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Hanging Out!

Today and yesterday we visited the Kennecott Copper Mine and the Thanksgiving Point Dino Museum. We played a lot and learned a lot.
We enjoyed our days especially because of the
family we hung out with! We felt small next to
the dino bones and really small next to the big
trucks and the huge open pit mine! The
favorite was the "Erosion Exploration" at the
Dino Museum. Maylin hated the wet sand, but
loved the cool blue plastic aprons! She was also afraid of the big dino faces. Hey, who could blame her. Cousins Cooper and Alex made some great dino habitats. We also enjoyed some time at our house for lunch and fun "at the park" as Coop called our yard. (We have an acre.) Maylin loved her cousins. She loved to touch baby Mason and swing with Coop, but forget it if mom touched them. She let them know that mom was off limits! Please come see us again, our Colorado
family!






















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hooli said…
Thanks SO much for a fabulous past couple of days. It was awesome. We love you guys -- all of you.
June 9, 2007 at 3:44 PM
Glenda said…
Looks like you had too much fun without me.
What fun things you have to do in Utah.
I think like gets boring in Idaho. We have to travel too far to see anything.
Love to all....
PS: We should be in our house by the first of next week.
June 10, 2007 at 9:31 AM
Anonymous said…
Looks like a very fun time!
My favorite picture on this post is Austin and the dino..They look like good friends:)
June 10, 2007 at 8:49 PM
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