Downtown Hotel and Lights...

We decided to surprise the kids the friday before christmas and take them to a hotel downtown and stay and go to the lights at temple square. Note to self: Never tell kids of a fun surprise you have for them before you are ready to tell them. Cole asked all day long what the surprise was going to be. It about drove me crazy. So I will have to remember that in the future!

But we packed up and told them we were headed to the hotel. Cole and Day were so excited! They remember it from last year and were just beside themselves.
I wasn't sure if we would fit it in this year but I am sure glad we did!
It is these memories that I don't want to forget and so hopefully writing it here I can help remember too.

We got to the hotel and unpacked let the kids explore the hotel and than we got bundled up to go outside to see the lights. We were about a block or so from temple square. When walking and carrying kids in  the freezing cold, those downtown blocks can see quite long!
But we made it and only walked around for a few minutes and than made the journey back. Another note to self: invest in some winter clothes.


Kevin stopped in at Olive Garden which was just right outside our hotel and placed an order. We than ate it up in our hotel room. We went swimming and  the kids just loved that of course.
We than had treats and played card games later that night.
It was seriously so fun! We played Old Maid and man playing Old Maid with Cole was the best. He was cracking us up. When he would get old maid his face would get the biggest grin on it. So dang funny. Dailey really liked Go Fish!
Man it was worth the money that is for sure!!
The next day we went swimming again and than we checked out and Kevin dropped me off so I could run into a store at City Creek.