Ikea, Bean Museum, and BYU Creamery

Friday with Deb and her kids was so much fun. We went to IKEA for lunch. They have free lunch for kids until August 30. The kids loved it and Deb and I thought it was delicious.

Next we were off to the Monte Bean Museum at BYU. I have wanted to check this place out for a while as I have heard great things about it.

This is "Shasta" the Liger that used to be at the Hogle Zoo. It was fun to see this display because I actually was sad it wasn't at the zoo anymore. I remember it from growing up.

I had no idea what to expect from this museum and I was pleasantly surprised. It was fun to see what the animals really look like, not in a book. These elephants were huge! I had no idea they were that big. The kids thought this place was so cool.

This bear was absolutely enormous. I couldn't believe how huge it was! It kinda freaked us all out.

The kids couldn't touch most of the displays, but they had this group of animal heads that they could touch and feel the fur. Most of it isn't as soft as you'd expect.

Another fun thing about the Bean Museum is that they bring out live animals for the kids to see. The kids loved this snake.

The kids showing their Grizzly Bear impersonation.

Lincoln loved this turtle. He kept getting in trouble for knocking on it's shell...

After the Bean Museum we headed to the BYU Creamery. I have never been there and to be honest, it didn't hold a candle to Aggie Ice Cream (sorry, I have my loyalties), but it was fun to get.

Even though we had to wait in an HUGE line (EFY was going, who knew?), the kids thought the ice cream was wonderful.