Christmas Lights -Dec 21st

On Monday we headed down to Salt Lake to see the Christmas lights. We ended going to Ikea and staying there for over 3 hours -Ian was loving every minute of it. His favorite part was playing with the toy kitchen they have on display. We even ate dinner at Ikea and it was great. We sat over in the kid section and Ian ate his Mac & Cheese and applesause while watching Toy Story and all the cars out the window.

We headed to see the lights much later than expected -and Ian was excited until we searched forever for a parking spot. It took forever -mostly because we only had a couple bucks on us and parking anywhere near there was at least 6 dollars. We ended up finding a parking spot a hillside just East of the Temple that was quite close and free. However by this point Ian could have cared less to see the lights he just wanted to stay in the car and keep watching Bolt. Which meant that getting all bundled up was the last thing he wanted to do and it was freezing! So here we are walking down the street with Ian screaming in his stroller refusing to wear his gloves and hat -still want to see the lights??? I didn't -but we did not drive all the way down there to turn around and drive home.

As soon as we made it to the lights that he finally decided to kept his gloves and hat on. As we were looking at the temple by the reflection pond taking pictures with tons of people everywhere I look up and there is one of my best friends?!?! What are the chances? Such a small world!

Ian loves Christmas lights and due to my error whenever we see Christmas light Ian replies, "ook, etty, etty (look, pretty,pretty)." Yes pretty, pretty!!! I am not sure how we will drive around at night anymore if there are no Christmas lights. His favorite thing to do was touch the lights and run along side the garland that lined the paths. I am sure he could have lasted quite a while but it was cold so we headed inside the Joseph Smith Memorial Building to warm up before walking back to the car.

All and all it was a great trip (once he decided to keep his gloves and hat on)!