Cold Weather Weekend

Thursday night I arrived in Salt Lake for a weekend of skiing and visiting old friends. Snow was falling as the plane hit the tarmac, which made me slightly nervous declining that liability insurance on the rental car. But paying an extra $25.99 a day was slightly ridiculous. I regretted my decision only for a few moments on my drive to the Skousen's home. It had been a while since I'd driven in snowy/icy weather at night no less. Luckily I arrived safely to Autumn & Tim's house. I was greeted by Miles, who is one of the most adorable two-year-olds I know. I enjoyed playing with him the entire weekend.

Friday, I hit the mountain with seven inches of fresh powder. I wish I was there this weekend, the snow pack has doubled! If there is one thing that could compel me to move back to Utah it would be the skiing. Here are some pics from Alta:
The temperature dips to about 15 degrees at the base of the mountain. It was even colder at the top with wind chill. I have not been that cold in a very long time. So, this was the sign posted at the top of the mountain:This was really comforting to me since my feet were already cold! But I was determined to stay on the mountain for as long as possible since I rented some demo skis to test out. I loved them. I won't go on and on about them because last year I talked about my boots a little too much. But if anyone is in the market for some very fun carving skis I must recommend the K2 Burning Love. So much fun! Too bad Santa is bring me new bedding.

There was a ton of snow on the ground at Autumn & Tim's as well. Miles received a sled for his birthday, so naturally we had to take him sledding. Only he wasn't so thrilled with the idea of dressing up like the child from Christmas Story and flying a snow covered hill. Autumn and I weren't too bright and both stood in the path of the sled only to be plowed over. We thought we were hilarious. I'm sure the video is great.....Tim? Autumn has a ton of pictures from the sledding adventure (hint, hint). I think Tim, Autumn, and I had more fun on the sled than Miles did.

Really the weekend went to too quickly. It was so good to see the Skousen's, but I just miss them even more now. Autumn, I may be back in January and if not I will see you in Romania whenever that maybe! :) Thanks!