Field trips

I have been going on field trips with the kids the past few weeks. Here are some pictures of the fun places we've been. Christopher and I went to the Great Salt Lake. I have never been and thought it was actually very interesting. We got to go in the water and catch brine shrimp in specimen cups and then look at them through a magnifying glass. Very cool. Besides the cold and wind and biting flies, we had a really good time! Katrina and I went to Abravanel Hall to see the Utah Symphony perform. I thought it was really neat that they played some songs the kids would be able to relate to like Star Wars, and then led into other composers with pictures on a big screen. It really made the symphony easier to relate to for a whole hall full of 5th graders.
Caleb and I went to the Utah Botanical Gardens.

They talked to us about the food chain, wetlands, and insect and plant life cycles. The kids got to pretend to be the food chain and they are passing on energy (popcorn) in a relay race. So fun!

This is definitely one of the perks of being a stay-at-home mom.