New Year's in Ut

Happy 2016!  We had a fantastic trip to Utah over the holidays, visiting family and just having lots of plain old fun.

The first day we went to church with my parents and after church Asher was given the rest of the banana cream pie.  What a way to start the trip and yes, that crazy kid ate it all and happily.  That night we visited Temple Square and besides being ridiculously cold, it was magical.  The lights were beautiful and snow blanketed everything.  We all warmed up while looking at exhibits and art.  The kids thought the old tabernacle was fascinating too.

While we were there we also hit the aquarium, which was packed with people but really cool...the otters were everyone's favorite I think.  We visited the Thanksgiving Point Children's museum too...again, packed with people but the boys always enjoy this place.  In-n-Out (YUM) was a must, as was Ikea for a few odds and ends.  We also ended up either visiting or calling every sporting goods store withing 20 miles searching fruitlessly for boys snow boots so we could go sledding.  Scheel's was a fun trip with the must-do ride on the huge indoor ferris wheel with Grandma and Grandpa, but even they couldn't hook us up with our much needed boots. So sad!  In the end, a friend of my sister's lent us some boots...what a lifesaver!!  Sledding was #1 on my kids' list of things they wanted to do, and at first it seemed like such a simple request.  We thought about buying some boots for the boys before we left but figured that Utah would be a better place to buy them.  Nope, because everyone in Utah actually needs them.  That will NOT be happening again, just for the record.   The sledding trip was great though.  There was a park nearby with a hill that was good for littles and our more adventurous big kids too.  Beckett even tried a trip or two down the hill on Koleson's little snowboard!  The boys love their cousin time SO much, and the love sledding SO much so the whole evening was a win win.

The actual night of New Year's Eve, we ate a bunch of treats and food at my parents house, and really just hung out talking, watching movies, laughing and sort of working on a giganto puzzle (only finished up the edges and a little chunk before we left, darn!).  The biggest shocker was that the boys (and the majority of their cousins) stayed up til midnight!  What?!  Clever Beckett made New Year's hats for everyone in the form of paper bowls with writing on them (check out photo below).  I think he made 20 of them.  Totally the best!

While we were there we also celebrated our Asher's birthday with everyone (another post).  What a wonderful trip full of snow, playing, memory making and relaxing.  Here's to a New Year with new adventures and memories ahead.  Can't wait!