A Park City Weekend

Ace’s birthday and our 8th wedding anniversary was this last week.  And since it was the last week before Easton started school, Ace decided to take the whole week off from work.  It was a real treat having him home, and not feeling like we had to be anywhere for anything. 

We did a lot of relaxing in our pj’s

Then, for Ace’s birthday, the boys and I made Ace a shirt designed to get the kids to scratch his back with cars…it worked marvelously.  We went to dinner, and had cake.  What more could you ask for?

Oh, maybe a weekend in an awesome hotel…for free?  Sure.

My dad got us a place at the Escala Lodge in Park City.  The best.  The owner, Claudia, treats us like celebrities every time we go.  We got passes to on the gondola ride, the boys were in heaven!This is when we started going.  They were screaming like we were on a roller coasterEllie just chilled in the stroller the whole ride.

We did some swimming…It was Ellie’s first time in the pool.  She loved every bit of it….Especially the splashing part.

Then, Awesome Aunt Mandy and Uncle James offered to take the boys for the rest of the weekend for our anniversary.  So, we invited them up to swim, and then they took the boys home…leaving us with only one child.  I mean, piece. of. cake.Corbin and Easton.  Best Cousins.

It was a fabulous weekend! Thanks dad for getting us the place, and thanks to Mandy and James for taking our crazy boys (they even took all 5 kids to church!)  That deserves a huge round of applause!

Leading up to Christmas

December has been a busy, busy month.  Here’s a little sum up of all that we did before Christmas…

First came our favorite tradition of “The Forgotten Carols”.  It was excellent, as always.

And then we were off to the Family Christmas Party/Grandpa John & Uncle Steve’s Birthday PartyThe sisters with Grandpa JohnAunt Nancy getting in on the action

Then Ace and I, the boys, and Brad headed to Richfield to visit Ace’s Grandpa Roberts.

We did some farming…Grandpa Roberts kept us safe with his door locking mechanism

The highlight of the trip was, of course, the mechanical chair…

After the Richfield trip, it was time for a wedding.  Jessica and Chase tied the knot!  Woot woot!They were trying to get a family shot, and apparently Easton felt left out so he ran up before the picture could be taken without himNot really sure what’s going on here, but she’s the bride, she can do what she wants.

Congrats guys!

Thanksgiving Weekend

Thanksgiving was full of great food, friends and family.  Before Thanksgiving, the boys and I made a quick trip to Idaho to visit my two best college buddies, Dawn and Courtney.  We ate treats, stayed up too late, visited our old stomping grounds in the Clark Building, and were basically lazy all weekend long.  Apparently, we had way too much fun because I only took one picture the whole time.These kids had so much fun together.

Thank you girls for a great weekend!  Thanks Courtney for letting us stay at your house.  And thanks to Courtney’s hubby, Aaron for being the babysitter of my crazy boys every night!

Time for Thanksgiving!  First round, we were off to the Casper’s.  Food was delicious.   Raylene had some pre-Christmas gifts for everyone…the boys got flashlights to look for the Elf on the Shelf.  Best gift ever.

And then, Raylene gave the couples a gift.  We all got a box of Christmas letters that are supposed to look something like this…Real Cute.
But when I opened my box of letters, I had to wonder if Raylene was trying to tell me something…We were all laughing, and when I snapped this picture.  Raylene said, “Oh No! You are going to blog about this, just like the Luggable Loo!”

Then it was time for round two with my family.  We went up to the Midway House with all the family.  My uncle Curtis made a deliciously moist fried turkey without burning the house down, which is a bonus.  Then just played games and chilled. 

And last, but definitely not least, round three was Saturday with my dad and family at Macaroni Grill…

I love Easton’s face in this one. 

We wandered around the Riverwoods for a bit.

A great family Thanksgiving weekend.  So much fun.