We had debated going or not going to SLC this year at Christmas time. We love going but wondered if it would just be too much. It is really fun having such great places (San Diego & SLC) to be at during Christmas time, but going to both means a lot of coordination and driving in a pretty small window of time. We also have a baby and a lot going on in life this particular winter, so we debated. Lance's sweet parents had volunteered to come to us in Vegas, but in the end we decided to go and we are really glad we did.
There is just something so special about SLC at Christmas time. This was a bit of a strange trip though because there was virtually no snow. The kids would have loved some to play in, but it did make the driving and overall bundling quite a bit easier which was nice. We got to be there for cousin Kennedy's 7th birthday, go to our old Church in SLC, see a few Salt Lake friends, hang out with Lance's parents and Tyler and Kimberley and the cousins, and just breathe in some mountain air. Kai and Rori also got to check out the new dinosaur museum with Grandma, Grandpa, Kennedy and Jack which sounded pretty awesome. We sure love playing with these cousins and miss living close to them.
Another big highlight was we got to have dinner and go see the Temple Lights with the Wadsworth's (who drove down from ID) and the Reed's (who were also up from Vegas). The Wadsworth's are expecting #3 very soon and it's a GIRL! We are so excited for them. It was fun to see all these buddies jump right back in to hanging out again. Man how we miss the Wadsworth's being in Vegas.
The only bad part of our trip was poor little Zuri was feeling crummy. She started to cough on the drive there from Vegas and I knew that wasn't good. The first night she was up several times thanks to the cough. The second night she never slept for more than 10 minutes at a time for the whole night. One of us had to be holding her all the time in an upright position. Poor little thing was miserable and I was confident I knew the problem since her getting up in the night and especially being fussy was highly unusual. Sure enough after a trip to Instacare the next day we were given an antibiotic for a double ear infection. The only other time we've had a kid up in the night like that was due to an ear infection so I was hoping that was the problem. I say hoping because our experience has been that medicine provides relief from ear infections pretty quickly. It did seem to help her pretty fast and we've thankfully been back on track for sleeping. Poor kid also seemed to be have 2 more teeth cutting through during all of that as well.
We were able to wait until Monday to go back so it was extra nice to have the whole day Sunday to be there and just hang out and visit at Lance's parents. Going to Salt Lake still causes us some strong homesick pangs, but we're so glad we were able to fit this trip in.
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It was soooo fun to see you guys too! That was the best part about Christmas break for me. The pictures turned out great - the one with Pace without his coat makes me laugh. You can tell were are very accustomed to the colder weather (plus he is always taking off some item of clothing so it shouldn't surprise any of us!). And it's a good thing that I know there's a baby belly under my coat cuz I looked pretty darn chubby in that picture of us!! Love u guys!!!
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