After a few days in Oregon, we headed down to Utah to visit the Payne family. That's right, we drove from San Jose, to Oregon, to Utah, then back to San Jose over the Christmas and New Year holidays. We were a little concerned about driving through the mountains on the way to Utah, but this is as bad as it got, and we were only driving through this for about 30 mins. Not too bad for December.
Woohoo, third Christmas! We just didn't want the holidays to end. Shortly after arriving in Utah, we had our last gift exchange.
The Clark Planetarium
We hadn't been to the Clark Planetarium in many, many years, so we went as a family to check it out and see how it has changed. Clearly, a lot had changed.
Chris is just waiting for it to knock the next block over and therefore prove that the earth is rotating.
We spent some time wandering around and discovering new facts about the earth and the solar system.
I thought the planet facts were very interesting, though a little outdated. They still had Pluto listed as a planet...
Look! I got him to smile for the camera :)
They have cool scenes of Mars and the moon for pictures, but I couldn't get my family to act like they were astronauts floating through space.
New Year's Eve
We got some of the old gang back together to celebrate New Year's Eve. Though we never quite got the rules figured out, we still enjoyed a fun, intense game of pictionary.
Happy New Year!
I thought the planet facts were very interesting, though a little outdated. They still had Pluto listed as a planet...
