This past weekend, we had the opportunity to go to Utah for the Tabernacle Choir concert.  My sister had tickets that she couldn't use, and she gave them to us.  We were so excited to get to go, and we were excited to get to visit our friends, the Jones' too.  They are like family to us, and we drove to their house in Ogden on Saturday afternoon when Lily finished her swim meet.  Kevin watched the first half of the BYU football game with Brent, and I got to spend the afternoon talking to Marilyn.  I also tok some pictures for them – including some of their son Jordan and his sweet little family.

Once we left their house, we headed to downtown Salt Lake City to check into our hotel.  We stayed at Little America, one of our favorite places, and we immediately went to the coffee shop for dinner.  After all these years, I finally got the hot turkey sandwich, and it was AMAZING!  How have I never eaten it before??

After dinner we headed to the train so we could go see the lights at Temple Square.  Arthur was so happy to be on the train.

Unfortunately, just like two years ago when we went, we happened to be there on the last Saturday before Christmas, and so it was so crowded.  Everything was crowded – the train, the restaurant, and especially Temple Square.  Because of that, it took a little longer to get there than we thought it would.  It's all good though – we got one family selfie with the temple before Lily and I had to head to the concert.

Even though it was crowded, the lights were still as gorgeous as ever.

Lily and I got to the Conference Center for the Christmas Concert just in time for the doors to open.  (We had a little adventure because I forgot to send my camera back to the hotel with Kevin, however, a nice security guard let me take it in as long as I promised not to take it out of my bag.)  We were in the upper balcony, and it was really fun to see the concert from that point of view.  And truly, the concert was amazing – we loved the guest singer, Laura Osnes, and they even had four singers on loan from the Metropolitan Opera who were also fabulous :).  I am so glad I got to share it with my sweet girl.

While Lily and I were at the concert, Kevin took the boys to see the lights, as well as to City Creek Mall.  They went to see the musical lighted fountain, the nativity, and all the Charlie Brown Christmas themed candy windows.  Arthur was especially happy to catch a choir performance by a local high school.

Then they went back to the hotel so that Kevin could watch football while the boys watched "A Charlie Brown Christmas."

The concert got out about 9:30, and so Lily and I got one last chance to see the lights before we caught the train back to Little America.

As we were headed back through Temple Square, we stopped to watch a group of sister missionaries who were singing Christmas carols.  It was so fun :).

The next morning, we had breakfast at our hotel, and then headed back to Ogden to spend more time with the Jones and go to church with them.  It was the perfect end to a very wonderful family trip, and even though it was a quick one, we had a great time :).