BACK TO THE OLD GRIND, BUT AT LEAST SPRING IS ABOUT HERE!

I am back from my trip to Utah, and, I must say, it was a very lovely time.  It was warm, and the only time it snowed was the second day I was there.  It snowed all day, and, while the others were out beating themselves in blizzard conditions on some mountain, I stayed comfortably inside and took some videos and pictures.  Here are some of the pictures I took:

This is a postcard of Westgate Resort, which is about 40 minutes from Salt Lake City.  We were in the Elk Lodge.

I had my own bedroom, with king-sized bed, huge window over-looking the pool, and across the room, my own TV.  Basically we were on the second floor of the lodge and very close to a nice restaurant and the ski slopes.

This was Cade's room.  It was basically a connected living room to my room, with a bathroom in between.  He slept on the pull-out bed from the couch.  It was terribly uncomfortable, but he was so tired at night, he didn't seem to mind.

This is the living room, TV room.  It had a gas fireplace, that we did use in the early mornings, because it was cold at that time.  There was also a patio with table and chairs over-looking the pool area, but it was too cool to use them.

Laura and Brian used the main bedroom.  It came with a huge Jacuzzi bath tub, large bathroom, and a steam sauna that doubled as a shower too.  Very nice.

Full kitchen with washer and dryer inside the folding doors on the left, and a full-sized refrigerator on the left also.  The only meals we cooked in there was breakfast.

Our dining room table that was always piled with gloves, scarfs, and hats

Cade (on right) and two of his neighborhood friends that were out there skiing also.  We spent quite a bit of time with them.  Cade looks mad, but he's really trying to look cool.

I did manage to do some shopping in downtown Park City, and bought some souviners (sp??) for the ones back at home.  I'll try to include some pics of the snow (or lack of it) in my next post.

I HAD A GREAT TIME, BUT I'M GLAD TO BE HOME!

I just got home after spending a week in Park City, Utah, with Laura and her family.  Just like 2 years ago, we stayed in the Westgate Resort in Park City.  However, there wasn't a lot of snow - hardly any down where we were, and, most of the time we only needed a light jacket.  Up on the slopes it was better, but apparently there wasn't good powder.  It was kind of icy, making skiing and snowboarding (which Brian and Cade do) a little more tricky.  Laura took a bad fall her second day and wrenched her thumb, so she was not to enthused about skiing too much more.  Mostly we shopped in Park City.  I did take a lot of pictures, which I haven't edited yet.  I'll have to post them in the next day or so. 

I left Park City yesterday at 2:30 PM, flew to Denver, where I had a 3 hour layover.  They had to de-ice the plane before we could leave Denver, because it was sleeting and snowing.  After we were in the air, I did watch the movie "Frozen", which was available on a seat-back video player - neat.  What a cute movie!  If you have children, they will love it, and the songs are so catchy.  Finally got to Nashville after 11:00 PM, and then had to wait 45 min. for our luggage.  My darling youngest daughter was there to pick me up, but it sure did make for a long day!  I spent the night there, and then headed for home today, after they left for church.  It feels so good to be back in my favorite lounge chair, sitting by my husband, and catching up on what went on during the week.  I have to start making another baby book that's been ordered, so tomorrow I'll get to it.  Love to all.  Sorry I haven't written much lately.  Judy

I'm Baaack!

Hi Everyone,
     I got back last night (Wednesday) after spending the entire day on airplanes or in airports.  I must say, Park City, Utah, and The Canyons Ski Resort was absolutely wonderful!!  The weather was cold enough to keep the snow good, but not really much colder than it has been where I live in Tennessee.  Of course, my daughter and her family live in Florida, so they thought it was really cold.  We were there 4 full days for skiing and all the other amenities, and Cade spent two full days in Ski School, and then he was able to hit all the slopes with his mom and dad.  It always amazes me how quickly kids pick up that sort of thing - and no fear at all.  Naturally, they don't have far to fall either!  I didn't ski, but I took a lot of pictures and rode all over the place in the Gondola.  Unfortunately, I lost my Delta Sky Miles credit card at one of the ski lodges the first day - I think I probably forgot to put it back in my camera bag when I bought lunch and left it on the table or somewhere.  At any rate,  I called and cancelled the card right away, so no damage was done.  In fact, the loss probably eliminated some of the damage I could have done.  I did manage to buy myself a cute Alpine-looking ski hat and some T-shirts for my husband and 12 year old grandson, who is now staying with us for a week.  We stayed at the Westgate Resort and had a great suite with two bedrooms, two living rooms and two kitchens and baths.  Very nice!  Laura (my daughter) and I treated ourselves to massages, and every evening, after all day in the weather, we hit the hot tub.  The weather was good, except for one day, when it misted rain all day.  But that day we decided to go tubing.  That was more up my alley - lots of fun, but also, lots of trudging around in the snow to get to the "magic carpet" that took us up the hill.  My legs finally got so tired that I fell right on my butt on one slope.  That got a good laugh.  I'll go through all the pics I took and post some of the better ones.  I had a new camera, and I really didn't know how to work it too well.  I'm glad to be back home and able to scrapbook again.  Talk to you later.