Our Family Vacation 2010 {Day 1}

Wow! I better get caught up:)

We were so excited to take our boys on a vacation this year.

My husband convinced me somehow that driving is more fun than flying.

So this is where our journey began!

December 4, 2010 

We were on our way to Utah to see the lights at temple square.

Good riddance to our Idaho freezing cold :)

It didn't take long for Pierce to get bored and hey I'm a big fan of sleeping children in the car!

Cash, in the meantime, was completely entertained with his new Leapfrog Explorer that we got him for the trip!

And the captain of our voyage would have nothing to do with pictures while driving.

As soon as we arrived we got bundled up and headed out to see the beauty. 

Our kids loved this fantastic fountain.

Pierce was just thrilled to be out of the car!

We headed inside the Joseph Smith Memorial Building where we were greeted by this beautiful tree and some carolers who were serenading us with their beautiful Christmas songs.

Just before the lights turned on we walked around the grounds and looked at the nativities. 

Pierce was a big fan :)

And wouldn't you know it that as soon as the lights turned on the wind picked up and it turned to FREEZING in no time at all. 

Pierce was enjoying taking his gloves off at every chance he got so my time was consumed with either back-tracking to find lost gloves or shoving his tiny hands into them.

This picture below was taken just before the lights came on.

I wish I could explain the beauty.

I wish I could explain the "oohs" and "awes" that were heard when the lights came on.

It was stunning and such a perfect way to begin our Christmas season and our vacation.

We loaded back up after the lights and headed to Provo where Brock, Maren & Co. were kind enough to feed us and entertain us:)

Then we headed to our hotel where we rested up for the things to come.