Heritage Park: June 16th

I think June is my favorite month of the year. I neglected a few posts in June, thinking I would "do it later," but ended up never doing it until now. I'm such a procrastinator. We had such a lovely month this past June, spending time with the children, doing activities we don't normally do, and Brad and I getting some alone time, too.

Brad and I have been married 5 years now. We celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary on June 17th. Part of our celebration was taking the kids and Grandpa North to This is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City on June 16th. Brad and I went there on one of our very first dates, back in July 2005.

We were so happy Grandpa came with us. The first place we decided to visit was Mary Fielding Smith's house, way at the east end of the park. It was a nice little hike getting up there. The view of the valley was gorgeous!

After visiting Mary Fielding Smith's house, the kids began throwing rocks in the stream by the house. This is something Lizzy LOVES to do. She had fun throwing rocks, and goose poop (much to my disgust), into the stream.

Later we headed to the school house. This was Scott's and Emma's favorite place to visit when they were younger. The kids loved drawing pictures on the old-fashion slates.

Lizzy of course LOVED the farm animals. She loved riding a horse, petting the goats and lambs, and seeing the piggies. She also got to pet a very friendly brown ox.

Scott and Emma loved panning for gold and making Indian necklaces.

Lizzy's favorite activity was riding on the trains. We rode three trains total, and she loved every single one.

This is what Lizzy looked like on the way home. Poor little girl was completely knocked out.