Lydia @ Alta!

Lydia's last lesson will be next weeek and she has enjoyed every second of it. The great thing about Alta is their Ski Free @ 3:00. Anybody can ski the Albion Base runs at 3:00 p.m. for free until the lifts close at 4:30. Depending on your ability and the lines, you can get in up to 7 runs. That's the most I've been able to squeeze in. So, it can be a pricey sport, but it also can be fairly cheap.

Spelling

Please keep in my mind when I blog, it is normally early and I rush through it. My spelling and grammar well, what can ya do? I promise I graduated college.

Go for a run???

Most people know I made a promise to run a 5k with my Best Friend of 29 years. I've been running in the gym on a machine since November. I also went to Wasatch Running and was fitted for shoes, which I'm sure Amy will love to know that the Saucony's are the ones I loved the most. I've been plugging away at the gym and can average 3.2 miles in 58 minutes. For the first time in weeks Salt Lake's Air is Green. I have asthma and if the air quality is yellow or red, I do not go outside. Another runner friend and my bootcamp buddy Ashley, actually she does marathons, said that running outside on a red air day for one hour is the equivolent of smoking a pack of cigarettes. YUCK! So, after a 4:30 a.m. feeding for little M.J. I couldn't get back to sleep. I could here the wind roaring and thought to myself, today is the perfect day to see how running on real road is like. Oh my gosh, I loved it. I'm not sure how far I went, I'll have to check the mileage on the car later, but I ran/jogged a steady pace for 45 minutes with Kaiser along side me. I'm so behind in technology, and so it was just me, my dog, and my thoughts. The gym is awesome for those days with poor air quality, but I find myself looking at the time every three minutes. But outside it was like no time had elapsed at all. I think I have finally come to understand the passion someone that a runner has. And yes those are ziptyes, to keep my little people out of my fireplace.

Lydia learns to ski @ ALTA!

Thanks to Uncle Tom, Lydia recieved ski school package for her birthday. Again, I don't feel sorry for her because her birthday is one day after Christmas. I think people overcompensate, and she loves it. Cecil took the camcorder up there and hopefully I can figure out how to post that clip here some day. Her first lesson was three weeks ago in a blizzard and she loved it! Last week she advanced to a level 2+. Tom thinks this week she'll probably end up on the lift. It's a fun daddy daughter date as Cecil enjoys the time skiing as well. I'm hoping next week for her final lesson to get a sitter for the little two and go with them as well.

New Year's Day

Happy New Year!!! New Year's Eve, totally uneventful. In the past we've gone to Randy and Kelsie's party, but this year all the babysitters we use chose to party as well. We stayed home, watched the Binks kids and were in bed lights out by 10:00. We have three kids and I'm exhausted. But we did get to go sledding. We attempted Gorgoza??? A place near Park City with tow ropes that take you and your tube up the mountain. Unfortunately there is an age, weight, and height requirement which David did not meet. So, then we went to Mountain Dell Golf Course and had just as much fun, but for free. Here's a few pics. New Years Resolution??? I don't believe in that, however both Cecil and I have been enjoying our gym membership for two months now. I guess the main thing for me in 2010 is to do my 5K with my best buddy Amy!!!