Labor Day Weekend

Ben and I have a constant desire to travel and show the kids the whole world. When we start talking about fun places to go and see, we are frequently reminded that we live by so many wonderful places that the kids haven't experienced yet! So we recommit to exploring more of our state, because Utah is so diverse and beautiful and has so much to offer! We decided Labor Day weekend would be a good time to take the kids out to Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake. In my mind, I thought we'd been there more recently, until I realized that it's been 3 years since we were there! Hudson was just a baby last time. So it was definitely time to go again!

The kids were excited to go on an adventure, they dressed themselves up in their little adventure vests. We left early in the morning and were delighted to see the wildlife as we drove onto the island. We immediately saw so many bison, which is great since they are one of Hudson's favorite animals (also including elephants and grizzly bears). Hudson affectionately named this one "Mudbump". The boys were also happy to see a fox and an antelope. We started out at the Farm there on the island. It's kind of a great place for kids, they can touch and explore everything and they loved seeing how people lived 150 years ago. We have pictures of them on this exact saddle from three years ago, so we thought we'd recreate the pictures!

 There was a herd of bison out in the distance, so they were able to put their binoculars to use! They loved exploring this place!

Then we made the trek out to the beach. The lake is really really low right now, so it was quite the walk from the car to the water, but I really wanted to boys to be able to say they've been IN the Great Salt Lake. If we would have brought their swim suits I'm sure they would have gone all the way in!

I realized I have no more pictures of the rest of the weekend, but we swam a whole bunch, the kids played with friends, and I canned 43 jars of tomatoes, tomato sauce and marinara sauce. It took ALL DAY Monday, but between Ben and I we got it done!