Road Trip to Utah~12w

Found this old post that I started but never posted..... this is from Sept 2010:



We got to enjoy some time out on the lake. Here is Bri and daddy:

Bri and Mommy on the tube about to be pulled by the boat. Bri did great - I was the one who got scared and wanted off real quick.

"Hold me mommy"


Tuckered out. She fell asleep on the way back to the dock.


We had a fantastic time ~ so glad my sister and her family live closer so we can visit.

Eagle Crest 2011

We took a family vacation and stayed a week at the Eagle Crest Resort in Redmond, OR. We had a great time. I loved spending time with Tim and the kids.

The kids were great on the 3+ hour drive over Mt. Hood and into central Oregon. Brianna slept most of the way. Here is a picture of Mt Hood:


Brianna and Noah all buckled in and ready to go:




There were so many fun things to do. Tim got to play a few rounds of golf. Tuesday we were able to see daddy on the 1st hole while I was taking the kids for a walk. Here he is putting:


Later he stopped by the condo and said hi. Our unit backed up to the 11th fairway


We all had a lot of fun at the pools.






Brianna couldn't get enough of the swings. She would ask to go 'weeeee'(translation = Swing) everyday once she saw the swings. Noah didn't like them at all. He sat in the swing for about 2min before we had to take him out. He had more fun walking around and finding sticks. Miss Brianna didn't want to get out of the swing. She loves them.






We took our bikes with us, and we rented a bike trailer so we could take the kids with us on bike rides. They loved it.



I enjoyed taking the kids for walks in the mornings. I would bundle them up and head out for a good 2-3 mile walk around the resort before breakfast. When the kids were up at 6:15 every morning - you've got time to go for an hour walk before breakfast. It was so nice to go for walks in the morning air. The clear skies were beautiful.


There were a few deer at the resort. They are apparently used to people because they don't move when you walk by them. Here is a picture of one we saw while on our walk. Just lounging in the morning sun.


On one of our last days there - we were up early and this is what we saw out off our back patio. A mommy deer and her baby and another mommy and her 2 babies back by the trees.

They came right up to the patio. It was amazing. The kids loved it.


We had a great week. Lots of fun and lots of memories.

Your Three Words

Just a day late... but here is my Y3W for this week. (Thanks sis for having photo shop)
We are in Pleasant Grove, Utah visiting my sisser and her family. This photo is from the park we went to on Thursday. Can't beat that view. It's gorgeous - or at least I think it is.

We are having a great time and will be sad to go home on Monday. Will post about our trip later -but for now... off to have more family fun.

Park fun-- 11 weeks old

Cousins Sara and Noah at the park


We are having so much fun visiting my sisser and her family in Utah. Today we went to the park for a little while. Here is Noah and his cousin Sara. She is 8m old Noah is 2m. He is almost as big as she is.... just not as long yet.


Aunt Syd and Noah:



Noah and mommy:


Noah and daddy :


Brianna ans her cousin Cooper had so much fun on the play structure




So much fun!!

Canada, eh

We just got back from a great week in Whistler, BC Canada. We were invited to go with some dear friends of ours Charlie and his wife Diana. It was a long drive, approx 7.5 hrs - but we survived. Brianna was great considering how far we went. Not much snow on the ground- ok no snow on the ground in the village- but there was enough on the Mtns for them to enjoy.
One of the days the sun came out and we had some great views of the mountains.
Here we are having lunch with Tim after he, Charlie and Diana went down the mountains.



Because I am 4.5m pregnant- I was not able to enjoy snowboarding down the mountains this time. Instead Brianna and I would get all bundled up and go window shopping through Whistler village while Tim, Charlie and Diana went snowboarding and skiing. She loved the stroller. Every time we went out- she would end up falling asleep. I guess she was very cozy in there. Here I actually got a pic of her awake, all bundled up.

Whistler mtn and Blackcomb mtn are right next to each other. You will hear them referred to as Whistler-Blackcomb.
Here is Blackcomb mountain- all those white patches in between the trees are the ski runs- they go waaaayyyyy up.

Here is Whistler mountain. Yes- the lifts and runs go alllll the way to the top.


Here is Tim at the top of Blackcomb mtn.

And some pics he took on his way back down.





This is a picture Tim took from the Whistler-Blackcomb Peak to Peak Gondola. It's a gondola that you take from one mtn Peak to the other so you can ski or snowboard down the other mtn. Whistler Village is right about the middle of the picture.


Here is Whistler Village where Brianna and I would go window shopping and walking to get out of the hotel. No snow on the ground-But it was still beautiful.

Some events of the winter Olympics are being held in Whistler in a few weeks. They were still setting some things up. Here is one of the signs at the Ticket office.

The blue thing in the background is a stage for the medal presentations. They were still building it. Everyday there was more and more done when we would walk by. It will be interesting to see it all done on the TV in a few weeks.


We had a great time, and are so thankful Charlie and Diana invited us to go.
Poor miss Brianna came down with a double ear infection as the week went on and was a bit cranky until we were able to get her some antibiotics. She is doing so much better now. But inspite of her not feeling well-we were all able to enjoy our vacation.