Trip to Logan

Justin had a class in Logan Monday through Friday so we rented a house for the week. We drove up separately because Justin had to go to the office first and it would be easier for him to have his own car to get to his class at 8am every day and to go get lunch. The house turned out to be a block from the city park and a block from the Logan temple and about 5 minutes from my brother's house and 5 minutes from one of their snow cone shacks. The kids were loving it.

The house was old and had so many funny quirks. It was hard to tell what year the the house was built because things had been redone at different times. Their favorite feature was by far the mail slot. They had only seen one on TV.

It kind of felt we were on the set of Mad Men.

These kitchen knobs were my favorite.

I'm guessing the fireplace is original. So what would you guess? 1940s? 1960s? What about this cutout design?

But then this doorknob looks even older but maybe it was done to be retro.

Sarah stayed at Matt's so she could help with the shacks so all the kids got their own rooms. 

After we got settled we walked to Olsen Park. We had some time to kill before Justin finished his first day of class and we went to my brother's house for dinner.

When I was a kid I loved the playground at this park but now my favorite are the ginormous trees.

We tried reaching our arms all the way around the trees and it took all 5 of us to do it. Then we played Pooh sticks.

Erica won most of the time. I think it was all in the starting position.

Tuesday morning Justin went to class and we got doughnuts and went to Lundstrom park. While we were there Sarah called to say she was done for the morning and wanted to go the temple with Henry.

So we met her at the house and the biggles changed and we walked the block to the temple.

Erica wanted to touch the temple and she did.

Then she wanted to roll down the hill and I snapped this photo at the perfect time.

Once the biggles were done at the temple, we packed a lunch at took it to another park and ate there. Then we met Lisa at the snow shack so Sarah could start her shift.

Isn't she so cute? It was so kind of Lisa to let her work a few shifts this week to earn some money and work experience.

And the rest of us enjoyed the snow cones. 

My girls even made it onto their instagram. Erica got all wide eyed when she saw she was "in a commercial"

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Later that afternoon I walked to main street and passed the ol' roller skating rink. I was pleasantly surprised to see it was still there after discovering a landmark willow tree was cut down and the old pavilion in River Heights was torn down. The roller skating rink, while empty, is still there!

Justin got home from class, we grilled hotdogs and brats then the kids wanted to go to the temple for the second time that day. The convenience was intoxicating! Justin and I walked them there and they walked themselves home when they were done.

After the biggles changed we went to the Aggie creamery which may be one of my favorite places in the whole world. The smell inside is exactly the same it was 30 years ago. The smell freshly made waffle cones is intoxicating and the ice cream is the best.

Henry was overly proud of his BYU shirt on USU campus.

He forgot what hat he was wearing.

We dropped Sarah off at Matt and Lisa's then drove to first dam. The sun had set and it was the perfect time of evening.

Once we got home the temple lights were on. This is the view from our driveway. If those darn powerlines weren't there it would be a lovely view.

Whew! What a day.

Wednesday morning Justin left for class then when we were all up and ready I took the littles for a walk to Island Market. When I was a kid my sisters would ride their bikes to Island Market but I couldn't go because I was too little and my trike was too small. I think they let me go with them like once so I had to wait for someone to go who was driving. So it was time to rectify that. It was only like 3 blocks away.

It's such a cute little grocery store. It's too bad it's priced like a gas station or I would have bought more things.

When I was a kid they had penny candy. I don't think anywhere has penny candy anymore.

They chose a slurpee and we walked to the park. Henry caught up to us there. He didn't want to go to Island Market before but then he did so I gave him some money to get a slurpee too and he went on his own.

After lunch we went to my nephew Peyton and his wife Marissa's condo to go swimming.

For dinner we went to Angie's Restaurant and then drove up Blacksmith Fork Canyon because it's pretty and the river is great for fishing.

Thursday while Justin was again in class, I gave the kids a tour of River Heights and my old neighborhood. We played at Ryan's place park and ate snacks. Then we went back to the house. After lunch we went swimming again and this time Lisa, Marissa and cute little Callum joined us. The kids ate leftovers for dinner and Justin and I met up with Matt and Lisa and Marissa at a Mexican food truck on main street. Then we picked up the kids and met them again at their shack in Nibley and got more snow cones. Henry slept over at Matt's house too.

Friday we had to be out the house by 10 so I cleaned up and packed up and got us out at 10:02. Sarah wanted me to take her to a bookstore on main street so we went to the park while we waited for her to finish helping Lisa restock the shacks. 

We met them at the Logan shack but Henry wanted to keep helping Lisa so I took Sarah, Erica, and James to the Booktable and to pick up something for lunch while they went to the Nibley shack.

When we found Lisa and Henry at the Nibley shack we discovered Henry had a little mishap with the POG flavor. They were this color for two days.

We got our last snow cones and then parted ways. 

Lisa took Henry back to her house so she could do some work there and Henry could play on their PS5, Sarah stayed at the shack to work a few hours. They were both riding home with Justin that evening after he finished class and the test. I took the littles home and we arrived at 3:30; Justin and the biggles got home several hours later. I don't think Justin considered it a vacation but I had lots of fun just going to all my favorite and nostalgic places around town. My kids are growing sentimental about Logan just like me.

The next night we rode our bikes to the park at the end of the street that overlooks Springville to watch their Art City Days fireworks. It was a pretty good view and so close to home. I'm glad I finally thought of going there after 2 summers kind of seeing the fireworks from our backyard.