Utah - 2012

I'm a little behind, but back in March the boys and I got the chance to go to Utah with the Creels and the Andersons. It was incredible. I have never really skied too much, so I was a little nervous about it, but by the end of the trip we were going down Blacks. It was insane. We would start to go down a slope, and then half way down Teal and Ryan would talk us in to going off in to the woods and jumping over things and flying past the beautiful trees. I loved every second of it. Well, I actually hated looking down the steep hills from the top of the mountain and was about to vomit every time I saw what I was about to do, but the adrenaline was awesome so that made up for the fear. It was so fun, and a great workout.

Knox had an awesome time, too. It was his first time to fly in a plane and he absolutely loved it. We traveled with 6 kids, 3 of them being 2 years old. All of them being under 7 years old. We were actually surprised at how well they all did. Knox and Trotter even napped on the plane, so that helped out a ton. We took Teal and Hagan's cousin with us as a babysitter, so she was a huge help, and that allowed us to ski all day long and and also freed us up to have a kid-free dinner. The other nights we all cooked and hung out at the cabin and played games. The ski lift was like 100 yards from our front door, so that was extremely convenient. The little kids even got to ski for about an hour...and then we took them snow tubing 1 night. We all tied up to each other with our tubes and got flung down the huge hill. SO fun!

We had a blast and laughed A LOT the entire trip. I am so grateful for the invite, and for Teal and Ryan planning this trip and working out all the details. It was such a beautiful place and I was overwhelmed by the beauty of all the snow and mountains. So thankful that we were able to experience a trip like this...it was such a blessing. I never really got to take trips like this when I was younger, so I am more than thankful that we are able to take some now. 

Here are the pics - They are all from my phone. No way I was toting that huge camera around while we were on the slopes!

  

We MIGHT have had some heated friendly girls vs. boys competition of Catch Phrase. Do I even have to tell you who team 1 was? Girls rule, boys drool.