This Is The Place Heritage Park

Today we went to This Is The Place Heritage Park and had family day with Kelly, Canyon and Evan.  I have lived in Utah the majority of my life and never visited this fantastic park.  There are so many things to do and see that tells about the early pioneers that settled the Salt Lake Valley.  We only got to participate in a small portion of the events, but had a ball with what we did get to see and do.

This Is the Place Monument

Modern clothing vs. 1800's clothing

Pioneer bonnet

Riding horses

What lucky people we were!!! being on the same street in the park when they had the cannon candy shoot.

Look at the load of candy that these two picked up from the cannon.

Thanks Gramps for letting us use your hat to collect all this candy.  Boy isn't the dentist going to be happy when we go back for our check ups. 

Going for ice cream cones!!!

I think that Evan's nose is growing!!!

Madsen children at the Madsen Furniture Store

My great, great, great, great grandfather, Benjamin Franklin Johnson was the first person to have a saddlery shop in the Salt Lake Valley.  This is a replica of his shop and some of the items that were used in the shop. 

This is a picture of him and his seven wives.  Our family comes through the second wife, Mary Ann Hale.

Canyon ready for a shave and haircut.  Boy!! look at those scissors that this barber wants to use to cut his hair.  Canyon just about was ready to get out of the chair at this point, but was a good sport and let the barber entertain us.

Soaping the face...

Cutting off the whiskers....

Oh boy, almost done...

Let's check the teeth to see if any are loose...

...thinking that one might need pulled with this handy, dandy piece of equipment.

We had so much fun and can hardly wait to go back when Derek gets home.  We plan to spend the entire day as there is just to much to see in half of a day.  We will go early and stay till close!!!

This was a perfect day and ended with watching the fireworks in Brigham City.