Thursday, January 22, 2009

What's That White Stuff???

Flying into Salt Lake City provided some beautiful scenery


About the only downside was that we chose the morning of the opening day of the Sundance Film Festival to fly in. The airport was PACKED!!!!! Somehow we managed to find our bags and Kendra rescued us from the mayhem.

The white stuff turned out to be something called snow! Then I remembered that I had seen it in December of 2007.

We had to stop by Cabela's which is the biggest & coolest hunting & camping store I have ever seen!

The stuff was piled everywhere!

On Friday, Jeff drove the 5 of us up to the cabin which is in the mountains above Heber.


We were in Utah for a week and it did not snow while we were there BUT it had snowed just before we arrived and they were expecting more snow right after we left.

Now you KNOW that a guy in his late 50's (who has never played in the snow) would know better than to go outside with the intent to go sledding & tubing down the snow and ice covered roads. I mean what couple, at this stage of their lives, would be dumb enough to try and keep up with their kids?????



F to B
Keith, Stacia, John, Katie & Kendra form a train
Jeff took the pic while Jack kept us from sliding downhill until we were ready!


This is from the bottom, looking uphill as Katie starts her run with the tube!

LOOK-OUT!!! here she comes!
And there she goes!!!!


My camera batteries went dead at this point so we don't have any more pics of our tubing & sledding. I can say for sure that I'll think twice before challenging Keith to a downhill sled race again!!!!!

The Blessing of Alayna


Alayna's Blessing
Sunday, January 18th, 2009
Bountiful, Utah





Alayna's Open House

January 18th, 2009
Home of Jack & Janese Yoho











Family Time in Utah

Grandpa and Alayna


Nana, Mommy & Baby
Jeff & Kendra's Apartment
Bountiful, Utah


Bathtime For Alayna!



Mother & Daughter



Keith & Stacia's Apartment
Keith cooking on his George Foreman Grill


(* I have a picture of Stacia at the table but she was yawning and if I publish it she will probably beat me up!!!!!)

We also played tourist.
First stop was Desert Books across from Temple Square. We wanted to get a couple of small gifts for our neighbors who were watching our home, collecting our mail and "Fish Sitting".


Then we headed to Temple Square for a VERY quick tour. It was pretty cold and not nearly as pretty without all the flowers and trees in bloom.




Speaking of COLD!
The first morning we stayed with Keith & Stacia (in Provo), it was 9 degrees!!!!!! The second morning was 7 degrees!!!!!

The Cabin

THE YOHO FAMILY CABIN

The family cabin is up in the mountains above Heber.

Jeff drove us up in his dad's 4-wheel drive F350 , while Jack & Janese drove up in his Tacoma. Keith & Stacia drove up to the foot of the mountain in his car & Jeff drove down in the truck to bring them the rest of the way up.




The cold is nothing like Florida. The dryness takes a lot of the bite out of the cold.

BUT... for a prolonged period of time or to play in the snow, a short sleeve shirt would not be enough.

The cabin has 3 floors and we enter the main or middle floor. This is the cozy sitting area with TV, fireplace and fully equiped kitchen.









Upstairs is the Master Suite












or, downstairs to the guest rooms



This hall has 1 guest room to the right (ours); and 2 guest rooms on the left



This was Katie & John's room.

Of course the inside of the cabin wasn't the only thing that was beautiful!!!