Jet Setters
Georgia
My first trip to The South was wonderful. It was as charming as I always imagined it would be and so was my hostess. I was there four days and I'm dreaming of when I can go back. Lush woods, lakes everywhere, delicious food, amazing shopping; It was completely picturesque.
On my second day, Meranda drove us to Asheville, North Caroline to visit The Biltmore Estate. It was such a treat to see so much history in such a beautiful setting. The smoky mountains were breathtaking and to top it off, The Biltmore was decorated for Christmas. After our tour, Meranda took me to The Grove Hotel to have dinner on the veranda. We were able to watch the sunset over the smoky mountains. We kept joking about our romantic dinner date.
We did lots of shopping and eating in Atlanta and I was so impressed with the city. My favorite part of the entire trip was spending time with an amazing friend. Can't wait to do it again!
Park City Here We Come!
This was the boy's first trip to Utah and they are officially fans. When I told Foster he could live at BYU he could scarcely believe it (we're starting the brainwashing now). Park City was dusted with snow the day before we arrived and the boys were SO excited. They loved playing in the snow until Foster (without gloves on) started screaming that his hands were on fire. Opposite actually, they were frozen. Once they figured out that gloves and snow boots are their friends, the snow became even better.
This was taken outside of our hotel room near the pool. The boys played here for over an hour. Sadly, after our first day the snow began to melt and never reappeared. I don't think they'll ever forget the fun they had that first day. I know Scott and I never will.
We had a blast walking around Park City's Main Street, shopping and eating....mostly pizza of course. For some reason, pizza was the official food of our trip. We were all DONE with pizza by our third day. We also visited the Park City Museum which told the story of Park City's transformation from a mining town to a ski town. And if you ask me, a shopping town.
The boys were very impressed by Temple Square and the beautiful Salt Lake Temple. It was so fun to be with them in such a special place.
Foster was pretty sure this pioneer log cabin was his new house. He was all ready to move in.
If you ask me, the best part of the trip was tubing at Gorgoza Park. We went on opening day and the crowds were few, the snow was slick and it was the time of our lives. Jamie and Peter joined us for the fun and everyone had a great time. At the very end, Foster insisted on going all by himself. I knew that I couldn't stop him so I let him go. He carried his tube up the moving walkway to the top of the hill, went over and said something to guy at the top and the next thing I know, the guy is pushing him down the hill. The kid makes it happen. James was old enough to ride down from the very top and without hesitation he went over and over again. He is turning out to be our little daredevil. After two hours and with frozen hands and feet, we headed back to hotel feeling extremely happy.
If you ask James and Foster, their favorite day was when we visited Grandma Millie and BYU. They loved the Bean Science Museum and they are both convinced that if they attend BYU, they will work here. It was very cool and we were so glad we went.
Meeting Grandma Millie was a treat. Foster just kept telling her how beautiful she was and both boys asked many times later in the week, if they could go back and see Grandma Millie. She was so sweet with James, telling him how when she was young she was very shy too but as she got older she grew out of it. She told him they had a lot in common.
Thanksgiving Dinner
We spent Thanksgiving at The Grand America Hotel. It was just the right amount of fancy. The hotel was decked out for Christmas with Christmas windows and a giant gingerbread house. And Thanksgiving dinner was decked out with all the regulars like sliders and passionfruit tarts.....okay, not the usual fare but we did have turkey and mashed potatoes and it was GOOD.
I remember looking at the ZCMI windows in SLC when I was a little girl so it was so fun to see my boys look at these Christmas windows.
Yeah....Im pretty sure this is not allowed.
Our Utah trip was one we will never forget. We were in such a beautiful place with people we love, having a blast. Some of my favorite memories from the trip are the ones where we were in the hotel room(complaining of all the noise from the common room), watching movies (Edward Sizzorhands) and using the bath bombs we bought at the grocery store. The ordinary things feel pretty magical when done on vacation!
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| The boys at Sundance |
Some Glam Shots
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