Our Fun Anniversary and other life events!

We had the most amazing anniversary trip! Gma and Gpa C graciously offered to keep our kids for the weekend. We drove to Heber/Midway, Utah and stayed at this AMAZING Bed and Breakfast place called Johnson Mill. We spent Friday (our 1st day) driving there, riding the train and eating awesome food! We rode the Heber Valley Railroad on a scenic tour of Deer Creek Reservoir. The trip was so beautiful! We saw deer, bald eagles, and a beautiful frozen lake!
We went to dinner at this place called Mountain House Grill. Tall Boy got Ribs and Chicken, and I got Petite Medallions. The Ribs were TO DIE FOR, the chicken was dry, and the medallions had a gamey taste to them, but Tall Boy thought they were good. We retired to our gorgeous room, the Courtyard, ready to relax and enjoy the peace and quiet.


Unfortunately, the room had other ideas...there were these big pvc pipes outside our room that were vents of some sort, but they whistled and moaned and groaned all night. We didn't sleep well.

Saturday morning we went to the front office and told them we couldn't sleep in that room again. They were awesome and moved us to another room, The Millpond, and gave us a gift certificate for dinner! What a nice upgrade!
After that we went into the dining area for breakfast. We were served a DELICIOUS french toast breakfast. The french toast had cream cheese in between them, and on top had mixed berries, whip cream, and nuts too. It also came with a slice of honeydew melon. It was AMAZING! After fattening up, we went to Soldier Hollow to go Snow Tubing and had an absolute blast! We played there for 2 hours, then we went to this little place called Cuckoo Cafe for lunch. I had the Swiss days half panini and salad. Tall Boy had the Cuckoo panini and bowl of soup. The soup was a creamy cheddar with veggies and it was REALLY GOOD! Are you noticing a trend? Everything Tall Boy picked was really good! But I think my sandwich tasted better...it was really good. After that, we went on a Snow Mobile tour! We went for 2 hours on a 2-person snowmobile. We took turns driving and had a blast. We even stopped along the way for some pictures!




So after our awesome adventure, we went back to the hotel and cleaned up for dinner at the Snake Creek Grill. Since we had a $50 gift certificate, we decided to go crazy and get soup, entree, and dessert! Tall Boy and I both got the special soup of the day, an amazing onion creamy soup. Then Tall boy got cornmeal stuffed pork chops, and I got Maple Mustard BBQ Baby back ribs. They were SO GOOD! Then for dessert, Tall boy splurged on some Black bottom banana cream pie, and I opted for the Gingersnap ice cream sandwich with warm caramel dipping sauce. We had to roll our bellies out the door, but it was SO WORTH IT!

We waddled back to our room and settled in for the night. Sunday Morning we packed up our stuff and went down to breakfast. We had an amazing quiche and cinnamon strudel with a slice of honeydew melon again. It was amazing. Then we packed up the car and bid a fond farewell to our little hide-away. We decided to stop and look at a trailer on the way home. We liked it a lot and decided we would buy it in a few days. Then we drove home and spent the rest of the day playing with kids and acclimating to real life again.

Monday Tall Boy was off work and Super Boy was off school. We just hung out at home. Then Tuesday was payday, we could afford the trailer. So Tall Boy took a couple hours off work and went with his friend down to buy and tow home the trailer. It is a 25 foot long toy hauler trailer. It has a queen loft bed, 2 couches/twin beds and 2 tables that combine into 1 eating area at the couches. After we arrive at our campsite and unload the toys, then we have room for an additional queen bed below the loft bed. It has a bathroom with a small tub and shower, AC and heater, good sized fridge and freezer, stove, oven, microwave, awning, stereo and tape player, TV hookups including antenna, 105 gal water tank and 6 gal water heater, and TONS OF STORAGE. We really like it! We can fit motorcycles and quads and only have to tow 1 trailer! It also has storage racks on the roof so we can put MORE stuff up there if we run out of room inside!
Anyway, that has been our exciting life this past week! I weighed in yesterday at 207 even(pretty amazing considering all the yummy stuff I ate over the weekend!), so I'm still getting back in the groove, but I'm still on target for my goal. I've got 1 year to lose 47 lbs! I THINK I CAN, I THINK I CAN, I THINK I CAN!