Saturday was a day of big trucks for Jack. First off, we traveled up north for a reunion at Merril's Uncle Max's house. We caravanned with Merril's Dad because he needed to drive his big, semi-truck up north as well. Here's Jack in the front seat with Grandpa. Have you ever seen so much excitement on a little boy's face??
He rode in the truck for about 3 hours.
Then we decided to go see the Kennecot copper mine with some family. The copper mine is so huge that it can be seen with the naked eye from space! Outside the visitor center, they have a huge tire that is the same size as the ones on the gigantic dump trucks that they use to haul the copper ore. It was HUGE and made by Michelin.
Jack LOVED to watch the trucks haul the rocks to the ore crusher. They look big down there but Maxine's only as tall as 1/3 of a tire.
Juliet was unhappy for most of the day. She looked like this.
Her tummy seemed upset and I changed about 5 poopy diapers. After the mine, which was a lot neater than I thought it was going to be, there was a dutch oven dinner at Uncle Max and Aunt Janice's house. It was super yummy and although my kids never get stitches, I think they get burns more than average. Jack was playing in some dirt and burned 2 fingers on some leftover charcoal. He cried and fussed for about 2 hours of the ride home. He was so tired that he'd start to fall asleep and then wake up because his fingers still hurt. He finally collapsed in exhaustion. He's perfectly fine today. Juliet was still fussy at church today but only because we didn't get home until 1 a.m. She had a nap for 2 1/2 hours and all is well. We still had lots of fun despite the extra weeping and wailing. I was about to finish up but the kids just pulled this pose. I think they survived.
He rode in the truck for about 3 hours.Then we decided to go see the Kennecot copper mine with some family. The copper mine is so huge that it can be seen with the naked eye from space! Outside the visitor center, they have a huge tire that is the same size as the ones on the gigantic dump trucks that they use to haul the copper ore. It was HUGE and made by Michelin.
Jack LOVED to watch the trucks haul the rocks to the ore crusher. They look big down there but Maxine's only as tall as 1/3 of a tire.
Juliet was unhappy for most of the day. She looked like this.
Her tummy seemed upset and I changed about 5 poopy diapers. After the mine, which was a lot neater than I thought it was going to be, there was a dutch oven dinner at Uncle Max and Aunt Janice's house. It was super yummy and although my kids never get stitches, I think they get burns more than average. Jack was playing in some dirt and burned 2 fingers on some leftover charcoal. He cried and fussed for about 2 hours of the ride home. He was so tired that he'd start to fall asleep and then wake up because his fingers still hurt. He finally collapsed in exhaustion. He's perfectly fine today. Juliet was still fussy at church today but only because we didn't get home until 1 a.m. She had a nap for 2 1/2 hours and all is well. We still had lots of fun despite the extra weeping and wailing. I was about to finish up but the kids just pulled this pose. I think they survived.
1 comment:
That is like every boys dream to get to ride in a truck like that! That looks like fun, I've always wanted to go to the mine, I think my grandpa John used to work out there, but I never have. Looks like fun!
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