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.
**craig wants me to clarify that we lost an hour on the way home so it was only 18 hours in the car…. not 19 like i had stated. he likes to "make good time". *** we left town on friday one hour later than scheduled….no surprise there. we dropped off waffle with friends. he got to be outside the whole time with a new doggie friend.
(he has been moping around ever since we brought him back)
then we hit the road.
we got in to colorado before dark so the kids got that view…one minute there are no mountians…
then suddenly…THERE THEY ARE!
i remember my first time seeing that…so awesome.
we checked into a hotel in fort collins, colorado.
and went straight to the pool.
we had two rooms…everyone went to bed at the same time. then craig and and i watched a recorded 30 rock on a dvd player sharing headphones in the dark.
i saw lauren was reading by the light of her camera.
in the moring, we ate our free breakfast….spilling only one hot chocolate
and dropping one glass syrup bottle.
not bad for our family.
then we were off towards utah.
this picture cracked me up…taken by someone in the back seat…
me using the internet on craig's phone.
i looked back at one point & told craig "everyone is using a personal electronic device of some kind."
kind of funny between the dvd players, video games and iPods how they can all be entertained.
not necessarily okay….but also much appreciated for such a long drive.
and another photo from the back seat…
i love dramamine.
it's my new favorite travel friend.
they were all out for a long time…it was awesome!!
we arrived at our friends' UTAH home early afternoon.
so good to see them!
so nice of them to let us all crash with them…seven is not a small number.
their oldest son josh took us to the skatepark near by so we could see his skills.
not too shabby….
as a mother i was nervous and i kept flinching.
josh was fun to watch
but can you imagine that view at the park? it was everywhere….mountains!!
pretty cute right?
josh is the nicest guy..my kids just adore him.
our friends we stayed with, rod and lynette, were our youth pastors when craig & i were in high school.
(long long ago..)
they had to put up with so much from us as kids…and now they had to put up with OUR kids.
they moved to utah a few years ago to be part of a church plant called Daybreak.
we got to go to it!
that was awesome…we saw their ministry up close…met their friends…we loved it.
rod and allie, their 14 year old daughter play guitar on the worship team.
then you walk out of church and there are those mountains again!
i couldn't get used to it.
we all ate lunch with other friends jason and nicole and their kids after church.
10 children and we actually got to talk…we went to playplace.
what a smart choice…i wouldn't have thought of that.
i noticed that one child is missing here…a twin.
he must have scooted right out of the shot.
they played on this curb for a long time.
so funny what they choose to entertain themselves.
it was fun to check in with jason and see how utah is for them.
they moved to utah from oklahoma.
and i finally met nicole! i've heard about her for years. she's a blog reader. ;)
i got annie down for a nap and immediately the big girls left for….
it was all i had hoped for…i miss that place.
i found goodies. (not the stuff on the car…that's an ikea display)
lauren found goodies.
we saw this license plate right after….very appropriate.
we met up with everyone else for dinner.
pizza.
such good pizza!
then over to boondocks where josh works.
it's got an arcade, lazer tag, go-karts and bumper boats.
so basically….heaven for my kids.
everyone rode go-karts but annie.
oh yes…that means me.
i got to ride.
we said "we're just going for a sunday drive"
and after four laps we asked to quit.
we were the only two out on the track.
we pulled over and i shouted "we're bored!"
the guys were disappointed in us.
the thrill is just not there for me…no desire to beat my friend in a go-kart race…crazy, i know.
we got back and put everyone to bed.
they had a big day of skiing to rest up for.
i sat on the floor in lynette's living room pinning flowers on shirts for etsy.
we all watched a movie…talked and laughed…just like old times.
don't you love the real friendships…that never change…over years and miles?
i do.
ok…that's it for this post.
you are awesome if you made it this far.
it's like getting trapped watching someone slides…sorry.
but just think of the mountains when i bore you.
those purple pants are soooooooooooooooooooooooo cool oh meg!! it looks like you had a wonderful vacation. lots of smiles in those photos. that is the greatest!! utah was beautiful. i would definately love to go back sometime. glad you had a good trip and made it back home safe and sound.
What a great vacation! We have a photo with that huge bear … he’s in a gas station, right? He looks cleaner than when we last saw him. 🙂 whoops. guess its not your nephew. pictures of cute boy distracted me. Oh Meg, what a great trip! I felt like I was there. 🙂 I can’t imagine looking at those mountains all the time like that. They are gorgeous! Yeah, we don’t see that in Illinois. lol I loved reading your post and looking at all of your posts. How fun! Yeah, I’m with everyone else, Josh is a cutie! 🙂
love the pictures!! the scenery is just GORGEOUS!! i wouldn’t be able to get used to it ethir!! OMG!!!! you have so many comments! these pics are totally gorg!!!! we’re about to move to ft. collins to work at CSU with athletes in action…a ministry of campus crusade. we’ve never been (going in a week for the first time!!!) these pics are killing me! i want to be there so badly! love your fam!
Not boring at all! I kept looking at your photos of the mountains – they’re so beautiful, they look fake! Coming from northern Illinois where we barely have hills, these glorious mountains are a site to behold. Thanks for sharing. This is such a small world!!! I’ve been reading your blog for the past couple of month’s-since Cora was diagnosed. I’m looking at your vacation pictures thinking, man, those people look so familiar! I’m pretty sure that Rod and Lynette grew up in Henderson and still have family around here. I remember when they would bring their kids to the pool and thought they looked like such fun people. Plus, I went to school with Jason’s brother. Wow. Crazy. Looked like a fun trip! Love seeing your pictures! Utah is on our someday list. Thanks for sharing your vacation with us! I’m from Nebraska, so I know the sense of wonder that comes when mountains are in sight! I quess I SPY in the car just dosen’t cut in anymore! Rachaelxo Thanks for taking me along on the trip! The spilled hot chocolate and syrup cracked me up…that is pretty good for 5 kids. I would count it as a good breakfast The trip looked awesome and soooo beautiful!!
I’m guessing you didn’t have to play your ‘find the teenager’ game when Josh was around?! 🙂 Thanks for sharing your trip with us – it looks like a GREAT time!!….and far better than being trapped by family videos! 😉 Wow wow wow, looks like an amazing place to visit, and it is so true what you say about true friends, time and distance mean nothing. bless
sounds like a wonderful time! The mountains ARE so beautiful. Don’t you just love family trips? I’m glad your back. Makes me want to visit Utah! Looks gorgeous there. Talk about photo ops, you got some awesome pictures in. Looks like a most amazing time. I will tell you, after 36 years in CT, the 8 years we have lived here in NV – I have just about fallen in love with our mountains. Though not snow covered as much as in your photos – you grow to miss them when you are not around them. It is almost like they are hugging our life everyday. Great great pictoral! I totally see why Lauren had so much fun…that josh is CU-UTE!
Looks like so much fun! And there’s no way that Lauren doesn’t have a crush on that cute boy, right? Does it make you mad that we’re all saying that? If it does, then I’m sure we’re wrong. I just know that it would have been my dream at that age to stumble upon a cute crush while on vacation. I’m pretty sure I read about it once in a Sweet Valley High book.
great start to your vacay! gorgeous pics! isn’t it amazing?! you could have stayed w/ my sis in ft. collins (jennifer!) Four kids but no pool 🙂 I love the pictures, they are amazing! Your blog makes me want to hurry up and have kids, and learn to sew!
Oh are you KIDDING me??? I could never get “bored” reading your trip!!! What fun! And yes, I agree, friendships like that are just priceless 🙂
you are never boring to me and you are just a stranger, lol. looks like a fun trip, love all the pics those mountains are breathtaking!
What a fun trip and great pictures!! Those mountains make an every day activity so amazing. How neat to actually live there!!! I moved to Oklahoma from Utah about 3 years ago, and I MISS my mountains. I totally feel like a dork, but your photos made me giddy. I was going “Oh, I know that place! Oh, she had coffee at Beans and Brews! Oh…I LOVE Daybreak!”. Thanks for the snapshot of home :). Looks like a wonderful time! The fact that you take such awesome photos makes your blog so interesting to me. We have talked about going to CO for years now, it looks beautiful. I check in daily…I just love going back and looking at your pics over and over and over! I DREAM of having a craft room like yours(esp. the chalkboard wall). Not that I craft..yet…you make me want to! My favorite is the random people on horses in the picture with Josh catching air on this bike. Only in Utah! Ps. and I’m glad you guys got to take a big girl trip to Ikea! that place is fantastic.
I read the whole thing and I absolutely loved it! I’m longing for a trip like that. I love seeing your kids having fun. I LOVED the mountains. Thank you for sharing! Your fascination about the mountains was funny to me, but I guess because I live in Idaho I just take for granted having mountains all around me. Can’t wait to read parts 2 – (?) !
Did you eat pizza at The Pie? Looks like you hit most of the hot spots. Fun, fun, fun. I loved all of these pictures! Awesome post! In the ‘sleeping in the car’ picture is your son wearing a “The Hippies Were Right” shirt? I have that shirt…I wore it yesterday… I read the whole thing and loved every minute! Those moutains! Oh my! Absolutely breathtaking and they’re everywhere!! How beautiful. Glad y’all are home safe!
P.S. The mountains… took my breath away… like I could reach out and touch them! Wow!
only a short 19 hour trip back to kansas yesterday. with 5 kids in the car.
it was actually fine…not as bad as it seems like it would be.
there wasn't any singing campfire songs but many movies were watched, video games & music played.
utah was beautiful.
we got to look at this everywhere we went the entire time.
now it's back to reality.
i have to pick up the dog…get some groceries…start on the laundry…clean out the car….
Welcome back! That photo is gorgeous! I can’t wait to go and read your posts about the trip and to look at your photos. 🙂 That’s an AMAZING picture! We’re glad you made it home safely!!
welcome back! love that picture and hope you’ll post some more….
how funny – before i read the post i saw your picture and thought “oh, that looks like home. but i’m sure it’s somewhere else. why would they be in utah?” (i live in CA now) and then. . .you were in utah. i love how familiar some things are. I’ve been checking the blog waiting for those vacation posts…selfishly glad you are back and will be posting again…sad for you that you couldn’t have stayed longer.
Ummm so wait. You only give us one picture? 😉 j/k. You visited my stomping grounds! Yay! I guess I’m lucky I get to look at those mountains everyday. Good Luck getting back to normal, whatever that is, right? Oh I so miss those mountains!!!!!!! I am a New England transplant originally from Utah. I haven’t been home in a couple of years, but we are headed there this summer and I can’t wait to see my mountains!! (Oh, and my family too, of course. LOL!) What a great pic!!! Totally addicted to your blog-glad you’re back and that you survived a great family vacation!!! OMGosh! I wouldn’t have been able to leave that view…of course I am soooo happy to have you back home. 19 hours!!! I thought my 13 1/2 hour trip was bad (I’ll be doing that next Friday). That’s just amazing…..makes me want to visit America one day! wow, you’re right by my house in this picture! well, my parents house where I USED to live 🙂 Glad you made it back in good spirits…the ride home can be iffy at best. Cool picture, welcome home! Oooh, beautiful! Never been to Utah, looks amazing. Glad you are back. Re-entry back into the real world is so hard 🙁 I’ll say an extra prayer for you 🙂
Looks familiar. We moved from there last summer but drive there frequently to visit my mom, my sister and lots of friends and relatives. Hope you enjoyed it. Glad you’re back. Good luck on the laundry. We lived in Colorado and finally sold our house….headed to Kansas City. Excited about the move…..great for my husband’s career and a good move overall….but I will miss the Rocky Mountains. Lovely. losing your blog and daily inspiration was worse than Lipstick Jungle going off of the air.
BEAUTIFUL!!! Glad you’re back…I’ve realized this week that I’m addicted to your blog. 🙂 Do they make one of those patches for blog addiction? Gorgeous! Glad you’re back… Wow! That is just amazing! So huge… and right there. Beautiful!
Gorgeous! Absolutely breathtaking! I will have to put Utah on my list of places to visit before I die. Thanks for sharing! Can’t wait to hear about your trip. what an amazing view! That picture is incredible! My husband and I used to do yearly ski trips to SLC before we had children. So beautiful! Glad you made it home safely and had a wonderful trip!
Glad you are back! Husb and I went to Utah last December…totally loved it! Moab was our favorite city! HEY! I thought I recognized those mountains! I’m 30 minutes north of SLC – it IS beautiful here! Oh to have a view like that in my backyard! 🙂 Glad you made it back safely!! Oh my gosh!! I’m from Utah! I think I can see my mom’s house in the distance :). Ohhh darn, that makes me homesick. I’m glad you had a great trip. so pretty! i’ve never really been out west, just a lay over in CA for Hawaii 🙂 which i don’t think really counts?! can’t wait to hear all about your trip!
Those mountains look like they are painted! Beautiful! i am working on etsy orders while we are gone. i don't want you to think i am blowing you off.
but i did tell you it would take awhile so THANK YOU for your patience
and willingness to help the build the Cora Playground.
GO TO THE CONCERT tonight if you are local.
don't forget.
take your kids in their jammies…buy them lots of hot cocoa.
and drink big big coffees.
invite your friends and neighbors…it's okay if you don't know the Macs personally.
this is bigger than that.
you will know someone there….
take some pictures too.
it's open to everyone and it will be fun.
it's small town good clean FUN.
i wish i could come just to see YOU. GO GO GO.
buy one extra coffee and drink it for me please…
(and think of us just pulling into our hotel room all stir crazy and wacko from 9 hours in the car.)
AND…my husband got internet on his blackberry for me for the week.
so i get to be in blog land.
ahhhhhhhh…….huge sigh of relief.
i was starting to feel a little shaky about the whole trip without my internets and the google.
(only half kidding)
i am out the door to walmart before we leave in an hour.
i am buying nacho libre. :)
stayed tuned for vacation eye candy.
maybe we'll even see the world's largest ball of twine.
i PROMISE to take a picture if we do.
it's beautiful….and not just cause i'm in it.
it's beautiful because she said so well exactly how i feel about blogging.
thanks laura.
later gators.
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hope you are having a wonderful time!!!
have a great time! Kelly
Oh Meg! I just love ya! Have a GREAT trip. I can’t wait to see all the fabulous pictures in store for all of us 🙂 You are right, Laura summed up the reasons I blog so eloquently 🙂 It’s just so nice to know that moms (and dads too) across this great planet all struggle with some of the same simple and not so simple issues just like me…on a daily basis 🙂 Oh yea, and tell Craig thanks from all of us blogging friends…for your internet service 🙂 YIPPEEEEE!!!
have a lovely trip and take photos… the walk photos were CINEMATIC. Really beautiful and so much more. Thanks so much
Love Jack Black!!! Have a great trip! We have a test to new visitors to our house. We put on Nacho Libre and see if they “get it” or not. It’s a good way to measure someone’s sense of humor!
Have a great time on your trip. Wise choice with Nacho Libre…hillarious! you are gonna love macho libre…hysterical! and have some stinking fun, would you???
Have a great spring break. In Ohio ours is not until April 6th. Wish I could attend the concert!!!
Love ya Meg! Have a great time…take lots of pictures for us. All us other bloggers are nosy and want to see every ounce of your trip! we are headed out of town for spring break. which requires so much work on my part…washing, packing, planning, last minute things.
but it will be worth it.
right?
it will won't it?
i am feeling doubtful at this moment.
i have no time to be blogging.
so i will leave you with this picture.
it keeps popping up on my computer in a Netflix ad.
and it cracks me up every time.
that belly is hilarious.
i didn't see the movie…this picture is enough for me.
back to the LONG list.
i hope i will be able to peek in here while we are gone.
i really hope.
don't forget me….
you must see the movie! “stretchy pants” are great!
have a fun trip!!!! Hope you have a great time. By the way my kids love that movie. They know all the lines to it. It’s worth watching at least once. Jack Black was so funny in this movie….Have a great vacation! Dont’ forget your camera!
Packing is a neccessary evil- Have fun. I always need a vacation after my vacation. Maybe that’s why we never go anywhere. 🙂 And I haven’t Nacho Libre either, but my husband has. And from what I can tell, the picture pretty much says it all. Have a great spring break! nacho libre rocks!
Have fun — I’ll miss your posts :)! Oh Meg! We could never forget you!!! Didn’t see the movie either…but yep, agreed…the picture is good enough for me 😉 I hope you and family have a great trip! Have lots of fun 🙂 Have fun!
You really should watch Nacho Libre. It’s one of my favorite movies. OMG! you haven’t seen nacho! two words “stretchy pants.”
Have fun! I will miss your posts and inspiration 🙂
you’re so cute meg…there’s no doubt in my mind that you will not be forgotten…missed but not forgotten! xo oooohhh!!! i hope you have a grand time!!! since c is gone we have to delay our spring break trip…but i am out of my mind excited…disney is offering military amazing deals this year so we are taking the ladies to disneyworld next month!! i’ve never been so i am definitely looking forward to experiencing it with fresh eyes with them….
hilarious…and i have that same tummy. have fun. Never will I forget you!! I found your website through the Cora website and I have really enjoyed it. You seem to be so thoughtful and caring to Coras family. I use to live in Newton so it was fun to look at the pics of your house. My mom still lives there so I visit alot-I am trying to figure out where your house is. I am in Arkansas and I live in a house built in 1900. I was wondering if you painted your woodwork or if it was already painted when you moved in. I love old houses. Well keep up the good work with ideas for Coras playground. Your great and you sure motivate me. How fabulous! This is so inspiring to see the goodness go on and on! You are awesome. well, if i didn’t live halfway across the country, i’d totally be there! i do feel really good that my husband has raised nearly $1400 for pediatric cancer research. he shaves his head tonight. we have listed cora as an honored child. darn darn, i wish i lived closer, because i would so be there. My first visit to your blog! I love the photos of your home. Reminds me how much I love colour! Thanks for sharing. Becki I wish I could be there!!! Oh, how awesome!! Wish we could be there 🙂 I love how the community is continuing to support the Macs! God is awesome! I would be there if I could! I am thinking about having a little fundraiser here, in L.A. I have my own small cake business, and thought it might be nice to have CAKES FOR CORA…a month dedicated to the playground, where all proceeds made will go directly to Jess and Joel. Wish I had done it this month, the month of her first birthday…but better late than never. I will keep everyone posted….
how neat is that!!! wish i could come 🙂
oh yeah, do you know how late they are open on Friday? Megan, Do you know where we can get that flyer? that is so awesome! i am still loving every single second of it! i did a giveaway yesterday with some coffee cozies from cora’s playground etsy dealy…great stuff! great, great stuff!!! How fabulous!!! I wish I lived closer! PS. Julie is on the front page on Etsy right now with one of her shirts for Cora. How awesome is that! It’s wonderful to see the love and compassion in your community! newton? my mother and father and law live in newton!! (ill have to send them in my place teehee)
It is so wonderful how people are coming together for this cause. I took part in the etsy fundraising and it was amazing to see how mnay people joined in! I have a question for you. I made a flower shirt like you make for my neice and it was too small, now I’m stuck with it. Would you mind if I listed it on my etsy page? we started having "family night" about 7 years ago. a speaker at my MOPS group said it was good to be intentional about your family time.
so we chose fridays.
and we have stuck to it…99% of the time.
we say Friday Night Family Night.
(lauren is no longer on board with this idea….shocker…we try to be flexible)
craig usually brings home pizza or we go out to eat somewhere together.
we watch movies, go to ball games, play games, the park, have a campfire….whatever we feel like.
this week we went bowling.
craig's office had a few teams fundraising for Big Brother Big Sisters
so the bowling was free!
annie could bowl 15 times straight and it was all good.
since the bowling was free…we bought lots of tokens for the arcade.
that's why our kids like to go bowling anyway.
sean raked in the most tickets at 242.
it was definitely money well spent….
and then a stop for ice cream on our way home.
mmmmmmm.
Your night looks like so much fun. I love family night. We have been wanting to go bowling with the kids, but I am afraid the two year old will kill us with the ball:-)
We haven’t taken the girls bowling for about two years!! Probably because the last time we went, we showed up right before closing and got to bowl one and a half games for about $40. So not worth it! FREE, on the other hand… would be awesome! Great pics as always!
what a great idea. looks like you had a great time. i chuckled when i saw all the tickets for prizes. i remember those days. they would get so excited for those wonderful goodies. love the flower in talby’s hair. Family nights can’t be beat. And I love that shot of with the tickets. I used to “buy” those bouncy balls and then lose them before we even left the arcade. Good times…
where can I find/buy one of those frayed flower hair clips/ pin? i saw someone else with one on their sweater at the jewels for cora night. i love them!!! You are doing good by your children to have these nights. They are important, special and will not be forgotten. WELL INTO their adulthood, they will remember Friday Nights. And I bet you….they will have Friday Night Family Nights with their own kids. is the one of cora’s flowers in her hair? super fun…we love bowling. i also saw a messy flower headband…yeah! we have one too! We need to be better about having a FFN. Our boys are (just turned today!) 4 and almost 7…so they are at ages that we can go out or play games at home and not kill anyone 🙁 I love the picture of Talby running her fingers through her hair 🙂 So cute! But when are your kids NOT cute?!! Super family you are! We’re a Monday night family as well. I do like Friday nights though since we’re usually all home. It’s usually pizza, movies, and popcorn. We’ll have to try bowling one of these days though. Looks like fun! ooops… you’re, not your!
We do family night too, ours is Sunday night and we take turns deciding what we do for the family activity and sometimes supper. We encourage things that don’t cost money, like hikes around the lake or bike riding. Sometimes it’s fun to spend money too — one thing we’ve had fun with is drawing names and then going to walmart and finding something for that person for $1 (might be harder now that things have gotten more expensive). Always fun to see what you’ve gotten! Usually we have pancakes on for supper but sometimes the person of the week gets to pick something different. It’s gotten harder since we have two in high school but I think setting the foundation while they’re young is such a good thing. Fridays are sacred around here – all my kids (even the three year old) love watching Monk and Psych….um…maybe that explains why, when my daughter saw a bug yesterday and she said “Is it DEAD?” Oh I miss my MOPS group so much. The church decided to go in a different direction. It gave me so much encouragment to make a positive difference in my families life. It always up lifted me to strive to be the best mom I could be. What a good idea, we have an 11 month old so we still have some time to think and plan what would be best for us. Oh, and by the way:LOVE THE YELLOW HAIR CLIP! I love it and I’m going to see if I can make something similar. Thanks for all the good ideas 🙂
Hey Megan, Our kids love bowling too! Thanks for your sweet comment. I have been reading you for what seems like forever! I left you a comment ages ago explaining why you had a window in your closet. That was before Lazy Moms, so you won’t remember my name from then, but I’m a long time reader! Hope you have a great week. We have a Friday family night too. I am glad we started it a year ago. It’s a lot of fun! I love the pic of your daughter and the tickets, too cute! We are going to have a pajama party this weekend! The kids can’t wait!
We use to make Sunday family day I think we need to start doing it again its hard with teens though. Love your blog by the way just found it. Family Night is a must! We do it on Monday though, then we get our date night too 🙂 And I’m sure in the future our kids will want to date 🙂 kristen_lundstrom@yahoo.com http://www.joelandkristenlundstrom.blogspot.com So you have no idea who I am but I am friends with Anne, Jess’ sister and read your blog from their blogs. I have a random question. Do you still have the same camera that you have a picture of on the side? I love your pictures and was wondering about buying a new one. Yours seems to take very clear pictures. So if you could email me the info on your camera I would greatly appreciate it.
definitely a great tradition…we have family movie nights…we rent a movie and fill the living room with junk and blankets and pillows and cuddle up…amazing photos as always! Sounds like a lot of fun. I haven’t been bowling in a long time! I love your daughters headband. From Julie?
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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!
I have been reading your blog for a long time but never commented until now. I just LOVE your blog. I love the photos! I have also tried several of your recipes and love them too!
Keep up the great blogging!
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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.