“Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ”
“The Family: A Proclamation to the World,”

January 9, 2011

Family Night at Boondock’s

Sadly, we haven’t ever had a family vacation…just my little family.  That little fact has been getting on my nerves quite a bit last year. Knowing that Ethan would be off-track until January 18th I really wanted to plan something fun in Salt Lake City and have a mini-“stay”cation.  Well, finances and a smart husband wouldn’t allow it so we decided to just have a memorable night at Boondock’s in Kaysville.  We had never been there, but Ethan has always wanted to go so we just did it! 

What a fun place!!  As you can tell from the pictures we all had a blast!  Ellie was content to wander around and see all the lights and hit the buttons on the games.  Izzy was so over stimulated she couldn’t stay in one spot for too long.  Corey and I split up and he was in charge of following her around while I guided Ellie’s interests to do what Ethan wanted.  Ethan had the time of his life.  I think he played 10 games of Skee-Ball and every other game in the place at least once. 

As we were leaving (3 hours later) he hugged me and said, “This was way better than any vacation, Mom.”  What a sweet kid right?  Well, he has also never been on a vacation, but now I am not so sure how we are ever going to top Boondock’s.