Family outings

Lights at Temple Square

The last few years we have missed going to Temple Square to see the lights. This year we made the effort to see them. It was really nice. We originally planned on going with my family. My parents had forgotten that they had a work party, so we picked up my brother's and my sister and still went.

First we started out at Randy & Megan's place for dinner! Then we headed downtown.

Jordan's all bundled up and ready to go!!!

Our cute little family



My brother's & Sister

Me, Madison & Megan

The lights were beautiful!

Jordan walking with Auntie M and Wyatt

Jordan wanted to push his own stroller!

Jordan pointing at all of the beautiful lights and then looking at the water with Auntie M!

It would have been a perfect evening, except Jordan was so tired and grouchy. As you can see in the picture, Glen was giving me the evil eye...aka, we better go NOW look! We got a later start than we had wanted, so we got there at his bedtime. Plus, put his tiredness together with his stubbornness to do everything himself....just say there were a few trying times throughout the night. Overall it was fun.....next time we will have to go a little earlier:)

Festival of Trees

Every year we like to go to the Festival of Trees. Usually we go on the last night, that way we get to see the Salt Lake Scott's (I have a thing with bagpipes!). This year with our hectic schedules we had to go the first night, which seemed much busier than the last night.

We went with Randy and Megan. We had a great time. The trees and gingerbread houses were amazing. Plus not to mention the reasoning behind the festival of trees....which I can't manage to walk through without getting teary-eyed at least a dozen times!

Here were some of our favorites.....

I've tried making a gingerbread house before, ya, it didn't look anything like this!

I use to love to play Candy Land! I thought it was awesome! It makes me want to track down our old game and play again....your never too old for Candy Land!

The Japanese tree and Golf Club tree...very neat.

And of course I have to throw in a picture of the Twilight Tree!

Again, we got a later start that we had wanted, so Jordan was tired and grouchy. I think the moral of the two stories is.....don't run late and to get to places earlier, that way we aren't running into Jordan's bed time and then everyone will be happy!

The two nights were great and I can't wait for next year!