Snow, Snow, Snow!

Don't you just love the snow?! If not, I hope you don't live in Utah. I love, love, love it and I've been spending a lot of time in it lately. On Monday, my friend, Meghan, asked me if I wanted to go snow shoeing with her and her friends from Dixie. This seemed like a win-win to me seeing as how I really needed to get out of my house and do something and also because I haven't seen Meghan since highschool (actually, we did randomly run into eachother at IKEA one day, but that was completely random. It shouldn't really count...). We had to drive to Highland where her friends live and there I met Chad, Garrett, and Dallin. It was about 6:00 when we left Chad's house to go on our little rendezvous. We drove up to the mountain and when we got to the trail, the sun was down completely, but thanks to the almost-full moon we could see everything. We hiked about a mile (which feels like five miles when you have snowshoes to drag along!) and then stopped in a meadow to have some hot chocolate. It was fun to meet those guys. They were hilarious and they kept asking me to tell them stories. It was so great to catch up with Meghan. She is adorable!

(R-L: Garrett, Chad, Meghan, Dallin, Me)

That wasn't the only snow fun I had this week, though. On Tuesday, my brother, his friend, his friend's nephew, and I went snowboarding at Wolf Mountain. It's not a huge resort, but we had fun. We stayed there from 1 until 8! I was absolutely exhausted Wednesday, but it was definitely worth it! There's something exhilarating about carving a newly polished board into the side of a mountain or attempting to hit a jump that makes me yearn for more! I can't wait until I can go again!

Photoshoot-The Girls

The annual photoshoot of my nieces--Anna and Kaycie--was this past week. We went to the Union Station in Ogden. They are at such an adorable age. They were jumping and posing, smiling and pouting. It was hilarious. I just love those two girls more than I can say! Here are my favorites:

It's 1:09 am...

...and I just got back from sledding with my Bro and his friend, Kody. So here's the story.

I spent all day shopping, learning how to make a layout, crocheting, and wasting my life on facebook. Before I knew it, it was 11:00 pm and I felt like I wasted a day of my life. I wanted to do something crazy. I went in to where Taylor and Kody were playing video games and said, "Guys I want to go sledding!" Hoping they'd be up for it. There were just a few minor problems..

1. We don't have any sleds.

2. It's freezing cold outside.

3. Rohmer Park is a park, so it's closed at 10.

The first problem was fixed easily with a huge shovel and three of my mom's cookie sheets (ssshhhh...that's a secret. But if you happen to read this mom, don't worry. We fixed all the dents as soon as we got home it only took a swift whack of a hammer!) The second problem wasn't even a legit problem. The remedy: put on coats! But the third was the major-ist of the three "minor" problems. Even though the park closes at 10 I was pretty sure we'd be able to sneak in without the cops knowing or if we did have a run in with them, hopefully we'd have already got a few sled (shovel) rides in before we were kicked out of the park.

We got all bundled up and drove to Rohmer--the biggest steepest hill we know of around here. From past experience, I knew that if there was a cop at the park they would be parked in the lower part. I decided to take us on a quick drive down there just to make sure there wasn't a cop hiding. Low and behold, there was a sneaky bugger of a sheriff sitting in his truck just waiting for us to jump out and make felons of ourselves. We drove past him, I waved, and we left.

We were going to go sledding if it was down the middle of a street somewhere. We were determined to try out our rides. We drove through neighborhoods and more neighborhoods looking for a gold mine of a hill. That was pretty unproductive, until Kody had the brilliant idea to go to the hospital. On the North West of McKay Dee, right off 40th are a few hills to fill anyone's spontaneous need to sled. Our inventive rides worked like a charm...with the help of a little cooking spray:) It was fun. It was crazy. It made my day!

Just for future reference, does anyone know of some killer hills around Ogden?