Primary Children's Hospital - Dec. 12 & 13, 2009

The Baumgarten's have made and donated blankets to Primary Children's Medical Center for many years, but a few years ago after we went up in a horrible snowstorm they decided to donate to Utah Valley Hospital instead. Our family has special ties to PRMC, since that is where we spent the first two weeks of Jacob's life. We still donate special blankets and preemie outfits to the NICU.

I can't believe that those preemie outfits use to fit Jacob!

For the last few years we have stayed the night in Salt Lake City when we deliver the blankets. Then we do something fun to get us in the Christmas spirit. After delivering our things to the hospital, we went to lunch with Grandma Gerry and Steve at The Pie Pizzeria. Yummy! Then we checked into the Residence Inn. Shelly, Nathan and Grandma Linda stayed with us. Later that evening after some shopping and dinner, we went up to This Is The Place Heritage Park for their Candlelight Christmas event. It was so much fun! We saw Father Christmas and some of his reindeer. We wrote a letter and sent it to Father Christmas in the fire. We make several Christmas crafts and ornaments. We listened to stories and puppet shows, went through the elf village, rode the train, listened to carolers and saw a live nativity. It was such a fun experience to see how Christmas was celebrated over a hundred years ago. If you are wanting a fun Christmas event to go to, you won't want to miss this one next year.

Sunday morning, after breakfast and checking out of the hotel we went over to the Church History Museum. It was fun to see the many displays and enjoy the exhibits. It was such a great weekend!