...a shout out to fellow t-birds...

okay all you timpview classmates...our class blog (www.timpview99.blogspot.com) has been redone & updated! please feel free to help us get the word out about the reunion by putting this button on your blog. there's a code & instructions on the blog for you. thanks for your help! :)

...bowling & bobsleds part 2...

so on our way up to park city we stopped by to watch some athletes doing the ski-jumping thing....you know where they go down a huge, steep hill & then fly in the air? by the time we got there, they weren't jumping anymore, so we ended up going on the tour they have. it was really cool to see things up close...like the bobsled, louge, and skeleton tracks, as well as the big jumps. it's crazy to think that the olympics were right here. they told us that salt lake will probably get the olympics again in 20 years or so...at least they hope.

the kids thought the bobsleds were pretty cool...they had fun climbing around in 'em for a bit...

and then she started getting tired...and that's when the fun began...

i took this picture standing at the top of the 120-foot jump/hill that the athletes ski down and then literally fly in the air hoping to not kill themselves. from the picture, you can't really tell just how steep & long it really is. but the landing that you see at the bottom is 1-1/2 football fields in length...crazy.

yes, this would be a classic lyndsie face while skiing....but not anymore!! i'm proud to say that i have completed my first official ski lessons this last month & had such a great time...something i never thought i would say! chad has always snowboarded...so we decided to take ski lessons together since i'm not all that crazy about the idea of snowboarding. anyway...i'm excited to keep learning...it'll be a fun thing to do together as long as i don't kill myself. :)

chad getting ready to show off his muscles...that thing is deceiving! it was so much heavier than i thought it would be. it's 40 pounds, but i think that because of the way that the weight is distributed, it makes it feel even heavier...weird.

and i was confused by these medals, because i thought they were the "actual" medals...so i didn't understand why they wouldn't let the athletes keep them for themselves. so chad helped me realize that these are real medals...but they don't belong to anyone...they're made for display purposes only...for people like us to enjoy. kinda cool....i like how they're not perfectly shaped...adds some character! :)

...bowling & bobsleds part 1...

the kids have been sick lately & starting to feel a little cooped up...so we decided to get out of the house yesterday and go bowling & up to park city. it started out as a fun day...but by the end of it the kids were tired and we were tired of dealing with tired kids...it's always fun when you have a screaming child flopping all over the booth at dinner with another child whining about anything and everything he could possibly think of...all while you're trying to eat your dinner because you're starving. it was lovely. the one nice thing about them being so tired is that they both fell asleep on the ride home...we put them in their beds at 7:30 & then spent the rest of our night lounging on the couch watching the jazz game. it was a great way to re-energize! :)

and so our day began at the bowling alley...thanks to theses little contraptions & the bumpers...zac & emerson did great & loved every minute of it.

so suspenseful!

i think she was having fun, what do you think??!

here is emerson giving zac her infamous "NO!! NO!!" she did NOT want him touching the ball at all...and zac remains unphased. "NO!" is one of the few (and i emphasize few) words that her vocabulary consists of at the moment! she has major attitude at times & we can't help but laugh...it must be a girl thing is all i can say...so funny!

and then it was off to park city. those pictures to come...i'm going to bed! :)

...frosting fest...

i don't think i could let valentines day come and go without getting my rolling pin & cookie cutters out for some yummy sugar cookie making. so i found this new recipe i wanted to try and thought that since our family of four doesn't need 3 dozen sugar cookies all to ourselves...we'd just package some up and take them around to some friends. well.....that plan quickly changed. emerson was licking the knives like crazy & of course double dipping into the frosting...sprinkles were everywhere...and so were my children's lovely germs. but it was all about fun yesterday...and that's what counts!