Last Friday we headed to SLC in the late afternoon. We picked up Nick's brother to hang out with us for a while. Checked into the Little America and went straight to the pool. Molly wouldn't have it any other way. She was so excited. After swimming, we ate at the motel and then got ready to go see the Christmas lights. Nana, Papa and Crystal stopped by the motel and we exchanged gifts, then we met them up on temple square...we had to take the tracks because we had told Molly she would get to ride on a train. We met Bart, Jess and the boys on the tracks. They hadn't eaten dinner yet, so we split was and stayed with the Sidwell's and looked at all the lights on temple square. Molly really loved it. She didn't complain one time about being cold. She especially liked the Christ statue. We took tracks home and went swimming again, per Molly's request and then went to bed. The room we booked just had a king size bed so we made Molly a little bed in the closet. She didn't stay in it long though. She has never slept with us, but after hours of waking up and crying we gave in and let her sleep with us.
When we woke up, we went swimming again, this time with Matthew and Dallin, Aunt Jess and Uncle Bart. Molly really loved having time with her best friends. We checked out and went to breakfast with the Jensens. They headed off to a family party and we went to the gateway. Molly got to see Santa and told him that she wanted paint fingers (fingerpaint). She was really cute with him. Then we spent the next few hours at the Childrens Museum at the gateway. We all enjoyed that place. So much to do and see. Molly also enjoyed the escalator and we had to ride it several times. Poor girl was SO tired so we left to head home a little earlier than planned. (We were tired too!!) Molly fell asleep after being int he car for a few minutes. For those of you who know Molly, she NEVER sleeps in the car, so we decided to head back to Price. On the way back we did stop for dinner in Lehi and met up with the Sidwell's again for smoothies and so Molly could spend more time with Nana and Papa. Such a FUN trip. We loved it!!
Im not sure if it was being too tired or what, but the night we got home Molly struck a fever and threw up, so Sunday Nick taught nursery while I stayed home. Molly napped practically all day.
We finally got all our Christmas shopping done. So glad to have everything ready. Now I know why my mom loved Christmas so much...buying for your children is SO MUCH FUN! I just wanted to buy everything. Can't wait for the big day!
We are having a Christmas around the World dinner on Christmas Night with my family and my mom's side. We are doing sushi from the Japanese side and Horchata from the Mexican side.
4 comments:
Sounds like too much fun!! I love the closet bed, we did that with Russell once, it is too bad it did not work. So you are the nursery leader? That is so cool, Molly moves up to sunbeams this new year right?
We hope you guys have a very Merry Christmas! We miss you more than you can know!
Sounds like you had a whole ot of fun SWIMMING!! Wish I could do that all day everyday!!!
That sounds like a great family trip. I can't believe how big and gorgeous Molly is getting! What a sweetheart. You and Nick are such great parents to her.
Will you email your new address to me? We accidentally sent a Christmas card to your old address in Logan. Please let me know if it makes its way to you. If not, I'll mail you another one.
It was fun to read about your trip. Glad it went great.
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