Cowpucky!

Who knew we had a champion buffalo chip thrower? Can you guess who? If you guessed Romney, you are correct. He took third place (and won an actual ribbon) in his age group at a Buffalo chip throwing contest today, day 3 of our backyard vacation. William took a respectable 4th in his age group. I am not sure whether or not we should be proud of them?! We headed up north today to Golden Spike National Monument. It was Railroader's Festival Day at the monument. They had both trains out and running as well as all kinds of games including the buffalo chip contest. Thank goodness the kids wore gloves, because-- EW!



Here they are standing in line, chip in hand, getting pysched up for their turn to throw. Bill also took the boys on a railroad hand car ride, they had fun, but it was short. After we had exhausted all our fun at Golden Spike, and watched a reenactment of the completion of the railroads meeting up, we drove over to Thiokol to look at their rocket display. It was pretty much a stay in the car and ohhhh and ahhh kind of exhibit. Not terribly impressive. We should look into whether or not we can watch them testing the rockets. Now that would be worth getting out of the car for! When we are in need of a good Sunday drive, we will hit the Spiral Jetty which I have always wanted to see in person.
After the West Desert heat, we needed some air-conditioning, so we went south to Ogden to the Treehouse Museum. Bill hasn't been to it since William was very little and it was still in the Old Ogden Mall. I think it is Utah's best kept kid secret. It is never too busy, and the kids can really get into the activites and exhibits there. We paid $8 for the whole family with some coupons I found online and spent 3 hours there. Can't beat that!
Our final stop for the night was at the Main City Library. Two bands played outside at the ampitheater. They were both Harry Potter based Rock bands. No, I am totally not kidding! Two! I didn't even know there was one. Anyway, William was in some serious heaven. Rock music and Harry Potter mixed. The child even broke out his rusty break dancing skills and got Funky!
Bill, being the most awesome Dad ever, bought William both bands CDs. Again, not kidding they had CDs for sale. One band had 4 CDs to choose from. All in all it was an enlightening day.