Free Entertainment

This weekend was the last one before I go to back to work. :( I wanted to do something fun with my family, but didn't want to spend a lot of money. Dinosaur Park in Ogden was offering free admission from 4-8pm so I talked Bryce into going. When we drove up around 4:30 there were a lot of cars and not a lot of parking spots. Bryce almost talked me out of going but then a parking spot opened up. YEA!! The boys and I had not been there in a while and Ellie and Bryce had never been there. We enjoyed looking around the museum and then walking around the outdoor exhibits. There were a lot of people but it wasn't too crowded. The kids and even Bryce seemed to have a lot of fun!!

After Dinosaur Park we traveled up Ogden Canyon and stopped at The Oaks for dinner. We had a great time eating right next to the river and enjoying the fresh, cool air. Everyone enjoyed their dinner and we even splurged and shared a chocolate lava cake a la mode. Dinner of course was not free, but it was worth the money. I love The Oaks!! YUMMY!!

After dinner we went further up the canyon to the Balloon Festival at Wolf Creek. We have never been to it and I thought it would be fun to see the 'Balloon Glow' they do on Saturday night. And yes, it was free. As we drove up to the park there were a ton of cars and people, but we found a spot off the side of the road that we could see the balloons from. There were about 7 balloons to start with, (we thought there would have been more), and as we waited about 15 minutes until dark three of the balloons deflated. We weren't sure what happened and we were a bit disappointed but the kids enjoyed seeing the HUGE pink Energizer bunny balloon inflate just before dark. (last photo-hard to see but notice the bunny ears) They didn't seem to get all of the balloons glowing at once, and the pictures we got weren't great because of the dark, but overall it was fun to see.