utah: part 2: park city

 

we kidnapped katie and took her to park city for her 30 1/2 birthday. i was invited along with some friends that katie and annie have had since high school. for some reason, i don't have a lot of pictures. but this is what i do have. i really wanted the fuzzy shoes but couldn't decide on a color. i should have gone with the blue to match my eyes.

we ate a the loco lizard--yummo! and because it was katie's birthday, we got free dessert. yummy tres leches cake! yum.

utah trip: part 1: the huffmans june 19, 2008

 

so one of our first stops was to our friends, the huffmans. it was great to get all the kids together and play. and as you can see, they got two new puppies: daisy and dozer--very cute! and cute little rachie couldn't get enough of them. my favorite was when she put daisy (i think) in the cup holder of the chair.

aren't they a great looking group of kids--and only two of them are mine!

for a good friend (& just in case i might win...)

i have a good friend who is trying to sell her beautiful home in utah. west jordan, utah to be exact. she is desperate to sell.

here is the info.


and a little more here.


it is a gorgeous home. and in a great area. i would buy it if i were looking for a home in utah right now.

good luck, tiff. i am sure it will sell.

sweetwater lake

seriously, even when he is so dirty he looks like that he could be my little black baby (check out his legs), he is the cutest ever.

we went camping over the weekend to sweetwater, a place just about an hour away. the highlights:

*my camera died after the first picture i took (which turned out blurry). so, i have no pictures. this one came from loren who came with us and who shawn works with.

*ticks were EVERYWHERE...thankfully none embedded.

*those who went: us, the federicos, the mcclurgs, the becerras, and loren & mary. all people shawn works with...19 of us all together--9 kids, 10 adults.

*we rented a canoe & a row boat and went out onto the lake...sweetwater lake. absolutely beautiful (mad that i didn't have batteries for my camera). i was a bit nervous for it my first time in a canoe. shawn, tucker and i went out. next time we will leave tucker at shore. he rocked the boat a little too much, especially when he tried to paddle along.

*shawn's dutch oven cooking was a hit! sprite pork ribs and coke chicken--yummy!

*as the picture indicates above, this was seriously the dirtiest camp ground EVER! a fine, black dust covered everything.

*loren tells great campfire riddles...

*our tent: the super 8

*the federicos tent: the four seasons

we really had a great time. i forgot how much works goes into camping. and cleaning up after. but all in all, we had a great time. and i now have a charged camera battery for my trip to utah!

mamma mia!

 

highlights from my girls' night out (left to right, starting on top row):

*kathy and seanna riding the elevator (complete excitement here)

*cherae freaked me out as she threw her camera in front of my face from the backseat of the car on the way to denver...lovely

*here we have cherae who can eat (and does eat) everything in sight and doesn't gain a lub...not fair!

*the four of us (me, cherae, seanna, kathy) after our delicious meal at the chocolate factory...yummy

*um, the sign (filler picture)

*cherae lost her fancy shoe in the grate on the sidewalk...that's what she gets for being all foo-foo like that

*after the show, in front of the buell theatre

*i drove. and my car broke down just as we were pulling into the city. perfect timing. to make a very long story short, kathy's dear husband saved us. they have triple a, so the towing was free. sears did a free diagnostic test and a few wires were loose was all. mark talked them out of charging us $100. what a guy. thanks mark!

*more posing

*more laughing and goofing off

*nice view for me...i always get the good heads in front of me!

*cherae brought along "bitty" the gps to guide us through the city...even when we were on foot. thanks bitty!

*my dolce de leche cheesecake...i really want the rest of it now!

all in all, we had a great time! and i can't wait to do it again!