Snowboarding

I didn't go snowboarding at all last season, so I was excited to be able to go up for a little while this year. Two years ago I took the snowboarding class at BYU (audited it I guess) so when Dana and Michelle came to visit I decided it would be a lot of fun to take them. We went and Michelle ended up with a fracture in her arm...my mom said I sent her home damaged goods...oops.

Anyways, when I first asked if Michelle wanted to go snowboarding while she was here this time, she flat out told me no. However, once she got here, she started warming up to the idea. We went up to Sundance for the midweek twlight time. We all borrowed boards and boots from friends, then for $15 a person we were able to snowboard for 2 hours (2:30 - 4:30). For us, it was perfect. We got up there around 2 and Michelle took her sweet time putting her gear on. Here's the classic pictures of Michelle taking her time and Dana impatiently waiting for her:



Once we got going, we had a blast. I think we all ended up with bruised butts and were sore the next day, but it was worth the fun. Here's the three of us right after our last run down the mountain:

After our fun day, we met up with Log for dinner at my place...I really like this Tortilla Soup recipe I got from Ryan's mom...you just throw everything in the crockpot and it tastes so good!

Well, Michelle is now on her way home, so I guess it's back to school/work until tomorrow when I give my Omniture Competition Presentation then leave for Dallas! I'm excited.

February Fun

My youngest sister Michelle is in town until Thursday and so we've been having some fun. We spent Saturday afternoon making and frosting sugar cookies. They were surprisingly good for such a simple recipe. She was very proud of the one's she decorated.

For Valentines day Ryan sent a ton of boxes that were inside each other each with a different note. He also wanted to get me oreo's, Ben and Jerry's half baked ice cream and flower's, but since he's not here, I was supposed to go get them...I just don't think it's the same to go buy yourself flowers, so I had a hard time with that one. But Michelle and I thought we were pretty clever. We went to Walmart Saturday night and took a picture of me with the three and sent it to Ryan. Haha. We are just so funny. I would have bought the ice cream, but Walmart was out of the right kind. Maybe next time.We went up to the Finley Grandparents for Sunday dinner and it was fun to talk with them and look through pictures of our mom when she was a baby. We were also informed that our Grandpa is now famous. He made the Spanish Fork news paper front page above the fold! He's great!