Day 1, July 7, 2011

Greetings! We made it to Salt Lake! We only had slight construction on the way, and it barely rained. We all got settled into our rooms as soon as we got here. A.J. is enjoying his own room very much. After we all had stretched, we enjoyed a steaming hot bowl of Mac and Cheese. (It was good, but I'm still glad I missed the usual last Friday.:))
Yesterday was a really fun experience. The boys woke up at who knows what times. I woke up around nine-thirty. We got ready for the day and were off. First we went to Smith's for some snacks. Next we went to the gas station, Seven-Eleven, where we got some free slurpees.The reason they only had them yesterday was because of the date. July 11, 2011. Or 7/11. We all enjoyed a refreshing Pina Colada slurpee:)
After Seven-Eleven, we took a nice LONG car ride to Antelope Island. I still can't believe how peaceful the water looked. Antelope Island is the largest of the ten islands in the Great Salt Lake. We walked through the Visitors Center for a while. A.J., Grandma, and I tried to explain to Tanner and Geremy how the Salt Lake came to be.
Once we had lunch, (Tanner had a peanut butter and raisin sandwich, Geremy had a PB and J sandwich, A.J. had a deli sandwich, and I had a tuna fish sandwich.) we waded into the water. It was actually quite warm. We were supposed to stay dry, but Geremy got drenched to the skin. ;)
After getting in the water, we went to the air force plane museum. They closed promptly at 4:30, so we only had a little time to look around. Let me just tell you this: those planes were huge! And to think that you two were on a plane that big... or bigger! Everyone enjoyed the museum and Tanner even got a souvenir there!
Finally we got home. For dinner we had pizza. Hawaiian pizza. :)
At last we went to sleep.
Today has been just as fun as yesterday. As I was writing my rough draft we were on our way home from the Kennecot Copper Mine. It was hug! 3/4 mile deep and 2 1/2 miles wide. We walked around the visitors center for a whild and watched the 18 minute video about the mine they had. Awesome fun.
For lunch today we went to the park and ate the free lunch they were serving. This morning we did two service projects. Grandma had sewn some clothe balls together and we got to stuff them with cotten. (Geremy loved pulling the cotton apart.) Our next project was making balls of yarn. We already had the yarn, we just had to form it into balls. It was fun to do. Tomorrow we are going to the humanitarian center to deliver everything.
We all miss you and hope to see you again soon.

P.S. This is Mattina writing.