Ice Sculptures

This past weekend we went Downtown Holland to watch an Ice Carving Competition. It is truly amazing to see what people can do with a block of ice!

We got there a little early and it was FREEZING! We had the kids all bundled up, so I don't think they got cold.

We went to Kilwins to warm up with some AMAZING hot chocolate and mocha. When it was time to start I wasn't expecting to see the whole process of the carving, I just thought that we were going to see the finished product. It was neat how they did it! They start with a piece of paper on their ice block and etch out their design.

Then they pull out the "BIG GUNS" to knock away some of the bigger pieces they don't need. It is very fascinating to watch...if you are a creative person at all like I am, it peaks an interest real fast. I kept thinking, that would be awesome to try to do!

There were SO many different scultpures to watch come to life, but we ended up getting too cold so didn't stay the whole time. We came back the next day to take pictures of the finished products though.

All in all we had such a great time, just being a family together. Of course when we came back Pierson was sleeping, so we couldn't get any pics of him with the sculptures, but that's okay...I know he was there and he needed his sleep anyway!

Milaya SO badly wanted to see a swan, so she finally got her wish. I was showing her pictures online of what we might see before we went and since a swan was one of the pics I showed her, that is what she wanted to see. She was so cute when we found one.

This one was a fun one too! We took our family picture with it, minus Pierson because he was sleeping, would've been better with him in it. I know we'll have many more opportunities for family photos. I am just glad we get times like these to be together!