Labor Day Weekend

Saturday morning, we headed to the Living Planet Aquarium.  Thanks to some friends, we ended up only having to pay for Jeremy to get in!

Clara was so  happy to see Bruce from Finding Nemo, but Joe wasn't thrilled.

I was so proud of Clara!  She was scared to cross this rope bridge, but she did it!  Way to go!

The kids' favorite part is always the huge tank at the end.  We spend so much time just watching all the fish swim around.

That night we introduced the kids to some of our favorite Wii games.  Joe now loves to play Mario Cart and watch all the cars race around.  Clara loves to play Mario Galaxy with her dad.  She loves getting to collect all the star bits as the second player, and be able to hold the bad guys while Dad jumps on them!

Monday morning we went to Seven Peaks for the last time this summer.  Clara had gotten so good at swimming, I'm so sad we have to wait until next year to go again.  She  also goes down the slides at the Tadpole pond like a pro!

Monday night we decided to take the kids to see Maleficent.  I had heard other parents bring their daughters to it, so I just assumed it was appropriate for Clara.  Needless to say, we left the theater with Clara crying and making us  promise to never make her watch another scary movie again!

On Tuesday, I got Clara out of school early, drove up to Jeremy's work, picked him up a little early from work, then drove to the Ogden Temple open house.  I was so glad we picked the day we did.  There was hardly anyone there!  We got to go through at our own pace with no waiting!  I loved seeing Clara's reactions to both the Bridal Dressing Room and the Celestial room.  She is so excited to be able to get married in the temple now, just so she can see herself in those beautiful mirrors in the Bridal room.  May she always remember those desires to be sealed there!

So glad we were able to spend the entire weekend with just our little family!