Tuesday Update #7

Update #7 - of horses and snow

Oh hi readers

We've been reading some good books here this week

And also celebrating valentines day

where c got the worlds most brillant valentine (for those who live in cold weather - it's a pack of tissues!!!)

But anyway, two big stories for this week. First, Saturday night we used a gift certificate I had gotten as a going away present from my old work to take the girls on a sleigh ride dinner excursion. It was WAY fun.

And then we followed it up on Sunday by heading up to the Ranch where there is a serious amount of snow.

(this is what the side of their driveway looks like...turns out it also makes an excellent slide)

Tuesday Update #4 - Let it Snow

Big news from UT since last Tuesday is definitely the snow. At the end of last week we had our first real storm of the season dumping about a foot, leading to a race to build a snowman before dark...

Followed by many fun powder adventures up at the ranch over the weekend.

On Saturday night C and I had a picnic in our bedroom...

...in order to stay out of the way of our finish carpenter who worked ALL day, but finished!

We're SO excited to be able to finally finish moving in downstairs (and to get the darn dumpster out of our side yard).

C and I braved the holiday weekend crowds and managed to both park and eat breakfast before her lesson on Sunday.

And all that fun was followed up by another 18 inches of snow on Monday.

All and all an awesome couple of days, leading to some very tired pups last night :)

Tuesday Updates - 1 of 52 (at least we hope)

Happy 2019! Man how time flies - it's shocking to me that we're already starting another year. Last year was a rough one for blogging, so I'm going to try something a little different this year. Rather than shooting for a couple of posts a week, I'm going to try for Tuesday updates. 52 Tuesday updates plus a birthday post here and there is going to be a heck of a lot more content than I managed in 2018 :)

So in the last week (or two) we've...

Celebrated Christmas up at the Ranch

Had way fun with Christmas toys back home

Gone skating in Midway

Walked out of Health Catalyst for what might be the very last time (I'm starting a new job tomorrow)

And rang in the new year with a couple of glasses we got when we got enaged around this time 11 years ago :o)

Wishing everyone out there all the best for a happy and healthy 2019!

Happy happy birthday C

Hard to imagine our little C is 7! and not so little. And tenatious and kind and amazing at pretty much anything she sets her mind to. This year she requested a horse birthday with a couple of friends, and boy did the ranch deliver.

And she got a goldfish to boot :)

Slow start to the sledding season

Actual date: 12/25

As you may have noticed from path pictures, we've had a terrible winter for snow so far this year. Fingers crossed the tides will turn on that soon. Luckily for playing (and I guess unluckily for driving) we did get a storm over Christmas, which allowed for some fun in the snow.

However, since it was really the first storm and nothing was groomed there was a lot of this...

Before we were able to get things packed down enough to get to this :o)

Barn Party!

No ranch camp is complete without the annual Sullivan barn party. As always we had much fun dressing up...

...playing with friends...

... and of course dancing.

Not pictured - me singing on stage with the band. I'll see if I can dig up one of those pictures and post it later :o)