Temple Square

In trying to keep with tradition, we took the kids up to Temple Square to see the lights. We decided to take Trax because the kids had never riden it before. The first 10 minutes there was great! But then Gavin decided he wanted to walk around instead of sit on my lap. Before we knew it, he was arching his back, screaming. We tried to feed him a snack and give him his binky and stand up with him. But nothing was good enough. I feel bad for the people who had to listen to it! We also picked the night, when there was a concert at the Conference Center so there was a million people downtown and it was about 18 degrees outside. We met up with Karen, Christian, Nathan, Jenny, Carter and mom and dad Skousen. The kids were very good at Temple Square and there was no whining until the end when we had to wait 15 minutes for the next Trax train to come. After being on the train for a few minutes, they announced that there was a disabled train at 7700 South. So we had to get off at 7700 So. and get on a bus. Well, Lindsay and I got seperated from Dan and the boys during that process. I was at the back of one of the buses saving Dan some seats, then I spotted him getting on the bus just as they were closing the doors. But he couldn't get back to me because there were people sitting in the aisles. So he stood with Gavin on his back and Zane at his feet. The bus took us to 9000 South so we could get back on Trax but it took forever because of an accident. Finally, we reunited and squished onto a 2 car Trax train that took us to our destination 10000 South. The kids were so tired and cold. It was quite an adventure!

Riding trax on the way there, before Gavin's meltdown!

To take 3 kids downtown was interesting. We didn't want anyone complaining of having to walk so we brought both umbrella strollers for Lindsay and Zane and the back pack thingy for Dan to carry Gavin in. It sure helped. Gavin loves it in that thing!

Lindsay insisted I take this picture. Very blurry!