Memorial Day Weekend in SLC

Rachel and I decided to spend the weekend with her parents, since I had a 4 day weekend. There were a bunch of happenings that were noteworthy. First Rachel's sister Liz came up with her kids and we all went to this Aquarium. Sorry, no pictures! We forgot our camera. But, it was pretty cool. They even had an Anaconda!!! It was a little one though, only like 8-9 feet... or something like that. We have a picture of one below.
They had a presentation of the animals and we learned some interesting facts about the animals. Most of them I knew, but there were one or two surprises:

• Scorpions glow under UV light. No one knows why either.
• Snakes are cold blooded, which means that they are the temperature of their environment. That's why they like to bask in the sun!
• Cockroaches can get up to 3 inches long. They are very important in the decomposition of waste worldwide.
• Alligators float vertically when their heads are barely on the surface of the water. This way, they can use their powerful tail to propel themselves out of the water to bite the head of those unsuspecting antelope!

Well, it was pretty cool. We got to touch some of the animals too. The snake was very warm and fleshy. The cockroach was hard like a plate. They didn't let us touch the scorpion though... wonder why?

Rachel and I went down to Lindon later on Saturday to attend my cousin Justin's wedding reception. Justin and Jiyon looked very happy together. They had really cute pictures of when he proposed. It was good to see cousins Cynthia and Charity. Also, my cousin Jared came down from Rexburg to go to the reception. Now that we know where Jared lives, we may just have to visit every so often. It was spectacular!

On Sunday Kathy, Liz, Rachel and I went to Music and the Spoken Word. It was really packed! We had really bad seating in the very front left behind pillars and equipment, but the performance was still really good. The United States Navy Band accompanied the Choir for the performance and had a few numbers of their own. It was really good.

We had ribs for dinner on Sunday night...

Monday, Rachel and I went to Ikea and bought some small things that we wanted for the kitchen. I helped Phil put together a pontoon that he got for fishing. We might have the opportunity to go fishing in the two pontoons at Bear Lake, 4th of July weekend. I'm excited for it.

We finished up our day going to the theater and watching Angels and Demons! It was really good! I really liked it. Rachel hasn't seen The Davinci Code yet though. We'll probably watch it sometime soon.

That pretty much sums up our weekend. Sorry for not having any pictures, we'll try to be less lame next time.