“What are we supposed to be doing out here?”

with tears in his eyes in the 24 degree weather, Abe asked, “What are we supposed to be doing out here?” I just don’t think looking at Christmas lights in the cold means quite as much to kids – even at Temple Square. When asked to share one good thing about our evening this was the response:

Max: “It was so beautiful.”
Abe: “I’m grateful that mom bought us food and helped to kept us warm.”
Hannah: “I loved it all.”
Mom: “I loved when we had that one happy moment with nobody crying or sad.”

We had a nice time visiting with Amy’s family. Trevor and Abe made White Chocolate Party Mix. We had sloppy joes. Amy got lots of loves from Liza, a few seconds with Truman on her lap playing Angry Birds Stars Wars (sigh…), and lots of quick conversations and smiles from Max. My kids love to see Aunt Amy.

We crashed their activity in SLC to see CityCreek & Temple Square lights. They were nice to help with the tots. I’ll tell ya what though – keeping track of 3 kids is much easier than 5 kids. We used our $5 McDonalds gift-certificates from Grandma Smith for dinner. The kids loved that! We stopped by Farrs and had a sample of some tasty yogurt & some hot chocolate & apple cider. We made it home without frost-bite and snuggled in for a long night’s sleep.

Adventures in Wintertime!!!