At the end of February/beginning of March we took a road trip to Utah to ski and get all the wintery stuff out of our system since we don’t experience a real winter where we live. We felt like we had traveled back in time going from sunny weather at our house to cold winter at Grammy’s! We did an overnight in Vegas this trip to break it up and left early the next morning to get to Utah as early as possible. Eleanor hated being in her car seat, but other than that, the trip was manageable. Meredith and the twins were occupied with coloring and movies the entire trip, so as soon as Eleanor gets to that point, we’ll be golden. It’s going to be a long couple of years though…
First winter sports activity to check off: ice skating! Good times at the Peaks Arena in Provo.
The skating stabilizers were a huge help with three kids who couldn’t skate very well!
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Meanwhile, Eleanor enjoyed her vacation in the warmth of the house playing with toys.
While the weather was cold, there wasn’t any snow on the ground until the last two days of our vacation. We woke up to beautiful snow covering the ground! We were the only ones at the park that morning sledding and building snowmen… since it was March, I’m sure all the locals were sick of the snow by then! But to us it was so novel and the kids played for hours. They couldn’t get enough!
Hauling snow for their snow princesses.
Meredith was obsessed with getting the balls of snow perfectly round.
One down two to go.
And then there were three.
The girls then demolished their snow princesses to create an igloo.
The snow wasn’t great for sledding, but it was packable and PERFECT for an igloo.
\We had a bet on whether the igloo would be there the next morning and it lasted the entire time we were there!
Two bears snug in their cave.
Proud of her handiwork!
Meredith LOVES the Going on a Bear Hunt book and had fun pretending to be a bear when we entered the igloo.
Attempting to sled.
Not the most thrilling sled ride ever, but that didn’t stop them.
We loved experiencing the winter wonderland for a few days (and then going to home to warmer weather!)
