Winter 2011

I can't believe it is September and I have not blogged about a single thing that has happened in 2011 :(. Here is a quick overview of the fun things we did this past winter (in no particular order... because, let's be honest, you should just be happy I am updating our blog).

Kurt took Draven on his first real hike (he hiked the whole thing himself). They went to the wind caves up Logan canyon. Draven loved it!

I met up with some old friends. Jerry was my first boss at RRD and is one of the best people I have ever gotten to work for. Jay was part of the original compliance team I worked on. It was so much fun to talk about the old days :).

Kurt turned 34.

Audrik sneaking some of the sprinkles off the cake.

Audrik covering his ears while I was singing to Kurt. Funny boy!

We went to Jackson Hole, Wyoming to meet up with some of our friends from Kurt's undergrad days. We went on a wildlife tour that ended up being a lot of fun.

On our way home we saw this huge snowman and had to take a picture... it was massive!

Went snowmobiling with our good friends, the Chidester's, in Island Park, Idaho.

Played with family.

Ate snow.

Made forts and convinced grandpa to climb on in. What a good grandpa!

Tried cross country skiing for the first time. Draven was awesome.

Did a little snowshoeing.

All in all, we had a great winter and had a lot of fun as a family.

Girl's Trip in NYC

This last December we took a girl's trip to NYC. Only half of us made it since three of the girls decided to be all crazy and either be pregnant or have a baby. We missed the other girls but those of us that made it had a blast! We stayed at the Westin in Times Square. Which meant we were able to go walk around every night and enjoy delicious cheesecake at my favorite cheesecake spot, the Majestic Deli, which Kurt and I discovered quite a few years ago.

While in New York we:

*hung out in Times Square*

*Watched a movie being filmed... watch for Tower Heist coming to a theater near you*

*Took a rickshaw through Central Park*

*where we posed at the Friend's (as in the TV show) fountain*

*Found a statue we could touch inappropriately :) *

*Watched the Rockettes at the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City*

* Saw the Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Center*

*Found a sign that defined my state of mind during compliance season*

*Traveled to the top of the Empire State Building*

*where we almost blew away*

*The girls: Brittanie, Me, Mom (Pat) and Janet*

*Saw the most amazing show ever... Wicked*

*Road the Subway*

*Visited the Statue of Liberty*

*watched Jan get attacked by a bird which was AWESOME!*

*Tried to take our minds off how cold it was by taking goofy pictures*

*Took a picture to prove what we all know... mom values her Diet Pepsi over everything else*

*Checked out Ellis Island*

*and had an absolute blast!*