Yep, that's me!

For Spring Break, we always go to Utah for a ski vacation. Well, the first day we decided to board because...well, just because. Sadly, Greg was a little weary of his recently replaced ACL, so he decided not to jump. Or do trees. Or go down moguls. So, he pulled out the camera (which we almost NEVER do.) Don't ask me how, but somehow he got this picture of me jumping. It made us laugh so hard when we saw it. First of all, I've never seen myself jump...the arm straight up in the air, the little frontside grab, my jacket matches the sky...it's just too much. This one is even better:



That's me coming down from a backscratcher. Which is really a "backside" scratcher since you physically can't reach your back with a snowboard. It's more like a hiney kicker, I like that, hiney kicker can be it's new name. Do you like the arms straight up in the air? I look like I'm doing a hail mary! My board matches my outfit. Yesssss! That only happened because it was so HOT that I wasn't wearing a jacket. Yes I said HOT, it was stinkin' ARIZONA hot, (IN UTAH!) You know, I'm sure this jump was more attractive at the peak of the hiney kicker. Yeah, I'm gonna go with that.



Me coming out of the trees. I think Greg was bored of waiting for me so he pulled out the camera. What can I say? Those trees are treacherous...I was a little slow.

We skiied a couple times (no pictures) then got back on our boards. By then, Greg was ready to play!



Of COURSE, Greg is a better jumper than me. Too bad he's also a better photographer!



(Tree Hugger...)

We did catch up with the kids for a few minutes.



First time for Dax! He did awesome. Almost no crying. Almost. That might be a lie, I'd have to ask his instructor -- but he did say he loved it!





Kylee and Kinsey weren't very good about waiting for pictures so we had to catch them on the lift!



A little family pileup...this might be why we we don't ski with the kids all day. I have friends that ski with their kids all day. Maybe someday we'll be that old...maybe next year. Maybe not.

A common sight: Kinsey in front, Sadie following on her trail.



Then of course there's LUNCH. One of the best parts of skiing! Hot Chili in a bread bowl with tons of cheese. And a Diet Coke. Mmmhmmmm, even the wipeouts are worth it.





I don't even want to KNOW how much money these represent...and this isn't even half of them. I close my eyes when I pay the credit card bill.



Our BFF's Heather and Kurt Christensen went up to Brighton with us one day. One of these days they're going to figure out how to go up to Brighton with us EVERY day. I mean, come on guys...you LIVE there! Snow! Mountain! Wasted...



Of course, this is what my Mom was doing while we were partying on the mountain...(no that's not my tiny baby...it's Cassie's. She won't let me have her.)





Addie liked to "help" my mom with her puzzle by sticking random pieces together in random places. After a few days of this, my mom took her to Walmart and bought her a Diego puzzle of her very own. See her working on it right next to my Mom? Cutest thing ever.

I love my Mom, she's the BEST. Thanks Mom!

This is the puzzle in it's completed form. It was HARD. Took us a long time.



One final picture to leave you with. See, Kylee and I usually have a hundred layers tucked into our ski pants. But it was so warm...we had no layers. Just baggy, saggy ski pant. We were tugging at them all day long...like mother like daughter!

Sweet Diggs...

Yes, we were in Utah for Spring Break. With the rest of the mormon exodus from Arizona. EVERY year, we do a ski vacation to Utah. EVERY year, we stay in the cutest little cabin in Brighton. It's an OLD A-frame cottage right at the base of the resort. We love, love, love it.



Man oh man, I'm sad just looking at it. Sad? Yes, because they SOLD IT!

Ouch.

Check out this snow. (LAST YEAR)





This is out in front of the cabin last year.





Yes, that's Greg. Brilliant idea huh? Good way to tear your ACL?...



Who are these OLD people??? WHEN did that HAPPEN?

So this year, we stayed in a cabin at Sundance. We've never stayed there before, and our friends, Mike and Charlene Ford, let us stay there for a steal. The cabin was huge. I wish I had taken pictures downstairs because it had big stand-up video games (MS. PACMAN!) and pool, and ping-pong, and double-hoop (or whatever it's called.) Major full-time entertainment! It was so much fun.



Perfect cabin scene. I love it.

But the snow? Not so much... It was hot and sunny, EVERY day. Well, every day but Sunday (isn't that usually the other way around?) So we went to Sundance and took pictures! Of course!






















Sometimes Greg takes some weird pictures. What was he thinking with this one? I don't know, but I kind of like it. I love to hold this little girl's hand. I know my time is short, she's growing so fast! I still carry her around every chance I get.



I can't believe this beautiful girl is my daughter. I know she sort of looks like me now, but I didn't look a thing like this at her age!



Notice the lack of snow...

To find snow, we drove to Salt Lake every day. Deer Valley, Brighton and Solitude. Fodder for a new Post!

DISNEYLAND!

Saydie's dance group did a performance at Disneyland. I wanted to send Saydie with Joy and her family because they were doing the whole 3-day Disneyland extravaganza and I REALLY didn't want to do it. (we did a 7 day trip to Disneyworld a few years back and ever since...let's just say that Disneyland is NOT my happiest place on earth.) But I felt too guilty pawning Saydie off on Joy so I decided to hop on up there, just me, Dax and Saydie.







Guess what?...it was actually FUN! That is totally the way to do a theme park; just 2 measley kids, not too old for the classics (like Tarzan's tree house,)





and not too young for the bigger roller coasters (like Space Mountain and Thunder Mountain Railroad.)



We just wandered around without anyone spazzing out to get a zillion rides on their favorite roller coaster or freaking out because they didn't get minnie mouse ears (reference to Disneyworld trip.) We ate when we were hungry, shopped when we saw cute things in a store front...





It was pretty chill. And when you are buying things (like cotton candy) for 2 kids instead of FIVE...it feels downright CHEAP!






This is how Dax stands in line:







It only looks like he is sitting sedately on a rock...he's actually climbing all over it at a million miles an hour. I can't tell you how many times someone told him to get off something. Here's a video of Dax at full speed (on a surfboard in a little play area.)



Did I mention that I forgot to bring my camera? Yep, these pictures (and video) are courtesy of my cell phone. Pathetic, I know.

I'm just going to add this in there because it's funny. This is at Knott's Berry Farm over the summer. I told Dax that this roller coaster was "scary fun", not "scary scary" Watch his face, he starts saying "It's scary-scary! It's scary-scary!" so I tell him to close his eyes and he won't be scared.



Pay no attention to that crazy lady sitting next to him. I think it's one of my sisters...Yep, definitely one of my sisters.