Our weekend to Price, Utah!
I'm sure you are all wondering what would bring an entire family to Price. Well, it's because my mom wanted us to attend the Castledale Pageant, in yes, Castledale. (It is 30 minutes out of Price) Anyways, Price was my dads childhood home. He grew up in the house shown above. On Saturday, my dad drove us around giving us the in depth tour of Price. I have been through the tour before, but this time it was fun because Jared and the grandkids got to hear all the stories.
So, the entire drive (2 1/2 hrs) to the pageant it was a complete down pour. It rained and rained. Jared and I wondered if we should even drive there. Ya, know thinking of gas money! Well, we went on our way and the rain cleared up. No joke just minutes before it started. The pageant was great. Alayna really got into it and had several sweet tender spiritual moments. I will share them later.
But on Saturday we went to the famous Price wave pool. This childhood memory was the ONLY thing that I remembered being the same...FRIGHTENING! The waves were still just as big and outrageous. You may be wondering why I am showing pictures of Jacob in the porta-crib. It is because I saw this great idea from other parents at 7-peaks. Since we spent hours there at the pool. He really didn't want more than a few minutes in the pool. I couldn't just let him RUN around as he wanted to do. So I had Jared go get his "cage" so we could trap him in! It worked. He played for about an hour...and then eventually fell asleep! It worked great. Alayna attempted to be brave. The first 5 or so wave sessions she would run as fast as she could out of the water to wait patiently until they were over. Then she would return just as quickly to the water when it was calm. But by the last few minutes, she said, "Are the waves on, I think I do like them!" So off she went, as if she had loved and enjoyed them the whole day! My mom and I realized it just takes her personality a little time to realize all is well and that she can enjoy herself! We had a VERY enjoyable quick mini-vacation. Who knew you could have a great weekend in rural Utah? Well, we did!
I'm sure you are all wondering what would bring an entire family to Price. Well, it's because my mom wanted us to attend the Castledale Pageant, in yes, Castledale. (It is 30 minutes out of Price) Anyways, Price was my dads childhood home. He grew up in the house shown above. On Saturday, my dad drove us around giving us the in depth tour of Price. I have been through the tour before, but this time it was fun because Jared and the grandkids got to hear all the stories.
So, the entire drive (2 1/2 hrs) to the pageant it was a complete down pour. It rained and rained. Jared and I wondered if we should even drive there. Ya, know thinking of gas money! Well, we went on our way and the rain cleared up. No joke just minutes before it started. The pageant was great. Alayna really got into it and had several sweet tender spiritual moments. I will share them later.
But on Saturday we went to the famous Price wave pool. This childhood memory was the ONLY thing that I remembered being the same...FRIGHTENING! The waves were still just as big and outrageous. You may be wondering why I am showing pictures of Jacob in the porta-crib. It is because I saw this great idea from other parents at 7-peaks. Since we spent hours there at the pool. He really didn't want more than a few minutes in the pool. I couldn't just let him RUN around as he wanted to do. So I had Jared go get his "cage" so we could trap him in! It worked. He played for about an hour...and then eventually fell asleep! It worked great. Alayna attempted to be brave. The first 5 or so wave sessions she would run as fast as she could out of the water to wait patiently until they were over. Then she would return just as quickly to the water when it was calm. But by the last few minutes, she said, "Are the waves on, I think I do like them!" So off she went, as if she had loved and enjoyed them the whole day! My mom and I realized it just takes her personality a little time to realize all is well and that she can enjoy herself! We had a VERY enjoyable quick mini-vacation. Who knew you could have a great weekend in rural Utah? Well, we did!
