Family Trip to Salt Lake

I have been wanting to take a little trip with our girls before we add another one in the mix. After looking at what Phoenix, AZ or Las Vegas, NV had to offer and adding in the airfare I decided we could have enough fun in Salt Lake.
We have been fortunate enough to tag along with Grandma to Salt Lake several times. Anna gets really excited when I tell her we are going. She asks "Do we get to stay in a fancy hotel?" and "How many nights can we stay?" It seems like she never wants to come back home. But Wayne never gets to go with us, so this little family trip was specail.
We stayed Thursday and Friday night at a nice Marriot hotel. On Thursday night we went swimming at the hotel. The girls are getting a little better in the water, and Wayne has lots of fun playing with them.
Then on friday we went shopping and later at 5pm went to Lagoon (for Date night discount). The girls were so excited to go on the rides. We had been talking about it all week and Megan kept saying "Go to Lagoon!" It was a little cooler and got kind of breezy, but we didn't mind. We rode the kiddie rides and went to Lagoona beach. After we ate some dinner we thought we'd go on the ferris wheel to give our stomachs some time to digest. Anna was insistent that she didn't want to, but we talked her into it. She didn't do to well though, crying most of the time. After that she kept saying she just wanted to go back to the hotel. Unfortunately she didn't get a nap and was pretty tired. Our favorite rides were: Oddesy (octopus ride), Puff the magic dragon rollercoaster and baby boats. After some cotton candy and a couple more rides we headed back to the hotel around 10pm. We were all ready for our beds.
On Saturday we went to the Hogle Zoo. Wayne couldn't remember ever going and it was the girls first visit too. When I told Anna that we were going to the zoo she said, "But Mom the zoo is in Kentucky" (We went in March) I said that there was also a zoo in Salt Lake. She wasn't so sure "With real animals mom?". It was also nice and cool at the zoo, and we had a fun time seeing all the animals. Anna was nervous about the white crocidile, but she liked the frogs and snakes! Silly girl! The favorites were: monkeys, elephants, girrafes, leopards and penguins.
We had a fun little adventure, and a great time making memories together.