Ogden

Yesterday we went up to Ogden and stayed the night. We went with my parents, Grandma and Aunt. My grandma is from Pleasant View about five minutes passed Ogden so we took advantage of going to where she grew up. We stayed at the Ben Lomande Historic Hotel. It was beautiful. When we got there my parents and aunt/grandmas room was ready but ours wasn't. So they upgraded us for free! We stayed in a mini apartment with a kitchen, two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It was great! That night Ogden had a light parade and also lighted up their city. My parents hotel room faced the street so we were able to have a good view of the light parade without being in the freezing cold. My kids loved the parade. Lukas especially loved the Star Wars float. He thought it was cool to see Jedi's and their light sabers running around. Blair just thought the whole think was great. She kept saying "Oh Wow!" Ogden also has a little mini Christmas Village. It is so cute. A bunch of cottages with cute window displays. It was right across the street from our hotel so we went and looked after the parade. We didn't last too long cause Blair got cold. She refused to wear her gloves or put her hands in her blanket. Needless to say her hands were FREEZING! That night we played games and enjoyed each others company. This morning though we had to have a quick breakfast and leave cause we were worried about the snow packed roads.

This is the house my grandma grew up in. It use to be a red brick house.
My great grandpa built this house which is right next store to the house my grandma grew up in.


My kids had so much fun watching the light parade outside the window.

We also celebrated my grandma's bday while we were there.
This is one of the houses in the Christmas Village. This is a replica of our hotel.
Blair enjoying playing at breakfast. Lukas did NOT want to come home. He cried when we left and for a good ten minutes after. We had a great time. The only frustrating part was when we got home and got Blair out of the car seat and realized she had a blow out all over the car seat! We spent the afternoon cleaning car seats. HA HA.