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Eleanor’s First Sled Ride and Igloo Building in Utah

Utah trip continued…

The snowfall was the most they’ve had in March in a long time, so we totally lucked out while we were there!

We bundled Eleanor up in her baby bunting suit and took her on her first sled ride!

She was mesmerized by the snow and giggled the entire ride.

Meredith loved pretending to be a reindeer pulling her sister in the sleigh.

WHAT IS THIS WHITE STUFF EVERYWHERE?

She wasn’t crawling very well yet, so it was easy to park her in the snow!

UM… IS SOMEONE GOING TO COME GET ME?

All right, I’m cool chilling.

Swing ride in the snow.

After Eleanor went inside to warm up, the other girls stayed out with Jake and Uncle Mike for hours building an EPIC igloo.

They spent a lot of time getting the foundation right!

Snug in their very professional looking igloo.

Voila!

Pretty impressive!

All bundled up and very hot! It took forever to squeeze her out of this thing.

Other indoor fun… playing the piano with Grandpa.

Our family friend, Susan, brought over a birthday cake for the twins and we did an early birthday celebration! Red velvet cake was exactly what they had wanted and they were so excited to have cake then AND on their real birthday.

Happy early 6th birthday!

Making pancakes with Grammy in the morning.

Eleanor chowed down every meal, as usual.

Swinging on a non-snowy day.

Nothing beats hot chocolate after hours of playing in the snow.

Grammy and Jake also took the girls out to the Natural History museum in Salt Lake while they were there and the girls had a blast.

The girls are on a quest to color at every single place they visit.

Watch out for those velociraptors… and I don’t mean the dead ones.

Lots of love,

Spring Snow Fun in Utah

At the end of February/beginning of March we took a road trip to Utah to ski and get all the wintery stuff out of our system since we don’t experience a real winter where we live. We felt like we had traveled back in time going from sunny weather at our house to cold winter at Grammy’s! We did an overnight in Vegas this trip to break it up and left early the next morning to get to Utah as early as possible. Eleanor hated being in her car seat, but other than that, the trip was manageable. Meredith and the twins were occupied with coloring and movies the entire trip, so as soon as Eleanor gets to that point, we’ll be golden. It’s going to be a long couple of years though…

First winter sports activity to check off: ice skating! Good times at the Peaks Arena in Provo.

The skating stabilizers were a huge help with three kids who couldn’t skate very well!

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Meanwhile, Eleanor enjoyed her vacation in the warmth of the house playing with toys.

While the weather was cold, there wasn’t any snow on the ground until the last two days of our vacation. We woke up to beautiful snow covering the ground! We were the only ones at the park that morning sledding and building snowmen… since it was March, I’m sure all the locals were sick of the snow by then! But to us it was so novel and the kids played for hours. They couldn’t get enough!

Hauling snow for their snow princesses.