We decided as a family to forgo a gift exchange this year and do a fun family activity along with our service activity. Monday night we headed downtown to meet up with all those that could make it.
The plan was to check out City Creek, grab a bite at the Food Court, and go ice skating at Gallivan Center. Sounded like a reasonable plan to us.....
...and to every other resident of Utah apparently:) Our quick bite at the Food Court turned into a lengthy line wait and the nearly impossible task of finding a table (a table for 5 was hard....let alone a table for 20) This is what dinner looked like....
City Creek was a pretty neat place....now we just need to go back and actually see it:)
It actually looks pretty calm from these views, but believe me it was not.
We headed outside to take a peak at the Macy's windows... this was about as close as we could get.
We broke away from the crowds and started for the Gallivan Center. The little band playing Christmas music on the corner was just what I needed to help recover from the irritability that was setting in :/
Unfortunately, when we arrived we were informed that the ice rink was closed for a private party. Somehow that failed to get passed on when Kris had called to verify hours and such just a few hours before.....ugh!! We were all pretty bummed, but none more than Kars. She had so been looking forward to this activity :( We let them have some time playing in the snow, which turned into a little snowball action.
Most of them called it a night after that. We wanted to attempt to see the windows again, but were no more successful than the first time. We thought about venturing to Temple Square, but decided we had dealt with enough crowds for one night and this would be as far as we went.
We did stop in at the Grand America to check it out. They also have window displays. There were no crowds, it was warm, and the kids could complete a little quiz about each of the 10 windows for fun.
The 2 little "creators" especially liked this one:)
Even with all the obstacles, the night was not a BUST. We got to spend time with those we love (which is never bad), we celebrated Kris's birthday ... Yep. Yummy cake right there in the food court, and we got to ride TRAX
And when it was all over, we were greeted at my parents home with this beautiful scene. Now who wouldn't be in the holiday mood after that:)
Sometimes the best plans don't work out, but it looks like you all had fun anyway. I always forget when I go back home what a big city looks like.
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