The Living Planet Aquarium

We went on a field trip to the Living Planet Aquarium in Sandy, Utah. It was nice to have a fun activity that was nice and toasty warm.  I love penguins and they were really active. It was cool to see them just pop up out of the water and we got to see them during feeding time.  

I know this is fuzzy but so cute of them standing by "their" penguins.

This was a frog stuck to the glass and then a blue poison dart frog.

You would think they were hopping along on the frog but it was not moving anywhere.

Alana doing her hungry frog impersonation. I think she has it down.

They have several sting rays that swim around and you can touch them.  Ryker got splashed by one so he wasn't to happy about it but it is pretty neat to feel them.  I think they feel like a wet mushroom.

We checked on the penguins before we left.  They must have turned the lights on- so I got a better picture of Ryker but Alana wouldn't turn around.

Temple Square and our Christmas tree

We headed down to the Salt Lake Temple to see the lights. We met up with Greg and walked around the square. They do an amazing job of having a bazillion lights wrapped on every branch of every tree.  They also had nativities from different parts of the world it was pretty neat.

We got a Noble Fir this year for our tree.  It tipped over as we waited for Chris to come home with more lights since only one strand worked from when we used them last. We decorated it and put up the train while watching and listening to a fireplace movie which made the evening more festive.  The wood would pop and I would look around to see if there where embers somewhere that needed to be extinguished- it was weird and funny.  Ryker liked to put the ornaments on the tree so they were touching each other and I would them help him space them out.  Ryker started asking out putting up the train as soon as we told him we were going to get a tree.  It was a great weekend!!!

Alana can drink from a straw

Alana likes to try almost everything I am eating so today she was drinking my smoothie.  When I tried to put a straw in a regular cup of milk she wanted nothing to do with it.  I don't get it milk is so delicious! So we will continue to try new ways to get her to drink more fluids.

Thanksgiving Weekend

This year we spent Thanksgiving with the Findlay Family Stuffing down yummy food in the USU break room in North Logan, Utah.  We then headed back up on Saturday to watch USU take on Nevada.  Since the last game didn't turn out they have won a few games so we were hoping for the best. The weather was cold and then the sun went down and it got even colder.  Ryker was saying her was cold 5 minutes into the game.  It was worth it, we ended up winning 21-17.  Go Aggies, Go Aggies, Hey! Hey! Hey!

Alana and the Cake...

We tried the cake again the next day but she still didn't get into it. Oh well, she still has years of cake ahead of her. She really liked to smash it, smear it and fling it around but didn't like to eat it!