100 Free things to do in the summer

2008 100 Free Things to do in the Summer Link

The new list for 2009 is coming. I am just a bit behind

Only 79 days of SUMMER VACATION (June Edition)

Only 79 days of summer vacation
then school comes around to end it
and the annual problem of the parents
is finding free things to do with them

Saturday June 6
*RAMP Free Activities (we buy stuff in Weber County too)
Hill Aerospace Museum 9-4:30pm
Lorin Farr Pool 12-6pm
Treehouse 10-6pm
Ogden Nature Center 9:30 - 11am & 1:30-3pm
Weber State Pool 12-4:30pm
Ogden Ampitheatre Family Concert 7-10pm
Weber Pathways 9:30 am kickoff - 10:30 hike

http://www.co.weber.ut.us/ramp/PDFs/summer%20schedule%202009.pdf


* Star Wars: A new Hope @ Pleasant Valley Library 2-4:30pm


Sunday June 7

Thunderbirds 3:45pm

Monday June 8
* Discovery Time @ Pleasant Valley Branch 10:30-11:30am & 11:30-12:30pm

Tuesday June 9
* Singin in the Rain @ Pleasant Valley Branch 1-3pm

* Youth Chess Club @ Pleasant Valley Branch 4-5pm


Wednesday June 10
Free Jazz Concert at Union Station 7:30pm


Wild Wednesday @ Ogden Nature Center
$4 adults - $2 kids 2+

Thursday June 11
*Summer Sizzle Music Series @ Pleasant Valley Branch
Voice of Polynesia and Pacific Generation - traditional fire/knife show
7-8:30pm


Friday June 12
Rotary Car Show
4th North 200 West Bountiful

Saturday June 13
7pm - Mrs Peek's Dance Recital @ Northridge

Rotary Car Show
4th No 200 W Bountiful

*RAMP Free Activities

http://www.co.weber.ut.us/ramp/PDFs/summer%20schedule%202009.pdf

Hill Aerospace Museum 9-4:30pm
Lorin Farr Park 12-6pm
Ott Planetarium 12-5pm
Ogden Nature Center 9:30-11am & 1:30-3pm
Roy Recreation Complex 11-5pm
Union Station Museums 10-5pm

*Ogden Arts Festival 10-8pm
Historic 25th Street

* Sci-Fi Classic Film Series - Pleasant Valley Branch
The War of the Worlds
2-3:30pm

Uintah Days
www.uintahcity.com

Sunday June 14



Monday June 15
*Discovery Time @ Pleasant Valley Branch
1030am & 11:30am

Ottreach (Weber State) Science in the Park - Lorin Farr Park - June 15-19
11:30-1pm FREE for kids of all ages
http://community.weber.edu/ottreach/index.html

Tuesday June 16
* Disney's A Christmas Carol Train Tour - Ogden Union Station Track 1 - 9am -7pm

http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/christmascaroltraintour/#/map/ogden


* Hollywood Musicals Film Series @ Pleasant Valley Branch
West Side Story 1-3:30pm


*Youth Chess Club @ Pleasant Valley Branch
4-5pm


Wednesday June 17
*Family Film Series - Pleasant Valley Branch
Planet Earth
1-2pm


*After School Program - Pleasant Valley Branch
2-3:30pm
Many educational activities


Thursday June 18
* Summer Sizzle Music Series - Pleasant Valley Branch
Nino Reyes - Native American Flutist (He was one of five chosed to play @ the 2002 Olympics)
7-8:30pm


Friday June 19



Saturday June 20
*RAMP Free Activities
http://www.co.weber.ut.us/ramp/PDFs/summer%20schedule%202009.pdf
Hill Aerospace Museum 9-4:30pm
Lorin Farr Pool 12-6pm
Ogden Nature Center 9:30-11am & 1:30-3pm
BSA Ropes Challenge Course 10-2pm


*Free Admission to National Parks
http://www.nps.gov/findapark/feefreeparksbystate.htm


* Sci-Fi Classic Series - Pleasant Valley Branch
Plan 9 from outer space
2-3:30pm


Sunday June 21
Free Admission to National Parks
http://www.nps.gov/findapark/feefreeparksbystate.htm


Monday June 22
Ott Reach (Weber State) Science in the Park
June 22-26
11:30-1pm
Liberty Park (ogden)
http://community.weber.edu/ottreach/index.html



Tuesday June 23
*Hollywood Musical Film Series - Pleasant Valley branch
1-4pm


*Youth Chess Club - Pleasant Valley Branch
4-5pm


Wednesday June 24
*Growing Greens: Plants & Tree's Children's Summer Reading Activity - Pleasant Valley Branch
learn how plants and trees grow, what they need and how to take care of them.
10:30-11:30am


*Story Hour -Children's Summer Reading - Pleasant Valley Branch
10:30-11:30am
for kids 0-5

*Family Film Series - Pleasant Valley Branch
Schoolhouse Rock: Earth
12-1pm

*After School Program - Pleasant Valley Branch
2-3:30pm

*Free Family Swim Night @ Layon Surf n Swim
7-10pm
(there is a $2 charge for tube rental)

Thursday June 25
* Summer Sizzle Music Series - Pleasant Valley Branch
Ogden Buddhist Taiko Drummers



Friday June 26





Saturday June 27
*FREE RAMP Activities - see the link for times
http://www.co.weber.ut.us/ramp/PDFs/summer%20schedule%202009.pdf

Hill Aerospace Museum, Lorin Farr Pool, Ice Sheet, Roy Aquatic Center, Fort Buenaventura, Ott Planetarium, Peery's Egyptian Theatre


*Monsters vs Aliens @ Peery's Egyptian Theatre 11am & 2pm

* Sci-Fi Classic Series - Pleasant Valley Branch
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
2-4:30pm


Sunday June 28
* Sunday Night Concert Series - Voices of Liberty Concert
Ed Kenley Ampitheatre - Layton
7pm




Monday June 29
*Discovery Time - Pleasant Valley Branch
10:30 - 11:30 & 11:30-12:30

OttReach (Weber State) Science in the Park (June 29-July 2)
11:30-1pm
Monroe Park
http://community.weber.edu/ottreach/index.html

Tuesday June 30
*Hollywood Musical Film Series - Pleasant Valley Branch
My Fair Lady
1-4pm

*Youth Chess Club - Pleasant Valley Branch
4-5pm

Tagged with 3's

3 THINGS ABOUT ME.....

Three jobs I have had:

1- Ref for kids softball

2- Crisis Worker for Abused Women

3- MOM

Three place I have lived:

1- Layton

2- South Weber

3- Heaven (I've only lived in 2 cities)

Three shows that I watch:

1- Grey's Anatomy

2- ER (only 3 episodes left)

3- American Idol

Three places I have been:

1- Disneyworld

2- Mt Rushmore

3- Olympic Pennisula

Three place I have been this week:

1- Top of the toll road

2- Grocery Store

3- Library

Three places I'd rather be right now:

1- San Diego

2- England

3- Idaho (holding my new niece)

Three people I'm tagging:

1- Jeni

2- Jodi

3- Angela

The Kindness of Strangers

I have been thinking of how we treat others lately. We are becoming a world that people no longer routinely hold doors open for the next person, say "Merry Christmas" or even "Happy Holidays", look at other people as we pass much less give them a smile. So this struck me as amazing when it happened.

My dryer was on the fritz and the girls begged for "soft" clothes so early one Saturday morning we packed up ALL of the laundry for the week, left the baby at home with Dad and headed out to the laundry mat.

We brought in our baskets and I started putting everything into the washing machines and having the girls count out quarters. That's when we found out that I grabbed the bucket with dollar coins instead of quarters (yes, they get sorted at our house - don't ask) Not a big deal to me, I was just going to go trade them for bills so that I could then put them in the machine for quarters. A man saw my kids pulling any quarters out and came over and brought me at least enough quarters to cover all of my laundry. I protested but he just said "I've understand, I've been there before"

All I could think of was - "but I have the money,do we look like we are desperate?" I used his quarters since he wouldn't take them back. I then went and took him dollar coins to give back to him. Again he wouldn't take them. I kept telling him that I had the money to cover the laundry but he would not budge.

For the next couple hours waiting for the laundry it just bugged me that he wouldn't take his money back - I didn't need it.

It took me a while to just accept that he was a nice person. He saw someone in need and gave them something to help them out - just to be kind.

Last week I took Little Miss Persistent to Primary Children's. Yes I realize that they try to pamper kids there, but I have never had so many strangers be so kind to my child before. She was spoiled by 3 seperate strangers while we were there. She wasn't having anything painful or scary done so it wasn't because she was having a traumatic experience, they were kind to her because one noticed she liked to draw; another had her same diagnosis as a kid and said it was a pain and understood and another one just because. She was so excited when she left because people had taken the time to be nice to her.

Boy that got really long - what I meant to say was there really is a lot of good in this world. What would happen if we all used the manners that we were probably taught as a kid and went out of our way to be kind to strangers?

The robins are coming! The robins are coming!

The robins are coming - the robins are coming!

My kids must know what that means. This morning I showed them the robin in the tree and they both yelled "Spring is coming!"

Little Miss Ingenious and Friends

Little Miss Ingenious asked: "Do you think if I ask the ink thing to become friends with me he will let me see the track?"

Oh if we could all only be friends like little preschoolers.

Book, books and more books

I love this site! I have been able to get a bunch of books - PLUS I have gotten rid of books that we don't want anymore!

Here's the scoop:
1- Post 10 books in good condition that you want to swap. You'll get 2 credits for this, so that you can order some books for yourself.

2- If somebody wants your book an email is sent to you. You mail it to them. Once your book is received by them they log it on paperback swap and you get 1 credit (2 if it's book on tape). I don't think that I have spent more than $3 to send any of the books out.

3- Look up books that you want and request them. They pay the shipping to send it to you. Once you get the book it's yours or you can read and put it back up to swap.

This site has been great. I have received hard back books that look brand new and would have cost $16 at the store. It can be hit and miss but everybody is supposed to send good condition books, I haven't ever received a lemon. If so there is a spot to log that once you receive the book.

PS - The DVD swap site is great too. I have cleaned out a bunch of old DVDs and we have received some that we have wanted but didn't want to pay full price.

Christmas Spirit Candy Cane

Recipe to Grow a Christmas Candy Cane
1 bag oreos
1 candy cane seed
1 bucket (we think the red ones work best)
lots of Christmas Spirit

1- Turn oreos and the filling into crumbs. The filling will act as fertilizer for the candy cane seeds.

2- If you have a big bucket - fill the bottom with Rice Krispie cereal. It will act like pebbles to help your Candy Cane seeds grow.

3- Just pat down your oreos - not too compact or the seeds can't grow

4- Plant candy cane seed

5- With lots of Christmas Spirit, kindness to others, obeying Mom and Dad the candy cane seed will begin to grow into a Candy Cane.

Diamond Rio: In God We Still Trust

The Christmas Sweater

Michael took me to see the production of "The Christmas Sweater" last night. Glenn Beck did a great job being all of the characters, I must say that I was sceptical when I heard he was doing the whole show himself. It is a story of redemption and love. The show was good but I liked the book even more (what else is new) All of us can find things in our lives that we aren't grateful for, that we should be. There are those around us that would love to help us, if only we would let them in. If you want a new feel good Christmas book, this is a good one.

Giving Thanks

Giving Thanks

This year leading up to Thanksgiving we are going to each write on a strip of paper what we are thankful for every night at dinner. Then the papers will get looped together and hung in the kitchen. Thanksgiving morning before going to dinner we are going to read them all again and talk about how many things we have to be thankful for.

In search of the great pumpkin?

The youth council did a food drive last week in exchange for pumpkins
I have a bunch of extra pumpkins that need a good home for Halloween
Bring down some canned food for each pumpkin that you would like. REMEMBER the Food Bank is in desperate need of food, so give generously
The food box is in my garage so just use the honor system

Leelou Blogs

This is where I get most of my cute blog backgrounds. She has made it easy to change your backgrounds PLUS you shouldn't lose your widgets. Go check her out, she's doing a bunch of giveaways this week

Tag

8 TV Shows

• ER (I've watched it since high school)
• Grey's Anatomy
• Heroes
• Good Eats
• Private Practice
• 24 (another date night show)
• phineas and ferb (it's funny & em's favorite show)
• local news

8 Restraurants

• Happy Sumo
• Jason's Deli
• The Garden
• Melting Pot (cheese or chocolate fondue but not the main dish)
• Market Street Broiler
• Ruby River
• Macaroni Grill
• PF Changs

8 things I did yesterday

• Primary Meeting
• Key Scouter Meeting
• Primary with the bishopric meeting
• Had everyone dressed and to church by 12:40!
• Spoke in sacrament meeting
• Went to hold the new bunnies at Grandpa's
• Worked on Em's new hat
• Snuggled 2 of the 3 girls to sleep (I really enjoy snuggles when it's not a ploy to get out of going to bed)

8 things I looking forward to

• All of the new pipes being done (they haven't even started the ones in my yard yet)
• Em learning to read (remind me of that next year when she is reading agonizingly slow)
• Running again
• Knowing when my house is going to be torn down
• AR goal being done for this term (why did she pick such a high number & not take tests for the first 3 weeks of school!?!)
• A new chef at Welcome Home
• My new house
• When the girls will do their daily dozen each morning BEFORE school

8 things on my wish list

• My new house
• Disneyworld Vacation
• London
• Run
• Clean house that keeps itself clean (except for the kids own chores, they still need to learn how to do them)
• Economy to improve quickly
• To learn photoshop quicker
• Jobs being done happily

8 people I'm tagging

• Debbie (welcome to blogging)
• Angie M
• Angie P
• Denette (do you have a blog yet?)
• Kim
• Tracie (yep, we found your blog)
• Carrie
• Ginger

Bad Guys just turn around and go away

We were out for a walk the other day and Em saw this sign.

"Look Mom, it's a sign that says No bad guys allowed past this sign. That's a good sign to have so the bad guys know where to turn around and go away."

Advice from Elder Busche

This is such simple yet profound advice to have an incredible life

Date Night is Back!

Yippee! It's date night tonight once the girls are off in dreamland!

Anybody else watch? What are your predictions?

In search of good books

I am in search of good books to read. What are your favorite books and why?

All of those with perfect houses... we all know who you are!

Now that we have determined that you are all perfect and have perfect houses - let Ang and I in on your secrets.

Schools back in full swing! It's time for me to get back into regular routines again.

What are your routines to keep your life afloat? Is it flylady, doing one main thing a day, set schedule or you're just a wonder woman and keep everything perfect because you are perfect.