Thursday, February 21, 2013

Random Randomness

Trying to clean out my phone pics and found a bunch of gems I didn't want to just discard but also didn't want to hold on too...which means you get at TOTALLY random post of complete and total randomness.  

A great friend of mine drew this during a meeting and sent me a picture.  Pretty awesome right?  It is my background on my phone and it makes me smile every time I look at it. 

This kid makes me smile so much!!!

So does this kid.  
We got to go to a Jazz game recently.  
It was a blast. 

I came home one night from a particularly hard day.  I had cried on the way home after picking up the kids and Kylee asked me what was wrong.  I told her some people were just being mean to mommy and that I was ok...just sad.  When we got home she went straight to her room and drew me this picture.  It was the most perfect thing ever and cheered me up immediately.  It was exactly what I needed to remind me people are dumb, I can't control that, and that I am extremely lucky to be who I am and have the life I do.  I love that girl so much and am not ashamed to say she is pretty much always teaching me life lessons.

I recently did THIS to my hair.  BRIGHT RED streaks.  I LOVED IT!  
I had to let it fade for work, but maybe someday I'll do it again.  It was fun.  
Thanks Lacey for always being so awesome. 
This is how I spend most of my Friday nights.  I'm not complaining.  These two are so much fun to be around.  After they are in bed I almost always have a date with laundry and Hulu.  :) 

 I love this man!


 
This picture is horrible, but it's sweet.  My entire family went and sang Karaoke at this way cute place in SLC for Em's birthday.  All my siblings and their families were there as well as Tucker and his family and some of my Aunts and Grandma Hebdon.  This is me and my dad with my brothers and sister (minus Tonya :( ) singing "If I had a Hammer."  It's a song we have sung as long as I can remember that has some pretty awesome harmonies that we have pretty much mastered.  ;)  It was a fun moment (other than I was in massive pain...stupid kidneys).

    

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Adventure #1 - Sun Valley

For Christmas this year, Curtis surprised me with an INCREDIBLY thoughtful gift.  In May, we will be celebrating 10 years of marriage.  Instead of taking a big trip or doing something big in May to celebrate, we will be celebrating ALL YEAR LONG.  We are taking 10 romantic get-a-ways.  Each one focuses on something specific I love and I think he is absolutely awesome for putting so much thought and effort into this.  Not to mention I am so excited to have something to look forward to nearly every single month.  Our first adventure was to Sun Valley, ID.  I was hesitant about going, since we live in Utah and have awesome resorts just minutes from our house.  I worried the extra travel time and cost of gas, etc. wouldn't be worth the drive and time away from our kids.  Plus, it was Super Bowl weekend and my house is always the party house for those kinds of events, not to mention the 49ers were playing and I didn't want Curtis to miss out on celebrating with his friends and family.  Curtis, however, was super excited and didn't even care about only watching the Super Bowl with me in our hotel room.  I had heard awesome things about Sun Valley, but had never been there and really didn't know what to expect.

I was NOT disappointed.  It was one of my favorite ski spots yet.  We only hit Bald Mountain and skied River Run, but it was AMAZING! 

We definitely have more snow in Utah, and maybe a little bit better snow (they hadn't had a storm in awhile) but the weather was perfect, the sky and air were clear, and the view was spectacular. 


The resort is super nice and I must say riding a gondola up to over 9,000 ft is awesome.  The trail was super long and super pretty and super fun. The trails scared me at first, because a lot of them are seriously right on the side of the mountain and one wrong turn or failure to stop and you are going off the mountain.  It was a little intimidating...I won't lie. 


And the view from the top was unreal.  Seriously so gorgeous.  This picture doesn't even begin to do it justice.  It brought tears to my eyes. 



It was a very romantic weekend get-a-way, full of many of my absolute favorite things..
My Hubby
Boarding
Sports (We watched my Penguins beat the Capitals and then the 49ers lose in the Super Bowl)
Good Food
Shopping
Swimming
Hot Tub
Movies
Someone else cleaning my room everyday
Road Trip Music

 
And I can now say I've been to Sun Valley, ID. 
I am a big fan too.  It was beautiful, fun, and a great deal.  
I would definitely go back there again and I really hope I get the chance to.