Christmas and SNOW in Utah!!!

So, we drove up to Salt Lake on the night of the 22nd. We drove through the night which made for a much more peaceful ride. We love when our children are asleep :). We did lots of fun things while in Utah . . . we shopped, watched movies, ate LOTS of food and ice cream - The Dodo, Hires, Nielsen's and more, visited with Eric's family, went snowmobiling, sledding a couple of times, went to Body Worlds, the boys went to a Jazz game and we played a lot of Yahtzee games. So here are some pictures of our fun trip. There was a lot of snow for us the first couple of days we were here and the girls LOVED it! Also, another great accomplishment is that we got London off the bottle. I can't tell you how exciting that is. Other mothers will understand :).

Snowmobiling at White Pine Adventures in Park City.

London eating at The Dodo. She is always trouble.

Olivia and Ava coloring at The Dodo. I will be craving their food for the next couple of months until we are here again!!!

London in her new coat and hat. Isn't she so cute? Good thing she is cute because she is trouble.

London LOVED sledding! One of her new lines that she loved saying is " I Like Snow!" She is starting to talk a lot which is scaring me because she is like Olivia - she doesn't turn off!

Olivia at the end of the sledding hill. She was not afraid and took some really good jumps!

This is us at Temple Square. Sunday night we went with Ryan, Jamie and Ava and saw the lights at Temple Square. They were really pretty but I remember them being so much better. As a kid they just look different I think. Our little Arizona family freezing our behinds off looking at the lights :).

Eric and Olivia on Christmas morning. The white shelf on the side is one of Olivia's gifts. It's a bookcase for her room because she loves to read. She is holding one of her favorite gifts - a knock-knock joke book that Eric picked out. Thanks a lot Eric.

Olivia and London early in the morning the day after Christmas. We had a big storm Christmas night and so Papa got up early to snow blow and the girls had to go out and be a part of all the snow. They finally talked Eric into going out and pulling them around on a sled. Eric and Ryan even made them a little jump/hill in the front yard. They had so much fun - and mom had even more fun watching out the window from the warm house.

Livy, Ava and London playing in the snow.

Eric would pull the girls around on the sled and you would have to keep looking back and checking on London because she would just slide off and be lying behind in the snow. It was pretty funny.

These last few pictures are from Olivia's Christmas recital that was on December 20th just before we left for Utah. They did a ballet performance the first half that was similar to the Nutcracker but was from a book called One Enchanted Christmas. This is one of their outfits. They also had a toy soldier outfit. The second half of the recital was jazz and hip hop numbers and Livy's group did a number to Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree. It was fabulous and we always love to watch Olivia dance and to see how happy it makes her. She is getting so good!

They had to have their hair in ringlets and wear stage make up. She looks pretty cute.

Anyway, I can't believe the Christmas season has come and gone. We had so much fun this year and had a lot of fun things to go and do. I am so grateful that I was finally feeling better and able to enjoy everything. I'm also grateful for my cute little family. I'm just crazy about them. So, we head home tomorrow and I have enjoyed the snow, I could probably even have it for a little longer BUT I am looking forward to the weather I have gotten used to. Oh, and by the way we are really struggling with girl names. I am really tired of looking at names on the internet so if you have cute suggestions or ideas please, please leave a comment with them!!! :)