Night at the museum

Last week I was googling museums in Utah because I thought it might be fun to take the kids to Hill A.F.B museum and I came across a museum in Lehi I had never heard of - The Hutchings Museum of Natural History and they just happened to be doing a re-enactment of Night at the Museum - just like the movie. We went down Saturday night and were greeted by a replica of Rexy in the lobby. Dum Dum was there as well, spitting dumdums out of his mouth rather than gum. And they had three live birds: a horned owl, a huge parrot, and a golden eagle. They had character actors dressed to the part. While the museum was small, it had an awesome collection of specimens. I was very crowded, due in part or (mostly) to their event. I think we might go back and spend some quality time there. It was really impressive and the kids really loved it.

Sadly, we found our yellow feathered visitor from last week at the base of a tree in the back yard today. He must have been sick. The kids gave him a proper burial in the back yard and marked it with a yellow marble.