Family Vacation

Warning: Long Post!

Sorry about all the pictures, but I want to be able to remember this trip :)

This past weekend Alan and I went on the first Eckman family vacation since we've been married and we had a blast. We were going to go to San Diego and spend time at the beach, but ended up deciding that California is too expensive. So instead we just went up north and had just as much fun for half the price!

The first night we got up there we went to Sampan. This is our favorite restaurant up north and had to share it with my family!

Our favorite dish, Hawaiian chicken served in a pineapple! Yum!

On Day two we went to Cabelas in the morning. We love going to Cabelas and seeing all the fun animals. Jeff and Alan had a good time hunting while we were there.

Madison loves animals and hates the camera so this is how most pictures of her turned out.

Alan found these HUGE boots! Very sexy honey!


That night we found a yummy Mexican restaurant to eat at and we told them it was Alan's birthday! He wasn't very happy about the big sombrero. But it was funny!

On day three we went to Thanksgiving point to go to the petting zoo. On the walk down to the petting zoo we found this fun water contraption and the "kids" aka Alan and my dad, couldn't help themselves...

They had lots of fun with it!

When we made it down to the petting zoo we saw all kinds of animals. Madison liked the baby chicks.

She also went on a pony ride.

Alan walked beside her and I think he had just as much fun with it as she did. She was all smiles and giggles. Afterward she kept saying "ride horsey". It was fun!

And we got a picture in one of the pretty gardens. I had never been to Thanksgiving Point and didn't ever realize how pretty it was. If I lived up north that is for sure where I would have had my wedding reception! So beautiful!

That night we put McKinley's hair in her first ponytail. Look at that tiny spout! It was so cute!

We also went up into downtown Salt Lake and went to Discovery Gateway at the Gateway Mall. It was so fun! We'd heard good things about this place, but it was even better than what we'd heard. The kids, all the kids, had a blast!

In one place there was a little house that Madison could play in and she went straight to the babies...she is a little mommy at heart!

There was also a fun slide that kept her busy for awhile as well.

Garrett fell in love with the water feature. They had little aprons for the kids and they could play with all kinds of things in the water.

There were these massive building blocks that sissy could actually get together and pull apart, she loved them, and you see Alan in the background building with something as well...he has just as much fun as the little kids! There were all kinds of things at this place, a market they could pretend to work at, a farm, a construction site, all kinds of blocks and things to build with, a media place, and so much more! We loved this place!

After this day for some reason I stopped taking pictures. The next day was Sunday so we went to Temple Square and then went swimming at the hotel that night. Then on Monday morning we got up and went to Hogle Zoo and came home that afternoon. When Beth and Chelle post there pictures I'll steal them and put them on here. It was such a blast and even though the weather was awful we were able to do a lot of things and have so much fun!