Cosmic screensavers

Melinda and the kids got a year pass to the Clark Planetarium. It's really great because besides the dome theater, they have an IMAX which gets the really good IMAX shows, plus all of the 3-D shows as well. Saturday Michel and Brent and their family rode FrontRunner from Roy to Salt Lake for a staycation. We met them at the planetarium and watched Deep Sea 3-D. It was really fun to see all the cousins reach out and try to grab all the fishes and coral that came popping out at them.

Tonight we went and saw one of their "cosmic shows" in the dome theater: Laser U2.


It was actually quite good. Saffy was really impressed with the lasers shining through the fog. I like sitting in the dome with the projections all around because when you see all the images with your perifieral vision as well, it seems almost 3-D and it starts to feel like your actually moving.

John (who had seen it 3 times) said it was worth it the first time, but the third time felt like watching a screensaver. At least it was a really cool screensaver.

Sunday dinner

Saffron didn't mind the cold this week. Here she is outside playing with the kids. They took a break from school work one day to go outside and jump rope.

Grandma and Grandpa are in Hawaii so we had dinner at our place tonight. Brian, Dejah, Kevin, Wendy, and James came over and we had salmon, saffron rice, and mashed sweet potatoes, corn bread and brownies for dessert.

John, Emily, Ethan and Eliza came over later and shared cookies with us. We had fun playing games and chatting.
The whiteboard on the easel was a big hit with the kids! It was fun to watch them doing their joint art project.