DARWIN is on his 12th year of teaching, currently at Springville High School teaching astronomy, geology, environmental science, and physics. He also teaches physics at UVU for a 7 week STEM summer school program for junior high students. He also teaches teenagers in our church ward. He's super busy, but still makes time to be an awesome dad and husband.
Monday was a rough day at work for Darwin because his students are getting restless with the end of the school year just around the corner. Because of that, he called me before he left work and asked if we could go do something together as a family to help him wind down and get his mind off of his rough day. Of course I agreed and asked what he had in mind. He wanted to take the kids to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point. So we did! It was a fun, spontaneous FHE activity. The girls talk about it daily and keep asking to go back. :)
Thanks to Darwin's job, he and I were able to get into the museum for free so we only had to pay for the girls to get in. Bonus! Savannah fell asleep on the drive up. She was so out of it, I was worried she would sleep through the whole thing!
We were a little unprepared to tote around a sleeping child because we don't have a stroller in our car anymore so we ended up having to rent one. I joked that this was a very expensive nap for Savy and Darwin asked the girl at the front desk if they give discounts for sleeping children ;)
So sleepy!
Sleeping Savy by a great big dinosaur leg!
I don't remember what this formation is called (banded iron formation, maybe?), but Darwin said it's evidence of when oxygen first showed up in the atmosphere. Darwin said he wants this stuff for the counter top in our kitchen when we get a house. Haha!
Not sure what this is called either, but it looks cool!
A cool slab of fossils.
Savannah woke up in the "twinkle tunnel", the darkest place of the whole museum. It's like a dark hallway with tiny lights on the wall to make it seem like you're out in space surrounded by stars. It's actually really cool. Aurora was a little spooked by it at first, but it only took her a second to warm up to it. I was grateful Savannah woke up and was able to enjoy most of the museum with us.
Looking at some underwater displays.
So happy to be at the dinosaur museum!
The dino's in the background were so big we couldn't get their whole skeleton in one shot.
They had a lot of fun putting together a dino skeleton on a magnet wall.
Savannah really liked this head piece. She carried it around for a while :)
So proud of herself for getting a piece in the right place!
Finished product.
Scared of sitting on that cute little dino. :)
Talmage was there too! Look at those beautiful blue eyes!
The girls loved this hands-on activity. They played here for probably 30 minutes!
Ahhh! A great big shark!
It got Rori!
They had a lot of fun at the dig site too. This was the last thing before the end of the museum.
Just digging up bones.
Me and Talmage hanging out :)
After the museum we got some souvenirs a the gift shop and went to dinner at a nearby restaurant. It was such a fun evening together as a family! Thanks for the idea, Daddy, and for getting us out of the house!
So sleepy!
Sleeping Savy by a great big dinosaur leg!
I don't remember what this formation is called (banded iron formation, maybe?), but Darwin said it's evidence of when oxygen first showed up in the atmosphere. Darwin said he wants this stuff for the counter top in our kitchen when we get a house. Haha!
Not sure what this is called either, but it looks cool!
A cool slab of fossils.
Savannah woke up in the "twinkle tunnel", the darkest place of the whole museum. It's like a dark hallway with tiny lights on the wall to make it seem like you're out in space surrounded by stars. It's actually really cool. Aurora was a little spooked by it at first, but it only took her a second to warm up to it. I was grateful Savannah woke up and was able to enjoy most of the museum with us.
Looking at some underwater displays.
So happy to be at the dinosaur museum!
The dino's in the background were so big we couldn't get their whole skeleton in one shot.
They had a lot of fun putting together a dino skeleton on a magnet wall.
Savannah really liked this head piece. She carried it around for a while :)
So proud of herself for getting a piece in the right place!
Finished product.
Scared of sitting on that cute little dino. :)
Talmage was there too! Look at those beautiful blue eyes!
The girls loved this hands-on activity. They played here for probably 30 minutes!
Ahhh! A great big shark!
It got Rori!
They had a lot of fun at the dig site too. This was the last thing before the end of the museum.
Just digging up bones.
Me and Talmage hanging out :)
After the museum we got some souvenirs a the gift shop and went to dinner at a nearby restaurant. It was such a fun evening together as a family! Thanks for the idea, Daddy, and for getting us out of the house!
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