When the Utah Smiths came down to Southern California this summer, we deviated from the usual activities and explored some new and exciting things. We went to two museums and had a cooking class.
Grandpa Spence was showing his Amateur TV stuff at the Reagan Library, so the boys and I decided to take him some lunch. While we were out there we decided to go have a look-see at Air Force One, which I had NOT seen, either. I figured the boys would just want to head straight for the airplane, but as we started passing through the museum, they wanted to stop and look at everything. It was a wonderful opportunity to talk a bit about our government and patriotism and the legacy that Ronald Reagan left us.
Walking through Air Force One was quite an experience. With all the wax figures to show us what actually happened on the plane, we were able to learn a lot. We took a great photo at the entrance, which hopefully I can get a copy of to scan to this blog. Our last visits were to the Berlin Wall outside, and then to Reagans actual tomb. The boys just couldn't quite believe that he was buried right there in that spot.
A couple of days later we spent some quality time in the kitchen, with each of the boys making his own pan of homemade cinnamon rolls. They did all the measuring, pouring and stirring and even a little kneading. Each boy rolled out his own dough, spread it with the sugar/cinnamon mix and butter and rolled and cut them. When they came out of the oven we glazed them with a buttery orange glaze. We were all in heaven, and it smelled SO good.
Right before they left to go home, Lisa and I took all the kids to the La Brea Tar Pits, and that was quite an experience. It is hard to believe something so ancient is right in the middle of downtown Los Angeles. We could see the tar oozing and bubbling, and in the museum we saw all the wonderful skeletons of the
Wooley Mammoths, sloths and sabre-toothed cats. It was a real slice of the past.
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