Park City Adventure

We took a day trip to Park City, UT to enjoy the snow and the sun. It was a beautiful day! Sorry this is out of order, but at the end of the day we headed to Olympic Park and viewed where the bobsledding took place in the Salt Lake Olympics in 2002. They were actually running races when we were there. It was neat to watch it in live action. This is a far view of the sledding park.
This is the beginning of the hill.
This is the starting place. They are loading the next sled to head down the hill.

The collage below has photos at a tubing hill called Gorgoza Park. They have 7 tubing hills and 4 of them are larger than the others. You really gain speed and fly down the hill. It was a very well runned place to visit. I highly recommend this adventure when in the Salt Area! It is also very kid friendly!

Below are some videos that Matt took at the Tubing Hill.



This is Ashlynn coming off the tube tow. I loved her panic noises. It makes me laugh!

Below is our family going down the hill together. Sorry that I am the close up in the video. Check out Ashlynn toward the end of the video. She makes me laugh how she is swinging her head around. Good Times!

Carter's first ride on a snowmobile

Grandpa Tom you would appreciate this one. Carter had no hesitation to get on the snow machines. He kept a serious face the whole time and stayed focused on the track. It was so fun to watch him because if you know Carter he is always hesitant to do anything. Enjoy the videos.

We did it!

My grandpa (the kids great grandpa) sent us this old puzzle of the USA. So we put it together and the kids were very interested in all the states. They figured out that is a long way to New Hampshire to visit their cousins and that Idaho was a much quicker trip to take from Utah. We had a lot of fun putting it together! Thanks Grandpa!

We also had a visit from Skyler and Grandpa Tom a few weeks ago. It was nice to visit with them and have some fun! Hope to see you soon!

Carter

Check out the drawing that Matt made on the computer of Carter. Not bad! He has always been so talented when it comes to being creative.

Snow Box Play - Gloves Required

On Sunday we had a good snow storm and this is what was left for us to play in. We have had some sunny days and it makes the snow sparkle. The sky was so blue with white fluffy clouds. It was such a beautiful site I had to take a picture.

Ashlynn tubing in our backyard.


There was so much snow, it was hard for her to get up the hill.

In the winter we call it the snow box. By the time summer is over our sand in our sandbox is gone. So, we decided that it is fun to make snow castles and have a ice cream party with the snow.

The kids enjoyed their time in the snow.

Happenings...

I had a request to put new pictures up on the blog. Since Christmas it seems that things have slowed down for us. New Year's was pretty uneventful. I had to work at the hospital New Year's Eve. My co-workers and I had a snack party, watched the count down on TV and then looked out at the stairwell windows to watch the fireworks over the Salt Lake Valley. Exciting, I know!
The snow has tapered off in our area and we have had some sunny days. Matt and Carter made a tubing hill in our backyard and got to use it for one day. Matt put some kind of lubing oil on the bottom of the tube so it would really go fast. He is so creative! We were hoping for more snow so that we could enjoy it more. It is still early to think we will not be getting anymore snow.

Ashlynn and Carter are both enjoying school and playing with their new friends. Carter is getting better at reading his site words and really improving with his writing. Ashlynn is mastering tracing the alphabet and cutting. If she can find a pair of scissors she will cut anything. I am hoping that she doesn't touch her hair. I don't want to be one of those moms that has to get her haircut short to cover up and damage. Yikes!

Matt is recovering well from his surgery and he no longer has the massive black eyes. He has a follow up with the surgeon in February. As for me I am just waiting to get through winter. I miss being able to play outside without being bundled up in 20 layers (just kidding, more like 2 layers.) I am so thankful that we don't have to live in area that has a winter season most of the year. Well, enjoy the pictures. More to came later.

No Injuries!

I am glad to report that we started 2009 off with no injuries from sledding. This little sledding hill is just down the street from our house. Most times when we have gone sledding there is always someone that gets hurt and its not always one of us. It was a beautiful day with the sun shinning and we had fresh snow to sled on. The kids liked it because they could hike up the hill without any help.
I love the photo of Carter going off the small jump. He wasn't going very fast so when he went over the jump his tube stopped. Also, the photo of Carter and Matt when their sled tipped over was a funny moment.