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Ice Skating

This has become one of our holiday favorites!  We started the evening at Temple Square, just before dinner time.  The lights were glowing but it was not crowded yet.  Next, we walked to the City Creek shopping center and had some dinner at Chick-Fil-A.  Finally, we tromped to the Gallivan Center for ice skating. Coldwell Banker sponsors a family skate night instead of having office holiday parties and our family LOVES the idea.  Free skating, donuts and hot chocolate...the perfect recipe for family fun!  It was a bitter cold night, about 15 degrees, but we were bundled up and still managed to enjoy ourselves.  Mason held hands and even got to where he could skate by himself.  Russell showed us all up by skating backwards, something he learned from working at the Cyprus ice rink when he was a teenager!





Mason got a chance to make sure Santa knew exactly what he wanted for Christmas.  A REAL magic hat and wand so he could do REAL magic.  Hmm...  I guess we will see how that one works out for him!
We had so much fun skating that we didn't seem too bothered by the cold.  But, the few blocks we had to walk back to the car were MISERABLE!  It was windy and bitter.  We glanced at the candy creations in the windows of Maceys as we passed but by then we had lost our holiday spirit.  Mason was crying and we were trudging in our boots as quickly as we could to the warmth of our car.  Regardless of the frigid ending we had such a great time.  Ice skating has become one of our favorite December traditions!

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