you know it's been a good weekend if

*you just pick up and leave for the weekend and know you have a nice, always welcoming, fun place to stay only 40 minutes away
status: poet.

*you were perfectly content to go to a movie and dinner with your parents

#lincoln

#socool

#datesareoverrated?

#ikeeptellingmyselfthat

*you were able to convince your little sister to spend the day skiing with you

*while skiing you accidentally hurt your sister twice by skiing into her but she forgave you

*you spent most of lunch laughing at the pathetic meal you packed that morning

*the nice people at the table next to you heard you complaining that you were still hungry, so they gave you their chips

i felt like oliver

*two guys asked to sit down with you, realized you are eating carrots and brownies, looked at their overflowing beer cups, stood up and left.

you laughed harder than before.

#represent

i don't know why or how that applies but it's cool

*you're little sister has no inhibitions and decided to do a super cool trick in front of everybody.

so naturally you recorded it.

[this is where i would show you the video but blasted blogger is struggling right now and won't let me.]

#moreupsetthanishouldbe

*you decided that was so super cool that you want to record something else.
like you skiing down the mountain.
so you go all go pro.
but you only have your phone.
so you rig up your own "no go pro" by sticking your phone down your sisters goggles.
it was her idea
you press record, and then you ski.
she looks like a fool.
but it's super hilarious.
at least to us.

[see above.]

blastedblogger.

um...don't mind my crazy hair (awkward trying-to-grow-the-bangs-out-AGAIN-stage)

*you played a rhyming game while sitting on the life. key phrase: blue skies and...
results:
...cute guys
...chicken pot pies
...flabby thighs
...bleary eyes
...mcdonald's fries
(any additions?)

*you got to eat pizza factory breadsticks
i'm going to be investing in those more often,
because,
dang.
they're good.
wanna join?

*you got to feel like a little kid again, staying up late reading a book and just loving it
it was seriously completely refreshing to read an actual book with actual paper. 
remember when that's what we did?
please.
go try it.

*you got to attend the blessing of your newest cousin and be with family and eat parfaits and quiche and cookies and play concentration with your 7 year old cousin who also treated you like a set of monkey bars and you realized that you want to spend a lot more time with her.
concentration...64...i'll go first...i'll go second...category is...
remember?
what does the 64 mean?

*you eat stuffed chicken breast for dinner and don't know what to do it's so good

*you spend all sunday night laughing with your mom and sister for really no apparent reason

*your face is peeling from the sunshine absorbed during the ski day

*you wake up to go back to provo and re-decide that you absolutely love the rockies

 great western ski lift at brighton ski resort

and...this is me.
"rock-in r"
panel one: yeah i'm sick dawg wassup homie here i be.
panel two: wait, i'm a white girl...
panel three: shame

mt olympus
aka
my backyard



peace and blue skies
little white lies

rrw

courtesy of my phone.

a few things that i have brought to my own attention:

*melted ice with the last four drops of root beer is not worth drinking.

ever.

*peanut butter ice cream goes well with catch up.

not catsup. 

gross

catch up.

with tanned and toned tracie, specifically.

maybe i should go to hawaii and the gym. 

then i'd look as good as she does.

dang.

*burnt cinnamon bears do not smell good.

*i will put ANYbody on my favorite person list if that person compliments my blog.

hello stranger. oh, you like my blog?

let's hug.

seriously though. 

i don't know why but compliments given to this go straight to my heart.

so, to all 4 of you that have complimented,

(i mean 5.

what's up grandma!)

i thank you sincerely.

and all of you that haven't...

no comment.

*i really like the camera on my phone.

really i just like my phone in general.

it's perfect when you're on a mountain and need a quick documentation.
and we all know how often that happens.

*i like my family.

*i like skiing.

*i like skiing with my family.

my family and i went skiing last weekend. 

whoa. reading the last few lines is like reading a first grade level book.

max is a boy.

max likes to run.

max is a boy who likes to have fun.

ok.

my mom didn't make it because she got new eyes.
no, she didn't go all minority report on us.

it's called lasik.

first time not wearing contacts in over 40 years.

so cool. 

but maybe makes me a little queasy?

don't touch my cornea.

anyway.

my dad had got us all day passes for christmas.

awesome blossom.

so we all headed up the big cottonwood canyon to enjoy the mountains.

was it enjoyable?

twas.

these were both taken out the front window of silky milky

that's our minivan.

the first was down in the valley.

the second up the canyon.

they speak for themselves.

i can't express how beautiful it was up there.

i just can't.

so. try to imagine it yourself.

i'll help where i can.

like...right below.
yes, the pictures of my family count as part of the beauty.
debatable?
whatever. we're gorgeous.

wait, did i say gorgeous?

oh. yeah. i did.

kudos to annie who got the bunny ears in.

sorry it's not your face.

but really?

they pulled the same face?

figures.

we're basically the fourth couple of the family.

so...what happens when she gets married and i'm all alone?

#9thwheel

#shesonly16

there's annie's face.
and saweet glasses.

after skiing we went and robbed a bank.
we just couldn't waste the outfits.

to the founder of the feast!

and the only family member who will let me take a normal picture of them.

thanks dad.

the squeegee ninjas.
rebecca has a squeegee for goggles built into her mittens.
yes, it's necessary.
yes, we used it.
yes, it was basically like getting our own lasik surgery.
vision is good.

while on the ride up my little sister asked my brother if the day's activities qualified for his blog.
he laughed.
which is understandable if you've ever looked at spence's blog.
do it.
he's a little crazy-intense-awesome-dare-devilish.
so it was no surprise when he decided he would show us all up by trying to ski up and over a tree.

impressive?
you be the judge.

the snow cave annie found?

more impressive.

three of us finished strong while the others bailed to take naps in the car.

no judgement.

but then we finished the night off with some papa murphy's take n bake pizza.

bbq chicken.

it's da best.

and some hawaiian for those with confused tastebuds.

again, no judgement.

then, much to my shame, i slept.

and slept.

and slept.

and missed out on games.

curse you beyond-comfortable bed in the darkest, quietest room in the house.

but the day was fun.

as they say,

"a family that skis together...yada yada yada..."

love em.

peace and pinetrees
gotta dodge em if you come skiing with us.
rrw



ps. 
just to clarify...

caroline isn't getting married.
but she IS going to the sweetheart's dance this weekend!
i'm more excited than she is.