Dec 6, 2010

Traditions

We had a fun Thanksgiving, we were in Logan this year. Kaity and cousin Parker had a riot of a time. We had super yummy turkey dinner and went shopping on Black Friday. It was wild, but successful. I have no pictures of the fun weekend. I am ashamed.

For something like 15 years, our family spends the first weekend in December in Sun Valley. It is like the Park City of Idaho, but much smaller and less urban. There are no chain stores.You will not find a Wal-Mart for 50+ miles. The streets are lined with quaint locally owned shops and restaurants. The mountains are meticulously groomed for the avid and skilled skier. We don't visit because of the skiing. We love the atmosphere. It is relaxing and beautiful.

This year was similar to many years in the past. We had breakfast at one of our favorites, The Kneadery. We spent a couple of hours at the YMCA swimming in their awesome pool. We had Ricco's pizza and played lots of games. My sister Cindy and her family hiked for almost a mile to find their perfect Christmas tree, something they have done for as long as I can remember. It was good times.

There was a ton of snow this year, so we decided to do a little sledding.
 We built a snowman.
Kaity took this picure, she is quite the photographer.
Best friends
Our family is lucky to have each other. It is always good times when we are together.

5 comments:

Jed and Rebecca said...

I love family traditions. Those pictures of Katie and her cousin are pricless, so adorable.

Kelli and Chad said...

Those are some really cute pictures! You and Markham look so great. I love how kids love snow so much.

Lindsey said...

Wow! I am impressed with how fast u posted Sun Valley pics!! I had a blast....and all the game playing..that was awesome and I got to win at Puerto.....halleluha!! All except for a sick hubby I guess!! Had fun with u guys!!

Melissa Hernandez said...

such cute pictures!

Matt and Tracy said...

So jealous!! Playing in the snow looks like so much fun! Your family is so dang adorable, I just can't get enough!