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We took a last minute trip to Utah this weekend and had a fabulous time.  It was a nice getaway and a good visit with Derek’s folks. Wednesday night we flew out.  On the airplane I sat, with the baby, by an AA captain who has been a pilot for 20+ years.  He was funny and very interesting.  I love good airplane conversation.  When we landed, Derek had hired a guy to drive us to his parents house in a Suburban (we had 3 suitcases, a baby bed, a stroller, a car seat, a camera bag, a DVD player bag, a backpack, the baby bag, a purse and 5 bulky coats).  Apparently the Suburban broke down, so our buddy Steve took us in his stretch limo.  We got a kick out of that!

Thursday we hung out.  Friday we left the baby with Grandma, and the four of us headed for Alta for a day of skiing.  We woke up to it snowing, and it snowed all day on the mountain.  It was really beautiful up there…but SOOOO cold.  Thankfully we had packed all of that gear (see last paragraph) and hand/foot warmers!  Derek is a fantastic skiier, but having three novices depending on him made our first run very long and tedious.  What is usually a 10 minute trail took over an hour with the boys, so we signed them up for ski school, which they loved.  And it gave Derek and I a fun 2 hours to ski together.  And the boys were much improved afterwards and able to ski with us a little more.

This was my favorite trail:

On Saturday we got to see the kids’ cousins, our niece Kendra and nephews Janson and Jonah.  We love spending time with them.  Derek took our boys and Janson and his dad to the Auto Expo…I’m not sure who had more fun, the men or boys!  And then that afternoon, we took all of the kids sledding.  Grandma Sherry and I were going “only to take pictures”, but it looked so fun we got in on the fun.  That was the most fun I’ve had in a long time.

Thanks for a great visit, Verdi and Sherry!