craig took the four oldest kids and allie skiing for two days at brighton in utah.
they all had lessons the first day…a refresher for the boys.
first time for girls.
they LOVED the skiing.
i think they love the freedom of the mountain on their own.
just guessing.
i wish i could have watched them more but annie was not interested AT ALL in the snowy mountain.
she and i had other plans to keep us busy.
museums…shopping….bookstores…
warm places.
but i am so happy that they all love to ski.
maybe SOMEDAY….i will try skiing again.
but i doubt it.
Betty - So this is where i can find you! It all looks so fun! No wonder i havent heard back from any of my e-mails! Miss you. xoxo
traci - it looks beautiful. we did park city last year and loved every minute of it.
Mommy - Looks like you all had a great time!
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My First Kitchen - It looks like you had a great vacation! I’m not a skier either. I usually stay in the lodge and sing karaoke. I actually won one year and got a gift certificate to the ski store. Did I need anything in there? Nope. Since I don’t ski. So I bought A LOT of chapstick.
Steph - I’ve never been skiing. I would love to try it sometime. It looks so beautiful out there. What a fun time those kids must have had with Craig. Lauren is beautiful! 🙂
sandy toe - What great pictures~
sandy toe
danyele - so much fun…
i am the watcher…me and annie can hangout in the lodge sometime. last time i skied, i bit it hard and ran smack into hubs with my skis on either side of his chest…i gave up!
Sandy - Thanks for clarifying about the pictures, Lauren; I was wondering who took them. Your mom has taught you well. I will say the one of you with your chin on your hand is the best one – I love the look from behind the glasses. It looks like a GREAT vacation!
Jeanne - Nothing is better than a day skiing. What great pictures. It looks like everyone had a wonderful time.
ang - Great pictures!!! It looks beautful(and fun-for others) I’m such a horrible skier!! Glad you’re back!
carissa... brown eyed fox - annie & riley… would have been two peas in that pod!
the first time we took riley… in her lesson… she sat down on her bottom & wouldn’t get up! she didn’t even have a tidge of interest… OH wait… she LOVED the ski boots! 🙂
GREAT pics! my word yall DID do alot on that trip!
Ashley - So fun! I miss skiing… haven’t been in a few years.
Katie - Love the pictures of your trip. My hubby and I lived in Utah for a couple of years while we were both in college. Those mountains are what we miss the most! We still talk about them, and that was seven years ago. We live in Oregon now, and while it’s pretty, there’s just nothing like those mountains.
Rachel - Some day I will try it for the first time. I love these pics!!
Nicole Quiring - Yeah, I made the blog!! HA!! It was so great to meet you in person after following your life via blog and hearing about you from Jason, Rod, and Lynette!! You have a great fam, so glad you enjoyed Utah, it really is a breathtaking state to live in!! Your pictures of Josh are AWESOME, you have to share those with Lynette. I’ll have to let her know how many of your readers think he’s HOTT!! My kids adore him too, I’m hoping at least one of my boys grows up to be like Josh!! Glad you made it home! Thanks for the craft blog sites . . . I’m lovin them!
Mary Beth - I used to like skiing, but then I became a MOTHER and that skiing gene was replaced with the “eyes in the back of my head” gene.
No more skiing for THIS mama.
Staci - Yep, I’m with you…maybe some day I will ski again…but I doubt it. I “learned” to ski when I was 23 and it was VERY icy…NO FUN 🙁 Bad experience, I need to overcome because my almost 7 yr old LOVES IT! I think it’s key to learn when you are little—NO FEAR 🙂
Aubrey - Your kids have officially gone skiing a lot more than I have. I’ve only done the water kind, and not even that lately. I’m so out of shape, I think I’d last 20 seconds. Oh well, can’t do that right now anyway, seeing as how it’s stinking snowing again.
Did they take you to Gardner Village? There’s a very cute quilting store there.
alyssa - I hate skiing. My mom is from Colorado Springs, so my family has gone skiing A LOT, but not me. I have gone twice and hated every second of it both times. The second time was when I was maybe in 8th or 9th grade. Yeah, pretty sure I cried when we got to the top of the mountain. Not for me. Your idea for the few days sounds more like my kind of thing. Hope you and Annie had fun.
Mindy Harris - Don’t worry about the skiing part…I tried it once in Junior High–at Snow Creek in Ks City, mind you, where the hills are manmade…& I didn’t like it. At all.
I’ll let everyone else perfect their pizza wedge.
traci - HOW SAD that Annie did not like Skiing!!!! I would have cried. There is nothing like it. The beauty, the crisp air, the flying thru the mountains, the fun, oh my word….OH AND AGAIN….FANTASTIC pictures, as always!!!!!!
Suzanne - what a great trip!!
now that we’re all back into “normal” 😉 i’d love to see what we can do…are you still interested in doing the t-shirts for my kiddos?? if not, i’m happy to make a donation to the playground, but would LOVVVVE to have a piece of you in our house…you always make me smile!! we talked about the kid’s initials, but didn’t know if you had boyish fabric and would just rather do annie one or what…you tell me!!! i’m waaaay easy:)
happy monday!
Kim - Looks like you had a great vacation! We have the count down going for our Spring break trip (11 days). This is the first “real vacation” we are taking as a family!! However, we are leaving snow and going some place warm!
Lanny Stanard - what a nice family trip! still looking for Mr. Waffle! LOL come on over for a visit I havr something to show you 😉
Lanny…
Laura Phelps - I’m with Annie!
Wendy - Great pictures! They sure make me miss skiing… My husband won’t go with me because he’s afraid of running into a tree. *insert eye roll here*
Wendy - I’m with you on the skiing. Museums, shopping, bookstores. All much more preferable than skiing for me even though I married an Austrian who was born with skis.
Love your pictures. Your daughter is beautiful.