Tuesday, January 06, 2009

I’m dreaming… of a Salt Lake Christmas

I’m dreaming… of a Salt Lake Christmas.

Madelyn and I just got back from 10 days of Salt Lake City fun. We visited with our families, went to movies, installed TV’s, Body Worlds, sporting events, got into the hot tub, went sledding, we ate a ton of food, and Madelyn and her sisters shopped…. A LOT. Let’s just say that we came back home with an entire extra suitcase.

That pretty much covers the entire trip!

We had a great time in SLC, it was nice to be back… although I remember what it’s like to go about your day with snow on the ground. I think my feet were cold the entire trip! It was really cool to get to see our friends and family again.

I never seem to take a ton of pictures when I come into town, but here are a few from our trip.

On Christmas day we got together to take our family picture. It’s amazing how many shots it took to get this…. At some point I’m going to post them all, they’re pretty hilarious. The halo around my head is a nice touch…



The day after Christmas we woke up to a good 6 inches of snow… it was great to see everything covered in snow again, but I quickly remembered that there are some difficulties that come with snow, cold feet, shoveling, banks of snow, wet everything, and that nice white ring you get on your jeans. All snow complaints aside it was beautiful!





The rest of the trip was just a lot of relaxing and eating… I was able to enjoy two sporting events! I went with my family to the Jazz game..



And I went with my dad to the Utah basketball game…



I was also able to go sledding with my family at Sugarhouse. I remembered how out of shape I am when I needed to rest after walking up the hill!



Here’s my dad at the sled hill:



Angie and Cady being the spectators:



I think the show stealer over at the Fowles house was Elly. She was quite the entertainer… and after many fruit snacks she finally warmed up to me.

Here she is singing around the piano:


I showed her how to get in the middle of the clothes rack… I’m sure her mother will be thrilled that she now knows this.







Madelyn and I even got to see our old friends. My good friend Tyson and I were right back where we started. We went bowling at the U like the old days…





This was definitely the best trip home we’ve had since living in Texas. It was so great to see everyone and we had the perfect mix of relaxing and hanging out with family and friends. Thanks everyone for showin’ us a good time!

1 comment:

angie said...

Fun pics from a really fun time! I'm in withdrawal with everyone gone and having to actually cook at home:)