Brad had a conference with his company this last Monday and Tuesday up in Salt Lake, so we all came along for some fun. We headed up there Sunday night so we could drive in clear weather (they love to close I-84). We got up there in time to listen to the Christmas Devotional which was so nice...that is we listened to it in our hotel room, not at the Conference Center. Monday, the kids and spent several hours at IKEA, of course we had lunch there, love the Swedish meatballs, and then went swimming at the hotel pool. I brought our floaty thing for Ruth to sit in. She was worried at first, like she is with most new things, and then got very accustomed to the water and had a good time. The best part of swimming was when Will started kicking his legs and flailing his arms in the water. Ruth would laugh at that, which in turn made Will laugh...which made me laugh. We all laughed for a good five minutes. After swimming we headed back to our room to relax for a bit. Then we went and ate some wings and then headed to temple square to see all the Christmas lights. Brad and I couldn't believe that in the 3 or so years we lived in Provo we NEVER went to see the lights. They were beautiful! We also saw the statue of Christ in the visitors center which Ruth was excited to see. As we were walking away from the statue she said, "Bye Jesus!" which made me tear up. Then we went shopping at the Deseret Book store.
Tuesday, the kids and I met up with Kelsey (Brad's cousin) and her kids at the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point. I'd never been there either, and it was really fun. Ruth had a fabulous time with Nyah, they wandered around the whole museum hand in hand, it was so cute. After that we did some more shopping and relaxing. Then Brad and I dropped the kids off at Kelsey's house (thank you again!) to go to a dinner/theatre thing his company paid for. It was a cute Christmas show, and it was mostly fun just to be out without the kids, with other adults. Our favorite part of the night was the driving because we got to chat.
Wednesday we headed home, and it was so nice to be home again. Going on vacation with two kids isn't much of a vacation for a mom. But it was fun, especially our time spent at temple square. Oh, and I forgot my camera which really annoyed me when I realized it...so no pics.
