My Birthday/Vernal Trip

Here's a random snapchat I got from my sister the other day.  Snaps from her are the best. 

Also, this is where naughty kids go in our house.

My birthday was last week and it was a great day!! The day before my college roommates Lauren and Erin (who both have June birthdays as well) came over with their kids to have lunch and swim.  It was so fun and of course we didn't get any pictures.

My actual birthday was a good day and and I got spoiled rotten.

Doug got me a heart rate monitor watch which I've been wanting for awhile.  I was impressed that it knew my birthday!

So did Google!

We packed up for Vernal and this guy enjoyed some peanut butter while we made our lunches.

We stopped in Helper to get a picture of the world's biggest coal miner.

Then we finally made it to Vernal with the pink dinosaur (who's eyes move!)

and scary T-Rex

We also drove by the temple which was beautiful.

The girls thought it was fun that there were dinosaurs on their street signs too.

The night we got there we went to the Heritage Museum.  We were pretty impressed with the dolls that represented all the first ladies in their inaugural gowns.

Jackie Kennedy and Lady Bird Johnson.

It was a pretty cool museum! Then we wento McConkie Ranch to see some petroglyphs.

They were pretty cool too!

We grabbed some dinner at the 7-11 Ranch Restaurant (not in an actual 7-11 we learned, thankfully) and then waited for Jeff and lexie to come so we could go swim with them. The next morning we hiked to Moonshine Arch which was awesome.

Then we went to the Natural History Museum in Vernal and enjoyed the Dinosaur Gardens

After that we went to the Quarry which my kids were not super impressed with. Lame kids. 

After that we drove to Fantasy Canyon which was like a super mini version of Goblin Valley.  It was so hot and we were almost out of gas so we were a little grumpy but it was a pretty cool place.  We'd love to go back in January when it's 50 degrees.

Luckily we made it to a gas station and made it home without any incident. It was a fun trip and the girls have already been asking when we can go back. Thanks for the good times Vernal!