It started snowing Friday evening and continued through the night. So at the end of May, this is what we woke up too. It was gorgeous. The girls were so excited. This is the view from our upstairs bedroom.
Alice throwing snowballs and thoroughly enjoying herself outside on the front porch
On the back porch
Five of the cousins. Alice, Kyle, Jane, Lincoln, and Marina. We were missing Carter and Ella.
The view down the street
Luckily the roads were clear and as we headed down the mountain, there wasn't much snow as the sun got stronger and stronger. We went to the Olympic Park area from the 2002 winter olympics. It was pretty neat. Our Brother-in-Law, Ryan, got 10 free tickets and then we split up the rest of the bus tour cost. Thank you! Here are Carter, Marina, and Jane playing on one of the sleds.
Kevin, me, and the girls in a bobsled
Jane on another sled. I think she looks ready!
Kevin and Jane on the tour bus
The look from on top of the ski jump used in the Olympics
It was steep!
Our little family. And yes, our hair just blends into the sky.
Ella and Kara on the bus
All the grandkids and Steve packed in a bobsled. Oh, yeah, they are all excited to be in that picture!
Carrying the Olympic torch. Good helper, Alice.
The ski bums. Jane, Kevin, and Alice (I love her face. I think it was supposed to be a smile).
Our last night at the cabin was Sunday night. After spending the morning taking family photos of the whole group and then going to church, we had a relaxing afternoon. We took a nice long walk and had, yet another, scrumptious meal. Each little family took a turn making lunch or dinner for the rest of the group. Grandma and Papa Terry, were in charge of breakfast each morning. We checked the weather report after dinner and it didn't look good. We were scheduled to fly out Monday morning and had originally planned to leave from the cabin. However, with the impending storm, we decided to leave Sunday night and stay the night in Sandy. Luckily we did so (thanks to answered prayers) because it was a bad storm and even Sandy was covered in snow in the morning. Planes were de-icing as we pulled into the airport. Alice loved the stairs in the cabin, so here's our last shot of the girls playing house on the stairs. It was bedtime! It was such a nice trip to Utah. It was good to see all our family and spend so much time with them. Thanks again. We love and miss all of you.
2 comments:
Fun updates. Mom and I just looked at all the pictures, so fun. Looks like a fantastic trip.
What a fun trip! Allie keeps wishing that we lived in the snow-- she is the only one of our kids that has ever actually seen it... although she doesn't remember it. :)
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