Temple Square and Forgotten Carols

WOW! It has already been such a wonderful Christmas! This last weekend we (meaning Ryan, Me, Jace, Jay, Lois, Troy, Jamee, Kelsey, Abigael, Savannah, Samuel, Christian, Aunt Tabitha, Noah, and Eva) were able to go to Temple Square and see the lights! We arrived early on Friday evening, and they didn't have the lights on yet, so we went to the South Visitors Center and watched a local high school choir perform. They did awesome! By the time they finished their songs, the lights had come on and out into the cold we went. Seriously it was FREEZING!!! But despite the cold, everyone enjoyed themselves! Thanks to Jamee, we were able to take pictures of our experience and she sent me some copies. Jace LOVED it there! He kept laughing and looking at all the lights. It was a nice break to hear him laugh instead of fuss in the car because he was tired of his car seat!


Afterwards we went to Olive Garden and waited over an hour for our dinner. It was a long wait and I probably wouldn't do it again, but dinner was SOOOOO good!
On Saturday we did a TON of Christmas shopping. We hit Costco first and found a lot of GREAT deals! Then to the Southtown Mall, and Fashion Place Mall to finish off the gift buying. We ate lunch at Goodwood then dropped Jace and Christian off at Aunt Tabithas so we could go to The Forgotten Carols. It was SO cool this year! Michael McLean added a song to the end of his program that was hilarious! If you haven't seen it yet, GO! If you can't find tickets, do it next year! We had to buy our tickets in October, so write it in your calendars!


It was a great weekend and I hate to see it pass so quickly. I'm not ready for Christmas to be here. I love this time of season so much and I wish it could slow down. It seems I get so caught up in getting everything ready that the time to enjoy it slips by. Maybe I will just forget if the ornaments aren't on this year and enjoy the lights. Merry Christmas everyone!