Our "Mini" Trip

We were going to go camping this weekend, but decided it might be a little too cold at night, so we opted to do Hotel Camping instead! We went up with our friends the Breretons on Friday night. We stopped at Ikea (obviously this was my pick) on the way and then headed to our Hotel in Lehi. Carter has NEVER stayed in a hotel before, so he was SUPER excited. I never realized that he hadn't stayed in a hotel, wow what a deprived child he is :) The only experience he has with a hotel is when Bryan was working for Bed Bath and Beyond. He worked night shifts for awhile doing remodels for them. Sometimes they would get him a hotel so that he could sleep peacefully during the day. Anyways, one time Carter and I came by his hotel and surprised him. We let him swim in the pool and then Bryan went to work, and Carter and I stayed the night and left early the next morning. He still talks about "Daddy's Hotel" to this day, so I figured we better give him the opportunity to stay in one.

On Saturday morning we went to Cabela's and let the kids check out the aquarium there. Then we headed up to American Fork Canyon and did some canoeing. The weather was perfect and scenery was beautiful.

After that we headed back to the hotel and let the kids swim in the pool. I told them that the only place they have permission to jump on the bed is the hotel, so they took full advantage of that!

Sunday we headed up to Timpanogos Cave. Bryan and I haven't been up there since we were dating 11 years ago, so it was fun to reminisce and take our kids up there. They both loved it and Carter was able to do the whole hike without complaining......go Carter!