Our trip to Utah, our first and definately not our last!!

We left at 2:30 in the morning.
The munchkins were tired but sooooo excited to be going!!

We got to see the sun rise in another state.

Still driving.

First rest stop with snow!!
I had never seen it snowing before and there were little bits of snow floating around.
The munchkins, this was the first time they saw snow at all!!
Michael Jr could not wait to get out in it!!

13 hours later, we made it to Uncle Robert and Aunt Tammi's house.
The kids went right out to the snow.

The girls making snowballs to throw.

Aimee thinks catching snow flakes is cool!

Tagging the porch.

Look at his poor face!
So red from the cold!!
I forgot to bring chapstick too!!

I could not get Becca out of the snow.

Michael Jr and his cousin are building a fort under the snow here.

Oops! Michael Jr fell in it instead!!

They were all playing fine till the snow started drifting down and got Belle in the face.
Oh my she does not like that!!

The next day the girls were making snow angels.
Belle is making hers.

Tada!

Becca is making TONS of angels all over the yard!

brrrr.

tada!

Becca loves snow in her hair.

This is the view from where we were in Lehi.

Kiddos are still out in the snow.
Don't even want to come in for a break!!

Here is another day when Uncle Robert took us up to Soldier's Hollow to go snow tubing.
It is so beautiful there.
The idea is that you rent the tube and they have a machine that pulls you up the hill then you ride your tube down one of the 6 lanes they have. You can go alone or up to 3 people holding on to one another. Wow, we paid for 2 hours and I am darn sure those munchkins could have gone on all day!!

This is still Soldier's Hollow and they have cross country skiing paths as well.
The scenery is to amazing for words.

Belle and I hit the lodge though to warm up with pretzels.
We are not crazy like those other munchkins of mine!!

I know it is hard to see but this spot is where the Olympics were too.
I thought that was pretty cool.
Gold medals were won right where my kids where zooming down the mountain side.
They got cups of cocoa instead though. They seemed okay with that.

Now here in Southern California we don't see this every day.
We were just cruzing along and check it out!
Deer in the back yard!!
Yes I was a bit giddy to see that.

These are in a neighbor's backyard but I thought they were amazing.

Home of the Jazz.

A beautiful outside shopping mall.
Just as crowded as back home.

Had to fit some home school in.
The Salt Lake Temple visitor center was insanely amazing.
This is a replica of Jerusalem in the time period that Aimee and I are studying right now.

Art work to follow through Jesus life.
They are really beautiful.

This is my favorite!
Our family with Jesus.

Becca is learning about how the bible was written.

Michael Jr is learning about Moses.

A beautiful nativity set up outside.
It was really big and beautiful. They had the wise men coming to meet them on the left and shepherds tending sheep on the other side.

Can you believe these tools helped to build...

This gorgeous building?
Tried to have a picture of all of us in front of the incredibly beautiful Temple. Pretty good shot, we just look so tiny!!

Look at the nativity they had in the middle of the reflection pond. The little bubbles had floating lights in them for the night time.
Amazing!

Belle and the munchkins had a nice time in Utah.
We even went to this cute light show that they have in Thanksgiving Point. You drive through and see all the cute little lit up displays they have put up. Some are Santa and Elf types, or penguins and reindeer, they even had baby Jesus. Really cute!!
We saw so much and have so much more to still go and see.
Uncle Robert says that there is a copper mine that is the largest in the United States. (It was closed for the winter) and there is a really cool dinosaur museum we need to go back and check out. He told us about some amazing caves (also closed for the winter) that you hike up to and they tour you around the insides. Sounds so amazing!
I cant believe how beautiful it was up there.
The people were so incredibly nice too.
I have never been anywhere that people have been so polite and trusting. I am used to you go into a store and right away they think you are gonna steal something. Up there shoot you pump your gas and then they have you pay. They trust that you will go in and pay them for the gas you put in your vehicle. Here the gas station would be out of business!
Wow I really love Utah.
I mean a bunch!
It is great up there.
Thanks Robert for taking us all over and listening to my endless questions about life up there.
Thank you for taking us for our first trip to Sonic too.
The kiddos are still talking about their Sonic Burgers and the guys on skates!

Thank you so much Robert and Tammi for having us.
It was a vacation that none of us will ever forget!