Fall Break

James is part of a club called Service Bros Jr. Basically it's his group of friends that get together but instead of just hanging out, they do something meaningful every other month. This month they toured the MTC in Provo.

Future missionaries, right here.

We didn't go out of town for fall break this year. Instead Justin and I tried to plan some fun things in the midst of them hanging out with friends. Thursday evening we went to a Korean bbq place in Springville. The kids didn't know what to expect but we knew they'd have a good time.

James especially loved cooking the food right at our table. Henry said he wants to go back every week and Erica wants to go here for her birthday.

There were a couple of UVU museums I've wanted to go to for awhile. The first one was an art museum in a mansion in Orem. While I didn't really like most of the art, this piece made out of ammo brass was cool.

Erica got extra credit in her art class with this photo.

The mansion was built in the 90s (Bastien family of Wordperfect fortune) and is visible from the freeway and intrigued me all growing up. Kind of fun to actually go inside.

90s folklore was they moved the floor from the Delta center to the basement. We weren't able to go down there but from the outside, we peered in the windows and look what we saw. Rumor proved.

I was more intrigued by the house itself than any of the art (largest bathroom I've ever been in). It's a relatively new museum so maybe the collection will improve with time. It was free.

From there we went to UVU campus. Here's their mascot. Does it have a name? Justin attended UVU before transferring to BYU and a lot has changed since then.

The Roots and Branches exhibit isn't in a museum but the first floor of the library. It's a huge stained glass installation that shows the history of knowledge. I love stained glass so I've wanted to see this for awhile too. We actually spent a lot longer here than at the mansion, partly because we took the hour-long guided tour and because it was so interesting to look at.

It's a timeline of history, basically.  My kids impressed the tour guide with all their knowledge of world events. 

This piece of Alexander the Great was my favorite.

They replicated the style of the original mosaic.

After that we went to Leatherby's to get ice cream but everyone was so hungry we also got fries and other food.

When we got home most of the kids ran off with friends but Justin and I drove up Diamond Fork canyon so he could look for deer.

Saturday Justin and the girls went hunting. Sarah had a deer tag.

They didn't get anything but they enjoyed being in the mountains.

It was Erica's first time on a real hunt--not just scouting or camping. She's been saying she wants to be put in for a deer tag next year but I wanted her to tag along at least once so she knew what she was getting into. She says she liked it.