We drove to Utah for Thanksgiving this year and spent the holiday at Daron's parents'. We drove down the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and what should have been a 5.5 hour trip turned into 10.5 hours. We knew a storm was coming in the afternoon so left early hoping to beat it. We would have made it except the roads from Boise were awful even though we had only had an inch of snow. They hadn't been plowed and were icy so it took us four hours to travel what usually takes two. We then came to a section of road, right after we merged onto I-15, and the freeway was closed. They had closed it an hour before we got there. So we had to get back on I-84 and go through Pocatello. Between Pocatello and Tremonton we hit the storm and it was a blizzard. Everything was white and Daron and I were both leaning forward trying to peer out the front windshield and figure out where the road was. We were going about 15 mph and it was scary! We made it to Grandma's house safe and sound, but saw about 30 cars and trucks off the road on our way. Of course, this was the trip the DVD player decided not to work so we didn't have any movies for the kids to watch. I have to say though, they were amazing. They got along so well and played games and were real troopers. Coming back, another storm was supposed to hit on Sunday, the day we had planned to drive, so we left Saturday instead. I'm glad we did because the roads were fine and on Sunday they ended up closing part of I-15 again.
We had a great time in Utah. Here are some pictures from our trip. This is Ian and his cousin doing dishes.
Some of the kids eating Thanksgiving dinner.
The kids with Grandma and Grandpa
Gabe and the Lego ship he built. The kids spent hours playing Legos with their cousins.
We took TRAX downtown to see the Christmas lights.
Here we are at Temple Square.
We also saw the movie Tangled which was so well done! Best Disney movie I've seen in a long time. We did have some disappointment when both Boise State and BYU lost their football games by a field goal, but other than that it was a fun trip!
