Reed called last night and asked us if we would like to accompany him to the South Jordan City "Light the Night." For those of you unfamiliar with this, as were we, this is the tree lighting ceremony. We were pleasantly surprised when we arrived to find out that this was not just a boring flip the switch and we're done, but a well planned, fun filled event, which has now found its way into our "pro column." As part of the fun the city provided everyone with free ice skates to skate around the tree. We also enjoyed an appearance from Santa Claus, free hot cocoa and cookies, and free chicken sandwiches - which was awesome because we hadn't even begun to think about dinner.
The kids had so much fun that they forced us to take them again the next day with some additional friends. The skate rental is only $1 so even if you stay five minutes you feel like you have gotten your money's worth. For the record we stayed longer.
This was the kids first foray into the sport of ice skating so you can imagine that Jake spent a lot more time on his knees or bottom than he did on his skates. The second day he did much better. Torey did pretty well, only falling a couple of time, and Taylor brags that she never fell - perhaps because she traveled at the pace of cold molasses. All in all we loved every cold minute of it and would love to spend some more time there this winter!
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