Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Ice Castles-Midway, Utah

Last Saturday our family took a trip up to Midway to see the Ice Castles! We all bundled up in our hats, scarves and gloves, and coats, then headed out. I brought a snow suit for our baby and he stayed nice and warm!

I cannot believe the amount of work it must have taken to make that! It was really pretty! They had lights placed in some of the ice structures to make it glow, and they had carved out little mazes and tunnels. I guess there was one tunnel that ended in a slide, but we didn't go in it because the line was pretty long. But my daughter found a little mini tunnel for the kids and she had fun sliding through it.

When we arrived my daughter went to see the Princesses that we there. I guess they were singing a song from “Frozen”. And inside the Castle they had made “Olaf” the snowman. The slot canyons were pretty fun to walk through. But it was pretty crowded so it tended to get a little jammed up. There was also a piano in the middle that was covered in ice and looked really pretty.

My daughter had a lot of fun and my son was even intrigued by it all. He didn't fuss at all the whole time we were there. He just kept looking all around while being cuddled into Daddy’s chest. Unfortunately strollers don’t really fit due to the small spaces and the mushy and slippery ground, so we had to just carry him. I don’t think he minded and my husband definitely didn't mind. He said he was kept pretty warm by holding him!

When we left, the Princesses were gone but there were fire dancers out front. The parking was not super great. You had to just find a spot on the street on one of the neighborhood streets around it. So be prepared for a little bit of a walk to and from it!

All in all it was a really fun family outing and could be fun to start doing as maybe a yearly tradition.
Here are some of the pictures I took…..






Princess with her Auntie Annie


Slot Canyon

Slot Canyon


She found a little cave

Grandma & Grandpa with the Princess


Here is the piano

This is a one of my favorite pics

The kiddie tunnel

Grandma's phone flash was super bright!

Fire Dancers



4 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi Brandy! I found you through the Mommy Bloggers group on Facebook :) Just browsing around and decided to visit you. I have always wanted to visit these ice sculptures when we take a trip to Utah! What amazing photos you took! I'll have to convince my hubby to go next time we are there :) Thanks for sharing your adventure!

FloridaMommy said...

WOW! That is just insane! I've never seen anything like that before!

Unknown said...

Hey Pamela! Thanks for visiting! The Ice Castles are definitely worth visiting next time you come to Utah!

Sonnet said...

Wow, that looks amazing!! So fun! My little girl has never seen snow and she is 15months, we need to take her somewhere like this. She would freak!