Sunday, March 23, 2008

Easter Skiing in Utah

Today was probably our best ski day this year. Great weather - nice and sunny and no wind. And the temps were over 20 degrees! (That's usually how cold it is up there.) Today was around 35.



There was hardly anyone at the mountain - I think most folks want to be home on Easter. Not us! This meant more of the mountain for us!



Here we all are on the lift up. This was our first run. Take a good look at Mallory's braces (green rubber bands this month for St. Pat's day) she get's them off April 2!



A little different perspective for you...our skis looking down at the fresh corduroy. Ahhh...freshly groomed slopes just waiting for our tracks.



This is our shadow. Oh sunny day!



Even the Easter Bunny was out on the mountain.





Mal just checked in with her boss. We are waiting to hear which hours she is teaching today. Maybe these guys are tired of me taking photos? Oh get over yourselves you ornery teenagers.



Ok, happy again. Mal can ski all morning with us. She works in the afternoon.



Another one, got to catch them smiling when I can!



At the top of the mountain at the saddle. Overlooking Heber Valley.



Jen was here (too).



And a closer view because we love it so much. Down in there is one of the venues for the winter 2002 Olympics where the cross-country skiing events took place.



We're having some crazy fun here. Or maybe not so much, but we look kind of goofy. Ok, maybe Mal looks like a rad shredder and I just look um...slanted and my ski is lifted?



Ok, here's a nice one for mom. Oh, maybe mom likes the crazy one?



Wyatt skiied his first black diamond runs today! I told him he might as well try - he's wearing a helmet and plus- you're good enough, kid! We call them blades instead of black diamonds. We learned that is the "cool" lingo today.



Check out that scenery. Every view is amazing. Off to the blade, Wyatt!



This view is from the westernmost chairlift on the mountain. The mountain centered in the photo is Mt. Timponogos. This is the backside of the mountain as we know it. The front side is mountain we see from our back yard at home!

Brighton ski resort closes April 20 this year. We hope to make it back out again before the season ends, but we're not sure if we can because we have so much going on this spring. We personally invite
all of you to come visit next year and ski with us. It really is the best snow on earth and the mountain is amazing!

Happy Easter















Chloe was baptised today. Here are pictures of her in the beautiful gown. Hope you all have a Happy Easter!

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Chloe's 3 Month Pictures

Chloe had her 3 month pictures taken today at Sears. You can check out the portraits online to see all of the poses. They are pretty cute. The last two poses are our favorites. After the pictures are processed we will be sure to mail you all her picture.

To view them:
Go to www.searsportrait.com and click View My Pictures. You can log in with my email and password by clicking on Already a Member?. Email - foxgirls@charter.net - Password - chloepics

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Winter In Michigan



Our good friends Tom & Sue who live in Michigan sent us the very cool photo. Tom says, "Most of us Michiganders knew we had snow in Feb, but you may not have seen it from space." We thought you'd enjoy the view. Thanks Tom and Sue!

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Haley in the News


Haley is on the 3rd grade Student Council at Vowles. They made the Morning Sun. Haley was excited to see herself in the newspaper!

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Ski Day with Kurt

Kurt came to Salt Lake for a conference. He lives in Seattle now and works at expedia.com. He came a couple days early to ski with us. It was just like old times - only better!

Here we are on the lift.



Our first run of the day, this is how the day started out...



Another run and Mal rode behind us on the chair. Who is that guy?



After lunch, Mal left us to go teach. She has a job at the ski resort as a Peer Ski Instructor. She assists the Ski Instructors with the little ones. She loves her job!



We headed over to the Great Western slopes. Surprisingly there was a lot of ice on the cat track down to the run. It was in the high teens, pretty sunny and windy. Neck gators and goggles were a must!



There was a guy behind a sign that said "Action Photos" on this run. We could see him from the chairlift as we were going up the mountain. We couldn't find him anywhere when we got to where he was so we took our own pictures.



That's Kurt looking king-ish and Wyatt is that little speck near Kurt's knee.



Wyatt caught up, now who's king-ish? More like giant-ish from this perspective.



And Jen taking a rest - our thighs were burning on these last few runs!



We decided to go take a break and warm up. Here's all of our skiis taking a rest too.



Kurt gives the evil eye.



Wyatt gives the stink eye.



One last look at a video from the day of Wyatt showing off his skills.