This is the Place

We visited This is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake a few weeks ago.  I think I went there when I was younger but haven't been in years.  My mom got Anna a pioneer bonnet.  We tried it on Emma.

 Emma kind of liked it.

 Anna in the bonnet

 Matthew wore a hat too.  A Raytheon hat from my dad...and an homage to Scott's new job

 Here we are in one of the cabins at the park.

It was a one room cabin with a loft for the boys to sleep in.

Matthew thinks about climbing up to the loft.

Maybe we should get something like this for our new house.

 Matthew rolling a hoop down the street.

Anna doing laundry the old fashioned way.

 So industrious!

 We got to pan for gold...or gold colored rocks.

The kids loved it.

It was a cute little man made stream.  Lots of fun.

 Anna found some "gold" nuggets.

 There was a little splash pad there.  Grant was very enthusiastic about playing in it.  

Here he is taking a water spout to the face.

 Grant had splash pad remorse afterward.

He was sorry he was wet.

I did warn him before hand.

 We had lunch and then got ice cream and all was right with the world.

Also our clothes were pretty much dry after half an hour or so.

 John getting his ice cream

 Some of us made a big mess, but everyone felt better.

We did different crafts and rode a train around.  We saw a print shop, bank, saddlery and some other things.  The kids also got to have a little horse ride.  I walked next to John while he was on his horse.

 Here is Grant on his horse.

 Anna got the stubborn horse that only wanted to walk when absolutely forced to do so.  

I won't say anything else about that.  :)

 Matthew's horse was more affable and willing to walk around without additional prodding.

 Practicing our horse milking on a plastic cow.

 Emma pooped out

Climbing on the tiny train in the kid sized village.  There were a bunch of little houses there to play on and climb in.

 Anna on the train.  It was a warm day, but we survived and still had fun.