"You will have significant experiences. I hope that you will write them down and keep record of them, that you will read them from time to time and refresh your memory of those meaningful and significant things. Some may be funny. Some may be significant only to you. Some of them may be sacred and quietly beautiful. Some may build one upon another until they represent a lifetime of special experiences."
-Gordon B. Hinckley
Showing posts with label Park City. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Park City. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 26

From the Crossroads to the West

We were able to head out to UT for this past General Conference, met up with my parents and many other family members there as well!
When we got there we all met up at Chili's for lunch, and then visited the cemetery where most of the Prophets are buried. Since we also had John Money with us, we spent some time at John Taylor's sight. Which was fun for all of us, to learn a little more of his families heritage.

Looking at a guide to the cemetery on the iPhone.
These phones, and the things you can do with them, just keep amazing me.
Later that day we all went out to support Jordan (our cousin) and watch his college baseball game. He and his team are one of the best in the country right now.
The guys got into the spirit of things and played some catch with the kids. : )


Everyone on the lawn enjoying a great game and a beautiful warm day!

After the game we checked into our room. It was beautiful, and reminded me so much of the rooms we have been in traveling in Europe....except for the size of course. ; )
The bathroom was huge! We loved it!!
We were lucky enough to meet up with David, Stacy and Kade for dinner at this great restaurant with an amazing buffet, and endless choices of meat parading by your table to choose from.
Some sort of lime drink. So so good!
Some of the meat that came by. The best was this garlic beef, I think its the skewer to the right in this photo. It was some of the best meet i've had!
Mmmm...grilled pineapple!
It was Kades birthday, so they sang him a little song, and.....
made him get up and play the tambourine.
I know the photo is a bit blurry, still learning with this camera. But I thought it was cute of Stacy. : )
Our dinner group! We were so lucky to have been able to meet up with them for dinner, and share in a part of Kades birthday! We are so grateful for such wonderful family! : )
After an amazing dinner, we parted ways and ran across the street to the Laker/Jazz game!
It was a blast to be at a game live!!
It was extra fun for Brody since he's a fan of both teams....but as the game went on, it was pretty clear that he was rooting a bit more for the Jazz, haha. : )

The game had a lot of fun energy, they know how to put on a show and get the fans pumped up for the game!!
Maybe that's how they got Brody more on the side of the Jazz? haha ; )
Kobe making it look all too easy

Kinda blurry, but still a nice shot. : )
Brody in front of, what we still call, The Delta Center : )
The next day we all headed to Park City! It was such a beautiful day up there, and such a different from the heat we had the day before. : )
It was fun to see the snow again!
We just happened upon the Red Bull winter madness event. Where people make crazy contraptions that they ride down the hill in and hopefully it doesn't fall apart. Oh, and they also dress up as if it's Halloween. : )

Brody with what I believe was one of Lance Armstrong's bikes.
He couldn't help but to throw some snow balls.
I had taped a funny video on this, but somehow I did it wrong and it didn't record. I was pretty bummed about it. Oh well, next time. : )
I was still a little sleepy from the day of travel and late late night we had that I wasn't going to settle for a normal sized Red Bull, I needed a larger can of energy! ; )
Sunday morning we woke up to a fresh blanket of snow in the city! It was such a beautiful sight to wake up to!
Walking into the conference center.
It's always so amazing to be there in person! We just love every min of it!
Our beautiful temple! Always such wonderful memories!! : )
It was just such a gorgeous day! With the blue sky and fresh snow.





Someone had built a snowman on the lawn in front of the temple. A pretty good one too. Someone must have some experience with that!

Of course we have to get a photo with our temple. : )
Love this one!

After conference we drove out to see Grandma Shannon. It is always so nice to be able to have a nice visit with her when we are in town! : )
It was another wonderful trip to UT, full of family, friends and such wonderful memories! We are so very blessed!! : )

PS: More photos from the trip can be found in my Facebook album, 'Spring Fever' : )

Tuesday, December 1

Park City!!

We spent this Thanksgiving in Park City with my family. Lauren could not come home this year because of a good friend's wedding that was the next day & also work---So we all came to her! It was such a fun trip!! We stayed at this great resort called The Canyons.

The Canyons has this wonderful restaurant called The Cabin, where we got our Thanksgiving feast. When you go to pick it up the chef comes out and hands it to you and tells you a little about the food.
As Brody and I were in the restaurant, everyone coming out keep saying how they have never had a meal THAT good. One older man said, "That was the best meal I have had since I left Europe", we were all pretty excited to start feasting!!
Lauren works at this great bakery in Provo called The Sweet Tooth Fairy --- And part of her job the day we came up were these super cute turkey cupcakes (looks like a turkey, not turkey flavored...haha)! She did an amazing job! : )
Nothing like a world class feast and Thanksgiving Football.
We also had Danny Livingston and his wife Juileanne, and Lauren's friend Emma for Thanksgiving, which made it really fun!
That night we went to Deer Valley to check out the new St Regis Hotel , and rode the funicular that takes you up to the main hotel. It was so fun, the hotel was not officially open yet, they were just doing a soft opening, and everything smelled so new.
Here is how the track looks : )
.....And here we all are riding it! It was a lot of fun to explore the place.

That night we also met back up with Lauren and we all went to see The Christmas Carol in 3D.
it was sort of....a bit too....creepy. But seeing a movie is always fun!
A little Hot Chocolate on the Balcony and great veiw of Park City in the morning?
Yes please!
Brody got up early one morning and made this snowman for me while I was asleep! Apparently he was planning it the night before! : ) So cute!! I LOVED it!

The day after Thanksgiving, Brody and I went Snow Tubing! This was one of the most fun things I have done, I LOVED it!!


This was so much fun! We can't wait to do it again.
We went down twice together, and a couple times single.
When Brody went down by himself he got air on a bump, and loved it.
See me at the top of the photo? : ) For some reason I love this pic!
About to go down the hill


From the top of the hill...it's a fun way down!

Love this photo!!
We had such a blast, definitely the highlight of the trip for me!


A video of one of our rides : )

That night we went to the Pizza & Noodle Company on Main Street, a place my family has been going to for years and years!

The cute Main Street

Then we headed to Temple Square to see the first night of the Christmas lights.
This was my favorite part. It looked like fall LED trees. So so pretty!!
And of course we visited our reception room in the Joesph Smith Memorial building; The Empire room.
We had this tree at the reception too, that people put the gifts under---it was an amazing setup that night, and it is always so fun to go back and see it this time of year! : )
The corner where our cake was
....and we had all the beautiful Christmas lights outside the windows, it was perfect! : )

There is nothing like the lights at Temple Square!
A Shoe Tree, we found in Park City....COVERED in shoes!
Lauren knew of this great place to eat called The Eating Establishment. It was a great place to get breakfast...and I'm sure any meal!


Dad didn't think he was too hungry, until he saw all our food : )
Us on Main Street, and Lauren & Dad in the car behind us in the street!
Olympic Park!!! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the winter Olympics!
I was so excited to spend some time here.
Ever since I was little, the Bobsleds have been one of my favorite things to watch. It looks fun!
Brody is back there, I guess he was being a sledder in action...what a pro : )

Lifting a curling stone
Brody showing off his awesome Skiing skills : )
On our way down to watch the bobsledding...just follow the footprints!
And through the tunnel, up the stairs....
Brody and a Bobsled --- It was SO hard to get a photo with one. At one point we put it on "sport mode", where it takes a bunch of photos at once, and we still missed it. But I love how this one came out.
It was such a blast to see them in action!!! I was loving it!
And I can't wait for the Olympics to start this winter!


And last but not least, some photos of our condo.
Up in the loft, was my parents "master suite", that had it's own little living area.

This was our room. I LOVED that we had a fireplace, door to the balcony, a jacuzzi tub, and more!

It was such a wonderful and relaxing Thanksgiving week!