White Christmas 2012 (part 3)

THURSDAY:

Was supposed to be ski day #2, but the group wanted a bit more variety than Sundance had to offer and the roads up there and back weren't the best and it was supposed to still snow so they'd get worse.  Park City was the other close resort but pricey and our most eager skiers were our little ones and it didn't make sense to let them ski for $130 a person for a half day (since we had plans that afternoon).  Other resorts were too far of a drive.  Most were disappointed we hadn't skied on Monday as originally planned but hindsight is always a better view.

So we sledded again, this time Stephen tried out Joseph's snowboard and thought it was fun.  It also made a great sled and some of the kids enjoyed going down with Stephen on it.

 

This little angel even bundled as she was did NOT take to the cold or the snow very well, 

her poor parents were real troopers trying to participate as much as they could!  

LOVE her sock monkey hat!

We had tickets to see "Savior of the World" that night and on our way to Salt Lake to Temple Square we stopped in to visit Jean.  She's my grandfathers wife who he married after my grandma died when I was 7.  My grandfather passed last year and now she lives alone.  Our visit meant a lot to her.  My Aunt Cherry lives close by and came to chat too.  It was lovely to see them.

The children were content to sit still for a bit, but then started getting antsy.  Jean brought out some floor puzzles and they LOVED them and worked so well together doing them.  Jean and Cherry complimented them on their behavior, we were so proud of them.

After visiting we RAN to Temple Square meeting up with ALL the MCKNEELY CLAN (20 of us!) Frantically tried to find my sweet Sister Jessica Fisher (a friend serving a mission on Temple Square) but she was ill and not there.  We hiked to the food court in the mall for a bite to eat (Chick-fil-a) and then let Sarah and Nathaniel (sweet boyfriend) take our younger 3 home and put them to bed so that all those aged 8 and over could enjoy "Savior of the World" a wonderful production at the Conference Center Theater.  It was a lovely production depicting the birth and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  It was sweet to have Kaitlyn sit next to me and we could talk about what she was learning and seeing.  She was a bit sad about not sitting next to her BFF cousin Shelly but she got over it and it was a special thing to have time with just her.