Christmas Tree Adventures

This year we thought it would be a great adventure to go up north and chop down our Christmas tree.  The kids absolutely loved playing and marching around outside.

It was such a fun adventure and we loved hiking around together with the family.

Feeding the Ducks

While Hunter was in preschool, Cameron and I headed to the discovery park to play and feed the ducks.

Cameron had quite the entourage of ducks following him around and he just took his time slowly feeding them bit by bit.  It was so funny to see them go nuts for the bread and watch Cameron get excited everytime they did.

He even decided the bread tasted so good he only wanted to share a little. 

Then my little adventurer decided he was big enough to go rock climbing.  He is always scaring mom so much but is so brave.

Hay Ride

 My mom's friend does a little Christmas hay ride so we all headed out as a family to enjoy.

The boys loved cuddling up and seeing the horses. 

We had so much fun singing carols and seeing all of the lights. 

And especially being together with family.  We cannot wait for Christmas. 

Back to Arizona

 We got back to Arizona, and it was  just in time to miss Utah's horribly cold weather and enjoy Arizona's nice and cool weather. 

We had a lot of groceries to get and Hunter decided to climb on to the bottom of the cart for his ride.  He definitely keeps me on my toes. 

We decided to have a picnic in the park that night at the local desert park.  The boys love being there with mom and dad and throwing rocks in the lake.

It is so fun to be back and have wonderful weather to enjoy as a family. 

Temple Lights

On the last night of our trip we headed down to Salt Lake to see the temple lights.

The lights were beautiful as always and it was so fun to continue the tradition of seeing the temple lights with David and Shannon.

We of course had to stop for dinner.  It was such a fun trip and the boys loved seeing all of their family.  On the drive home we couldn't tell them that we were driving home because every time that we did they would just cry to go back to their cousins' house.  They are already asking when we are going to go back to Utah.

Antelope Island

On Saturday we went to Antelope Island.  It was really neat to be able to go to all of these places in Utah that we had never been to even though we had lived there for years.  Antelope Island was great.

 

The boys were very excited to see bison.

 

We drove out to the ranch and it was beautiful. 

The kids loved exploring all around the ranch.

And exploring the inside of the ranch too.

 

 The weather was amazing while we were there and we loved being outside to enjoy it.

Ensign Peak

 I think we forgot to take any pictures on Thanksgiving, we were all to busy cooking but it was super yummy and delicious.  It was an epic feast and was followed up by an amazing pie night the next day.  My mouth is watering just thinking about it.

We decided to hike Ensign Peak the next day with the kiddos.

They were all good sports and the all walked most of the way themselves.

These two held hands most of the way.

The crew hiking up.

Cameron needed daddy's help part way up.

Dallin needed a little break.

Katelyn and Hunter loved reading about the trail.

I discovered why my kids can't breath in Utah.  The inversion was disgusting and Cameron was raspy by the end of the trip.  I definitely did not miss the inversion living in Arizona.

Resting at the top.

Hanging out at the top of Ensign Peak.

It was a great hike too bad the view was obstructed by the yucky air.

Capitol

 Since we were so close to the Capitol after hiking Ensign Peak, we decided to go explore. 

A shot of all of the boys at the capitol.

 

Here are all of the cute cousins.

The capitol was beautiful and had a lot of fun things to see.

Here are the kids exploring the vault.

It was a fun place to explore and was really empty with it being a holiday.