Christmas Utah Trip

We try to take the kids to see their grandparents and cousins in Utah every year after Christmas. It always ends up being a fun time and a lot of snow. Um....not this time. There was no snow. Kids were very sad that they didn't have snow to play with in the backyard. Actually the first couple days were close to the temps we had in Vegas. It was weird. We still had a ton of fun and again I only saw my kids for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

We had a little bonfire

Went up the canyon to find snow and found a a place that had some. It was old and slushie but it actually ended up being the perfect place for the kids to sled in. The hills were perfect.

 
 
 
Parker tried to snowboarding for the first time and he rocked it.

Noah LOVED sledding. I love his face in this one.

 
Sammy couldn't get enough of her cousins.

 
The kids went in the hot tub a couple times.

Noah drank entirely too much soda. Everytime I saw him he had a can of soda. I am sure half of the time it wasn't even his. I let him enjoy it because after all we were on vacation.

We tried numerous times to get a picture of the 2 year old cousins. This is the best we got.

Nick and his cousin Preston. I was sad when I realized I didn't get a picture of Nick with his cousin Kenzie. Nick and Kenzie really hit it off. They talked about Justin Bieber, and teased each other about the teams they liked in football and baseball. Kenzie is about 9 years older than him and she was so good to him. I loved it!

The posse. Zack,Parker, and Max

 

My kids are always sad when we have to leave. I don't blame them. 4 full days of playing with cousins and staying up late.No one wants to say bye to that. I am so grateful they have these cousins for life.