This is The Place Heritage Park Salt Lake City Utah

September 12, 2017 by shelley

This is the Place Heritage Park Salt Lake City, Utah

This is the Place Heritage Park

In Utah “This Is The Place, Drive On” has special meaning. When Brigham Young looked out over the Salt Lake Valley from the mouth of Emigration Canyon and said those now immortal words, it was then the pioneers knew they had arrived at the place where they were to end their long journey. THIS IS THE PLACE HERITAGE PARK celebrates that moment for the Pioneers. It has grown into a phenomenal place for families and visitors to visit.

We spent the rest of Pioneer Day at Heritage Park. The big draw for the grandkids to go on pioneer day is the candy cannon and the watermelon eating contest and of course eating Brigham’s Doughnuts.

This is the Place Heritage Park Salt Lake City, Utah

Trying stilts at This is the Place Heritage Park Salt Lake City

This is the Place Heritage Park Salt Lake City, Utah

Playing Hoops at This is The Place Heritage Park Salt Lake City

Leather working at This is The Place Heritage Park Salt Lake City

This is the Place Heritage Park Salt Lake City, Utah

Watermelon Eating Contest

Watermelon eating contest at This is The Place Heritage Park Salt Lake City

Parade

Parade at This is The Place Heritage Park Salt Lake City

Brigham’s Donuts

Brigham’s Donuts at This is The Place Heritage Park Salt Lake City

Eating Brigham’s Donuts at This is The Place Heritage Park Salt Lake City

Brigham’s Donuts at This is The Place Heritage Park Salt Lake City

Here are several recipes of versions of Brigham’s donuts:

Brigham’s Donuts (.doc format),

Brigham’s Donuts (.pdf version)

Candy Cannon

Candy Cannon at This is The Place Heritage Park Salt Lake City

Finding rocks and panning for gold

Panning for gold at This is The Place Heritage Park Salt Lake City

Rock Hunting at This is The Place Heritage Park Salt Lake City

Candy Cannon at This is The Place Heritage Park Salt Lake City

This Is The Place Monument

This is the Place Heritage Park Salt Lake City, Utah

Continuing Pioneer Day celebration at Heritage Park

August 30, 2016 by shelley

Continuing Pioneer Day celebration at

This Is The Place Heritage Park

This is The Place Heritage Park

An exhibit we had not visited extensively before was the Native American Village. The Native American Village represents the five indigenous tribes that inhabited the area that became Utah. Those tribes consisted of the Ute, Navajo, Paiute, Goshute and Shoshone. Each had its own territory, as indicated on the map, as well as its own culture, traditions, and language. Those differences were due in part to the diverse climate and geography of Utah. It is quite a show they put on with native American dances. The costumes are incredible!

This is The Place Heritage Park

Native American Dance at This Is The Place Heritage Park

Link to Native American Indian Dance.

This is The Place Heritage Park

Fun Things to do in Salt Lake City

July 5, 2015 by shelley

And then we enjoyed a week of fun activities in Salt Lake City after the wedding:

Hogle Zoo

Everyone at Hogle Zoo

Henry, Becca and Jack

Jack and Caroline

B.J. and Jack

Becca and Henry

Hogle Zoo, Salt Lake City

Collins and Becca

Becca, Caroline, Jack and Henry

Collins

And the Museum of Natural Curiosity

Museum of Natural Curiosity

Becca

Henry

Collins and Becca

Collins and Henry

Collins and Becca

Henry and Caroline

Caroline

Caroline and Becca

Emily and Jennifer

Jack

Emily at Museum of Natural Curiosity in Salt Lake City

Fishing at Cold Springs Trout Farm

Our catch of the day

Collins

Collins and Becca

Caroline, Becca and Henry

Grandpa, BJ, Jack and Jenn

Henry, Jenn and Jack

Becca, Jen, Emily and Caroline

Caroline, Emily, Jen, Jack, Henry, B.J. and grandpa

Becca, Jen, Caroline, Grandpa, Henry, Jack and BJ

Becca

Jennifer

Caroline and Henry

Jack

Cold Springs Trout Farm

This is the Place Heritage Park

Caroline and Jack

Caroline, Becca, Grandpa and Henry

Emily

Becca

Henry

Grandpa and BJ

Caroline, BJ, Jack, Becca and Henry

Becca

Caroline

Jack, Becca and Caroline

Becca and Caroline

Prospector Pit

Caroline and Jack

Becca

Jack and Caroline

Henry

Jack, Becca and Henry

Caroline and Becca

BJ and Jenn

Jack and Henry eating Brigham doughnuts

This is the Place Heritage Park

UTAH MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS

The Utah Museum Fine Arts has a special program for children every third Saturday which is a phenomenal program! It is free and this month had Mayan art for its inspiration. Every child got to decorative clay pot after being inspired with the Mayan pottery collection searching for specific objects like the rectangular polychrome vase

Rectangular Polychrome Mayan Vase Utah Museum of Fine Arts

or the polychrome vase.

Polychrome Mayan Vase Utah Museum of Fine Arts

Example of the clay plate Mayan inspired project for children at Utah Museum of Fine Art’s third Saturday for children (free admission!);

Example art clay plate art project Mayan inspired third Saturday activity for children Utah Museum of Fine Arts

Becca and Caroline working on their clay plate Mayan art project

Henry working on his Mayan clay plate art project Utah Museum of Fine arts third Saturday activity for children

Henry with clay plate art project

Caroline with clay plate art project

Becca with her Mayan inspired clay plate art project at the Utah Museum of Fine Art

Becca (helped Grandma) with her Mayan inspired clay plate art project at the Utah Museum of Fine Art

Emily

Grandma and Grandpa working on their projects

Working on clay art project at Utah Museum of Fine Arts

Caroline cleaning up after project

The Leonardo Museum Salt Lake City

We had to visit the Leonardo Museum to see Becca’s award winning Reflections project on display. It was park of the SPARK exhibit.

Spark ignite your imagination

SPARK!

What is “spark?” Is it that feeling you get when you know you’re on to something big? Is it that irresistible flow of an idea that’s just about to burst into reality? What happens when your creativity is ignited? What becomes possible?

They get it– the Leonardo created this brand new (and really big) exhibition.

Imagine, explore and interact with over 700 pieces of original 2D and 3D art, live performances, original writings, and more. And many of the featured works were created by artists who are just like YOU! (Becca was one of the artists with her award winning project!)

Everyone at the Leonardo Museum with Becca’s project

Caroline and green screen

Becca and Henry and green screen

Fun with green screen

Henry, Caroline and Becca

Henry the drummer

Caroline and Becca

Henry

Projects at the Leonardo in Salt Lake City

Becca’s award winning project for Reflections-state award winner

Making the World a Better Place with a Mean Word Chomper

Leonardo Museum Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City and fun times!

April 28, 2014 by shelley

We arrived in Salt Lake City and knew we would have to wait a few minutes at the airport before our ride arrived. The Salt Lake airport is not a bad place to spend a few extra moments…it is a place you can witness a moment (and secretly share) the joy and happiness of perfect strangers.

We watched families welcome home and joyfully celebrate their returning missionary. These missionaries were returning home after serving a two year mission somewhere in the world for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). They had not seen their families for that entire time. Only Christmas and Mother’s day are they allowed to call home. Weekly emails were their only form of communication. Cheers would erupt as a young man in a suit would appear at the top of the escalator and slowly descend to the waiting group below. The cheering would continue, signs would wave and people would jump up and down. But when the young man reached the bottom, and it never failed, the first person he would embrace was obviously his mother. It was always a long, sweet and very emotional embrace. And then his dad would receive a big hug. And then siblings would “glom” onto him and create a mass hug. Other relatives and friends followed. So very heart warming. We knew no one, spoke to no one, but we witnessed, shared and thoroughly enjoyed, the sheer joy and happiness of perfect strangers watching their sons come home from their missions at the Salt Lake City airport.

Joyful reunions at the Salt Lake City Airport

And then it was on to other activities and a full few days we enjoyed with Jen, Adam and kids in Salt Lake City.

It was a busy time in Salt Lake City.

One of the reasons we came to Salt Lake City was to see the kindergarden production of Mother Goose nursery rhymes. More specifically the Queen in Sing a Song of Sixpence. We had to see her in the parlor eating bread and honey!

The Queen!

The Queen awaits

The Queen shows us her classroom.

We spent a fun day at This is The Place Heritage Park.

First a quick look at the map…

looking at map

One of the things Becca, Henry and Caroline were excited to show us were the baby animals. First stop the baby chicks.

Henry, Becca, Caroline, Bob and Myself viewing the baby chicks at Heritage Park SLC

Becca holding a baby chick

Bob holding a baby chick for Caroline

Henry holding a baby chick

Henry, Becca and Myself at the baby chicks

Becca and myself with the baby chicks

Next stop the baby goats.

Becca and Caroline with baby goats

Becca with the baby goat

Caroline feeding the baby goat

And of course the pony rides!

Craft making:

Making an Easter Craft

Making a craft at This is The Place Heritage Park

Henry’s craft

The blacksmith…

Visit to the blacksmith shop

The rope maker…

Becca and Henry helping make rope

Henry and Caroline watching Becca make rope

Tooling leather…

Becca showing her tooled leather

Henry and Becca working on tooling leather

Jen and Caroline tooling leather

Henry, Caroline and Becca working on their leather.

Train rides…

Jen and Caroline taking a little train ride

Train ride

But we came for gold, so pan for gold we did!

Becca panning for gold

Gold Rush!

Caroline panning for gold.

Henry and Becca hard at work.

Henry finding gold

Henry counting his gold.

Jen, Caroline and Becca at the stream.

And we struck “GOLD”!

Gold!

and Brigham’s doughnuts

Becca enjoying a Brigham doughnut

Brighams Donuts

And then it was time to go.

Jen and Bob

We enjoyed seeing friends.

Lunch with Carole and Sam Cowley

We built recycling trucks at Lowe’s.

Building at Lowes

Becca building at Lowe’s

Henry

Caroline

Building team

Building at Lowes

Henry

Ballet class.

Becca at ballet.

Soccer game.

Henry at soccer game.

Caroline enjoying soccer game.

We checked out Adam’s office.

Daddy’s office

Went to City Creek.

City Creek

And played in the park.

Caroline

Becca

Henry

Caroline

Becca

Bob watching Becca

Adam helping Caroline

Henry and Caroline

Henry

Becca

Henry

Becca

Becca and Caroline

Jen helping Caroline

All in all a busy wonderful time!!

Women’s Conference at Brigham Young University

June 19, 2013 by shelley

I attended BYU Women’s Conference again this year with my good friend Ellen Riley from Boston.

2013 BYU Women’s Conference

We joined about 17,000 other women for two days of guest speakers, great entertainment, service projects, and great companionship.

Session in Marriott Center

Thousands of Women in the Marriott Center for Women’s Conference.

Women’s Conference is a happening and this car seemed to say it all:

Car in parking lot of Women’s Conference.

Women’s Conference is a yearly happening for many women.

Program from Women’s Conference:

It seemed this year I connected with lots of people; i.e. a general session speaker Kevin Worthen (friend of my brother growing up) from Price, Utah- we grabbed good seats for this session and went up after to say “hello”;

Best Seats in the house for this session.

Or a presenter in one class Carol Mikita, mother of my daughter Becca’s good friend Jen Bennion:

Class: “It Is for You . . . to Lead the World and toLead Especially the Women of the World”(President Joseph F. Smith)

President Joseph F. Smith encouraged sisters in Relief Society to lead the “women of the world, in everything thatis praise-worthy, everything that is God-like, everythingthat is uplifting and that is purifying to the children of men.” As women of God, we can lead by lifting in our spheres of infuence in our homes, the Church, ourcommunities, and work. What qualities and attributeshelp us to be effective leaders? How can we maintain ourdivinely given female natures, be distinct and different inhappy ways, and also be infuential and effective?

Carole Mikita —Wife, mother; senior reporter for religionand the arts, KSL-TV; writes and produces documentariesthat air between general conference sessions

The weather was beautiful this year and the campus was beautiful as usual and of course the mountains-the glorious mountains.

Spring blooms.

Trees in bloom on BYU campus.

A later spring this year created beautiful color on the BYU campus.

The clean beautiful BYU campus.

Scenic view of BYU campus.

A view of my favorite mountain, Mount Timpanogos.

The mountains, the glorious mountains of Utah.

This year we stayed late to catch the evening entertainment:

Evening entertainment in the Marriott Center.

This year in addition to Women’s Conference we also visited

This is the Place Heritage Park

Step back in time and see the West as it was in the early settlement of Utah. Ride one of three trains, the Jupiter, Blackhawk or the 119, as they tour around the Park. Or enjoy a ride around the pond on the mini train. City kids will love riding ponies, meeting and petting farm animals and don’t forget to try your skill at milking Clara Bell the Cow.

Guests love panning for gold. There is no excitement quite like finding a shiny nugget hiding amongst the silt and sand. “Set sail” on the Ship Brooklyn, a one-sixth replica of the original that tells the story of the expedition of pioneers who sailed from New York Harbor over 24,000 miles in search of a new home in the West.

Visit the Native American Village, which celebrates Utah’s heritage before the arrival of the settlers. Authentic Navajo Hogan’s and Shoshone teepees stand in a quiet circle on the hillside. Grind corn and make arrowhead necklaces.

Interact with a blacksmith, tinsmith, and saddle maker and don’t forget to purchase some snake oil from Dr. Quackenbush! Try your hand at some old-fashioned pioneer chores, or at spinning and carding wool. And there’s endless old-fashioned fun from the bucket brigade to the Candy Cannon that shoots salt-water taffy during special events. The streets are alive with a variety of musical performers, and be on the lookout for a train robbery!

Brand new Summer 2013 is Irrigation Station splash pad! Cool off and learn why the Salt Lake Valley “blossomed as a rose!”

The Gift Shop at the Visitor Center is one of the premier destination shopping experiences in Salt Lake City. And theZCMI Mercantile is filled with sweets from yesteryear and loads of goodies. Huntsman Hotel is home to Hires Big H products, there’s an old fashioned ice cream shop with soft serve and flavor burst cones, and Brigham’s Donuts are cooked fresh everyday! A little bit of sugary heaven!

Visit the Mormon Battalion Museum, The Stoddard Gallery and see the iconic Monument that was erected under the supervision of a committee composed of Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Protestant, Jewish and Latter-day Saint representatives. Visit the Walk of Pioneer Faiths honoring early religious groups and leaders who contributed to the religious diversity of our great community.

I think we visited just about every building in the park: