Love the Heat!

A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to have a 'girls' weekend. We were supposed to go to Palm Springs, but we decided we didn't want to spend all that time in the car and spend the money on gas. So, we ended up going to north Scottsdale staying at the JW Marriott. It was wonderful - just what I needed. We spent all day long at the pool.....Kati totally made fun of me because I kept applying my sun screen, but I made it out of there without a sunburn! We chatted the entire time, went to a couple movies, and of course ate some great food! I would move to Arizona in a heart beat. Love the heat! We missed you Lindsey!

Kati and Jacque

Almost 20 years ago!

A couple months ago my parents drove from Florida to Colorado to visit us. They drove instead of flying so they could bring me literally a car load (and then some) of my stuff that has been sitting in their house forever. This morning as I was going through some of the boxes I found some great stuff.......old love notes from boyfriends, sport banquet programs, EFY registration stuff and one baptism program. It was my friend Michelle DeLuna's baptism program. She was baptized almost 20 years ago....July 24, 1988! Michelle and her husband, Joe, are actually the ones that set me and Winston up on our first blind date! AND...last summer they moved to Castle Rock! Any way, we actually had plans to meet them for dinner tonight. It was fun to give the program to Michelle and see her reaction!

May 20th, 2004

Four years ago Winston and I were married in Mesa, Arizona. Sometimes it seems like yesterday – I can hardly believe it has already been four years. Our wedding was beautiful, but very hot. We actually got up at 6 AM to take pictures before it got too hot. After pictures I went home to take a nap and later that day I got dressed AGAIN and had my hair and makeup done for the second time. During our ceremony it was over 100 degrees – infact, I think it was even a little hotter than 110 degrees! I can’t really remember. Once it hits 100, it’s all the same! ☺ Because it was so sunny, we don’t have any pictures of us coming out of the temple with our eyes open!
At any rate, it was the perfect day to me!



Last night we had a pleasant evening. We had dinner together and spent the evening catching up and planting my new orchid plant Winston got me. It’s absolutely beautiful.
I look forward to the years getting better and better!

Snowboarding

Here's some more snowboarding pictures.  

The kids waiting to get registered for their classes.
Getting their boards!
Zach - checking to see if his goggles are going to fit over his helmet.
This picture was taken after a long day as we got in the car ready to head home.
About 10 minutes later! 

Spring Break

Last week my sister and her kids came to visit during their Spring Break. We had so much fun ice skating, skiing, hiking, playing games and just hanging out with each other.
The highlight of the week was taking all the kids skiing....well, actually snowboarding. Because all the kids were snowboarding Winston and Darren decided they needed to try it as well. They both took an all day lesson and by the end of the day they were very sore and very frustrated. So, the next day we all hung out in the lodge while the kids had their lessons. About half way through the day we received a call from the Ski School saying that Malyn (Julie's 2nd) was in the medical room. When we got there we were lucky to find out that no bones were broken, but that she wasn't feeling well and couldn't finish her lesson. So, Malyn spent the rest of the day with us in the lodge playing cards and watching the Junior Olympics.


This is all of us hanging out in the lodge at Winter Park.

One day we all hiked "the Rock" - this picture was taken at the top where it was very windy!

After a long day of snowboarding - Zach, Kyle, Malyn, & Megan

Good Times - First Time

For Christmas I gave Winston a gift certificate to go snowmobiling - good for 2 hours on a Saturday morning some time this winter. This last week he decided to cash it in. So, early in the week I made reservations for four (we went with our friends Paul and Alysa) - hoping we would have some good weather.

The weather was perfect this past weekend. There's still snow on the ground, but it was one of those super sunny wintery weekends. I had to attend a Stake Women's Conference Saturday morning - so we left for the mountains right after. Our reservations were for 2:30 PM and we wanted to arrive with time to spare. We all got dressed and checked-in with our guide, Angus! I know, I know, I had to ask him twice what his name was. :)

He taught us how to run the snowmobiles and then they gave us about 10 minutes to run around the practice track.

Winston and Paul were crazy on the machines! It was all we could do to keep up with them. We had a couple girls from Alabama in our group and when we stopped at the "1/2 way" place they complained to our guide that they felt like they were being left out because we were going so fast. Winston and Paul responded - "the gas pedal is on the right!" Our guide pretended to slow down for them, but he really didn't! I think they were bugged with us, but we had a great time.


This picture was taken at the Continental Divide where we stopped for a short break.

Me and Winston in our gear!

Us with the Claverie's!

Afterwards we went into the town of Breckenridge and had a nice dinner at a pretty good Mexican restaurant. We were all exhausted!

Skiing at A-Basin

We went skiing last weekend to Arapahoe Basin. We left at 6:45 am and did not get to the mountain until 10:30 am. The roads were so crowded with people heading up to the ski resorts - it was bumper to bumper traffic - stop and go the entire trip.
Winston actually hurt his knee on the first run so I skied the rest of the day with our friends Alysa and Paul. Winston hung out in the lodge! :) We have had so much snow in the mountains and the skiing was great....lots of powder.