B+C+B+C+B+C: SKIING

Friday, December 19, 2008

SKIING

We had a fabulous adventure last Saturday.

Brian purchased four Park City Mountain Resort passes through his company’s charity fundraiser (just $25 each – one third of the reg price!)
So we grabbed our friends

ditched the babies, and spent a few hours on the slopes.

These are my skis. They’re pink, nine years old, and a gift from my dad. Serious sentimental attachment here – I doubt I’ll ever upgrade (especially since I only use them about twice a year).

Brian rented skis – he only owns a snowboard. He had some initial difficultly getting those dang things on. It ended up having to be a group effort.

Brian and I, thawing out. It’s amazing how cold you can get despite wearing at least 3 layers on every body part.

My ski pass collection. Seventeen on this zipper. So yes – I do wear the same coat each trip. Call me compulsive (I deserve it on more than one count…)

I previously stated “we ditched the “babies”… but I can’t lie – I was borderline-nervous-wreck about the impending separation for the entire 2 weeks it was planned. Not due to any doubt of Amy’s competence in caring for Brianna… quite the opposite – I was fearful of Brianna’s ability to drive her nuts! I could just picture my baby crawling around the beautiful Hunter home, chewing and breaking everything within reach. And bawling the whole time.
Thankfully (amazingly/astonishingly/miraculously), Amy said Brianna was delightful!

She took good naps, ate well, played well with the boys, giggled, practiced stair ascent and descent, and the best part – hung out with their dog Ruby all day. (Brianna adores dogs more than baths, grass, bananas…and probably anything else on earth). THANK YOU HUNTER FAMILY!

In return for their kindness in tending Brianna for seven hours, I came over to their home that evening so they could go have a wild night on the town. Eric Hunter is in the bishopric of our ward, so you know how those types like to party. I played with Judson (6) and Noah (3). Quite the characters. Judson chased me with a water squirter and Noah completely ignored me. We actually had a really good time – I forgot how much I enjoy babysitting!

This was Amy’s look of shock when she and Eric arrived home to find that both their children were still alive and the house intact.
Sheesh, Amy – gimme some credit. It’s not like I’m just some ski bum…

2 comments:

Amy Hunter said...: Oh, you are too funny! I hope you know I wasn't lying, Brianna was truly a delight to have. Isn't it funny how kids always seem to behave better for everyone but their parents? Wait, did you just write that my kid chased you around with a squirt bottle? Ummm...well.; December 22, 2008 at 12:54 PM
Mandy said...: Sounds like a TON of fun!! I honestly have never been skiing. Not much of a chance growing up in AZ, and now . . . well, I am scared I will break a leg!! ANYWAY . . . it's is sooo great when you get to the point where you can feel o.k. leaving your baby with someone else? AND when you leave them and they actually do o.k.? It took me a long time to leave my girls and I was a nervous wreck the first time . . . it must be a mom thing!!; December 28, 2008 at 9:56 PM

Quotes I want to remember

"The Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear than we can manage at the moment, though to us it may seem otherwise. Just as no temptations will come to us from which we cannot escape or which we cannot bear, we will not be given more trials than we can sustain."
- Neal A. Maxwell

"It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters. We become enamored with men's theories such as the idea of preschool training outside the home for young children. Not only does this put added pressure on the budget, but it places young children in an environment away from mother's influence."
-Ezra Taft Benson

“Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can. Keep the covenants your children know you have made. And bear your testimony! Don’t just assume your children will somehow get the drift of your beliefs on their own.
-Jeffrey R. Holland

"We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith."
-Neil L. Andersen

"Certainly there are times when getting the family together to read the scriptures does not stack up as a spiritual experience worthy of a journal entry. But we must not be deterred. There are special times when the spirit of a son or daughter is just right and the power of these great scriptures goes down into their heart like fire. As we honor our Heavenly Father in our homes, He will honor our efforts."
-Neil L. Andersen

President Hinckley admonished both men and women to be nurturers. He said, ‘How much more beautiful would be the society in which we live if every father . . . and . . . mother regarded [their] children . . . as gifts from the God of heaven . . . and brought them up with true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.’ ”
-Susan W. Tanner

"Children are like trees. When they are young, their lives can be shaped and directed, usually with ever so little effort. Said the writer of Proverbs, 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it' (22:6). That training finds its roots in the home. There will be little of help from other sources. Do not depend on government to help in this darkening situation. Barbara Bush, wife of former U.S. president George Bush, spoke wisely: 'Your success as a family, our success as society, depends not on what happens at the White House, but on what happens inside your house.' "
-Gordon B. Hinckley

“I give counsel to husbands and wives. Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion’s joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion.”
-Henry B. Eyring

“Reverent behavior is not a natural tendency for most children. It is a quality that is taught by parents and leaders through example and training. But remember, if reverence is rooted in love, so is the teaching of it. Harshness in our training begets resentment, not reverence.”
-Margaret S. Lifferth

"There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children. What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."
- M. Russell Ballard

“As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy of emulation? Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’?”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Security for our families comes from learning self-control, avoiding the excesses of this world, and being temperate in all things.”
-Kent D. Watson

Friday, December 19, 2008

SKIING

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