Park City "Staycation"

Last weekend Braden and I planned a spur of the moment snowboarding/skiing trip . . . minus baby Evie! It was great :) SOOO relaxing and FUN! We totally lucked out with an awesome room @ the Summit Watch Resort by Marriott! I booked our room on my BB on our way out of Vernal! I use the Marriott friends and family discount that my aunt gives us - we usually just stay wherever is cheap. Well, I booked a room here for $$ {you'd hate me if I told you}, and wa la! We got the keys to our room and to our GREAT surprise it was a GIANT suite! Including a fireplace, two flat screen TVs, giant bathtub w/ built in seats, laundry room, kitchen, dining room, living room, separate bedroom . . . awesomeness!

The next day we went to The Canyons and skiid/snowboarded all day! It's honestly weird to be able to spend two days just worrying about eachother - no baby! Weird in a good way! We tried to soak up every minute - time just seems to fly extra fast when you're on a "mom and dad" only trip!

We did miss Evie VERY much! Seeing all the little kids skiing and hearing their little voices made us wish we could have brought Evie girl. We had so much fun riding the ski lift up and listening to the little kids below taking lessons: "Why are you calling all of us little man!?", "Snowplowing is awesome!", "I don't even want to go over there, but I can't stop!" . . . . ya it was great!

Loving the Sunshine!

Last weekend we went out to Layton and got our new truck! We are loving it! The new F150 has way more room in the back for Evie's car seat! And it's also been nice for me because I don't really sit up front anymore, I usually sit in the back seat with my girly - having the extra room is wonderful! :)

On our little adventure we took Evie to the hotel pool! She didn't seem to love it or hate it. She seemed sort of indifferent. But we had fun with her :)

Evie's 1st time in the grass!!

Denver!

Braden and I had an opportunity to go to Denver for my work March 28-30th. I was nervous about leaving Evie and didn't even want to say that I was going because I thought I would chicken out last minute! Braden was able to take a few days off of work and come with me so we decided to leave Evie and have some time together! I'm so glad we did! We had so much fun together! Even though we missed Evie like crazy we were still able to have a great time! We knew she was being well taken care of! (THANKS MOM AND DAD!)

We flew out of Vernal on the huge 20 passenger plane :) I was nervous because last time I flew to Denver I was about to barf when we finally landed. It's like being on a roller coaster for an hour and a half! But this time it really wasn't too bad at all. THANK GOODNESS! We stayed at the Ritz Carlton aka HEAVEN. We ate dinner at Earl's on 16th street. TO DIE FOR FOOD - honestly the best food I have ever eaten in my entire life! Yummm! Braden was able to come w/ me to work on the 29th for our presentation - not sure how much fun he had, but I was glad he came :) Afterwards we got a couples message at the Ritz . . . AHHHH - BEST message of my life, we did some shopping for Evie and ate at Rock Bottom. On our last day we tried to sleep in as much as we could - since that is a luxury we no longer get to enjoy :)

We had so much fun! I'm so glad Braden was able to come with me! We loved it!

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Glenwood Springs

We just got back from Glenwood Springs, CO. Our first vacation w/ Evie Grace! We stayed at Glenwood Hot Springs (above). We had such a good time. We love going there this time of year because the hot springs steams up so much that you can barely see the person next to you! It's so cool! We also went snowboarding/ skiing at Sunlight Mtn. Resort. I decided to go back to my old ways and went skiing. I had SO much fun I think I might retire the snowboard - and buy some skis! I was kind of nervous because I haven't skied since the snowboarding phase in middle school! But it luckily came back to me and I had a blast! Where was Evie during all this? My parents are AWESOME and they watched Evie while we skied/boarded and swam. It was so nice! THANK YOU! And to every ones disappointment (except Braden's) we didn't even get any pictures except these ones of Evie in the car on the way there. I even thought about it this morning and here is what happened:

Whitney: Braden, let's go get a family picture in the lobby by something that says Glenwood Springs.

Braden: No! I am ready to go. That is stupid.

So anyways - blame Braden. I really tried to fight for that family picture! Anyways Happy New Year everyone!