It was cold, but totally worth it

Last Thursday the kiddos and I decided to take a trip to the city for a night of family fun. We stopped by Josh's work, then went out to dinner (Ava just loves when we get to eat at an actual restaurant), stopped by and saw Santa, and then ended the night with viewing the lights at Temple Square. That was the plan until we hit traffic on the way to see the lights. After driving around for at least 45 minutes, we decided to give up and go home. Total heartbreak. Come to find out that the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas concert featuring David Archuleta started on Thursday. So with all the people attending that and everyone else who just wanted to see the lights, parking was impossible. Still wanting to see the lights, we drove up the next day at 4:45 pm (we were not messing around this time!). Found a parking spot within a block of Temple Square within minutes of arriving. After getting everyone bundled up, the sun had set and we were off.

Lucky. Too bad there wasn't enough room for me to sit there too. He looks so nice and warm in his cozy blanket.

Since Reid has been born Ava has only got to ride in a stroller one prior time. When given the option to walk or ride in the stroller, it was a pretty easy decision for Ava bug. Wouldn't you have done the same thing?

Ava loved getting to see the huge nativity on the temple grounds and also getting to see the statue of Jesus inside the Visitor's Center. It was just a really special night we got to spend with the kids walking around the grounds. This will definitely become a yearly tradition.

Awwww. How cute are we? Just a sidenote, since moving to Utah County Josh has been getting a lot of flack for wearing his BYU pride. Even Santa had a few words to say about it. Santa's a Ute's fan! Speechless. I guess he does like to wear red.