat!!! The children's section is one whole floor of the library with furniture just their size and lots of cubbies to sit and read in. Bean bag chairs and comfy, quiet places to peruse through books were everywhere. It was excellent! Plus the had about 20 computers for the kids to play on, either on the internet, or they had a ton of educational games on the desktops of the computers for the littler kiddos. Soon after we got there we got a call, picked up Jace and returned to the library. The kids rode in the glass elevator where you can see all the mechanics of the elevator and look out at everyone as you travel up and down to each floor. I think that was the highlight for the kids at the library. We grabbed a bite to eat at McDonald's, all because it had a playplace and then began the long journey home. What a day! Glad it's over and now I'm going to shower and head to bed. It has been a long, but fun, day. I forgot to mention that Sierra had tickets to a show called, Little Shop of Horrors, and chose to stay home and go to that. She really enjoyed the quietness and going to the show with Jeanette Blakeney, her new opera friend. They made pasta roni and ate caramel corn while watching a movie after the play. Sierra also forgot to water her plants and they looked dead when I got home. We will see if they survived her neglect:)
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