Dinosaur Museum...

Back in July we headed down to Thanksgiving point Utah for the weekend and headed to the Dinosaur Museum.

A very cool experience for us all. It has one of the largest collections of mounted dinosaur fossils in the world. It is a very kid friendly hands on kind of museum... just perfect for our very active kiddos.

Was hard to grasp the sizes... when looking at books on dinosaurs they give you dimensions but until you see it in "real life" it is just hard to comprehend... we spent a lot of time looking up.

The lighting was tricky in there but I did get a couple good photos... like this guy... doesn't he look just mean?

I found the egg fossils really fascinating... very cool.

Like I said very hands on... one of the areas was all about erosion and how it plays a role in the time period. Both Kiddos and Daddy loved this area... getting wet... building dams... uncovering lost dinosaurs...

They also made their own dinosaur... sorting through fabric parts and attaching them to make their mighty dino...

We all loved the ocean fossils the best...

The turtle was unbelievable... hard to believe it was found in one of the Dakotas.

Kiddos also did a little archaeological digging...

Was one of those places where you could stay all day... looking and looking around some more. We will have to head back down in a year or so to check it all out again. Fun times!