fun with the bishops :: part 1

Our fun and awesome friends from Utah, Wayne and Amy and their boy Finn, came and visited us for eight days during their spring break. We were so excited to have them come out and stay with us that we packed our days full with fun activities, yummy food and tours of our favorite places in our new city.

First stop was the Crowne Plaza where we had tickets to the aquarium and Lego Land. But first we stopped at some yummy bbq at Gates and then shopped a little in the plaza. The kids just love the Crayola place and we had a blast with them there.

I love this picture of my three goofy kids. They keep me laughing and smiling everyday. 

sillies. 

After we played in the mall for a bit we walked across the street to the aquarium and Lego Land. We decided on do the aquarium first and Lego Land afterwards.

  The aquarium isn't too big or fancy and I think the price might be a little steep for what you get to see but the kids just absolutely love it and love it every time we go to visit, so I can't really complain. 

  And Fisher is just in his element when he is at any aquarium. He just loves watching fish. 

And the aquarium does have this cool little area where you can touch sea urchins and star fish. 

Next stop, Lego Land. 

This was our first time going to Lego Land since they have opened it and despite the fact that their coolest and main ride was closed for the day I still thought that this place was such a fun place for the kids. There is SO much for them to do here and all of the kids just thought it was the coolest place ever. I know we will have to go back again in our near future! 

  Building cool race cars with the daddies. 

Later on in the week after many more fun trips to restaurants and bbq joints we decided to take our friends to our zoo. The weather was a bit cold but I thought it would still be fun to explore. It was, but there were hardly any animals out. At least the kids had fun and riding the tram is always a fun activity with the kiddos. 

Chase and Finn became fast friends and were so fun to watch. They played so well together and it was fun for Chase to have such a good friend around. 

running across the shaky bridge at the zoo!

  and when there are no people and no animals at the zoo it means it's time for a dance party. 

Time spent with the Bishops is always a fun time!