Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Mini Vacation

We had a fantastic opportunity this past weekend!!
The company that Jeff has been driving for periodically set us up with a night stay at Trails End in Park City. I was amazed at the "room" we stayed in. I had never been in a resort before, so I had NO idea what to expect. We stayed in a one bedroom condo up there...fully equipped with a kitchen(cookware and dishes included), living room, bedroom, two bathrooms and a hot tub on the back patio. Incredible!!! We went to dinner at The Prime Steak House! Also, incredible!! The next morning when Jeff went down to ask the front desk what time we needed to check out..the girl said "you just got here, and we dont have anyone staying there tonight..wanna stay another night?" OF COURSE WE DID!!! However, I couldn't keep this awesome opportunity to myself...I insisted we drive home to get the kids! So we did!! Kylie was due home from girls camp that afternoon so we picked her up from the church and told her she would have to wait to shower, because we had to take Daddy to park city for work (ha ha). Then we went to get Kasey and Kennadie from Melissa, Kasey threw a fit because he wanted to stay with his cousins! When we got up to the lodge, we pulled into the garage and started getting out of the car. The kids said "do we HAVE to come in?" We said yes...we will hurry! When we got up to the condo and Jeff used the key to open the door...Kasey in his upset voice said "what are we even doing here?" I nicely replied...this is where we are sleeping tonight! His mood quickly changed as he looked around in disbelief!
We took them down to Main Street and went into a few different shops..Kylie fell in love with the shop called "Mary Janes". Then we went to "The Market" to get some groceries. We went back to the condo and I made a very nice meal for our little family! We watched "Race to Witch Mountain" and the kids enjoyed the hot tub!
The next morning we checked out and ventured back to Main Street. What a fantastic idea! They were having a street market with alot of great FREE activities for the kids!! We spent several hours walking up and down Main Street!! Then we ventured on to the Olympic Museum. It was awesome!! I don't remember anything about the Olympics so it was like my own little Olympic Experience!! I joked with Jeff and the kids and said that my experience of the Olympics was more tropical and relaxing!! HA HA!! I saw the picture of downtown Salt Lake with fireworks over it...WOW! I wish I could have been awake to experience that!! Dangit!
While at the Museum we watched people ski into a swimming pool...I was baffled by that sport! Who would think to ski into a swimming pool?? Oh well, I guess it is supposed to make them better on the snow?
What a fantastic experience this was for our little family!!! Thank You Trails End for our fantastic FREE stay at your resort!!
While up there we saw a convention of Lamborghinni..about 30 of them!!
This is a real Grizzly Bear!!
We had a nice couple walking by take our picture!!

This is just the living room of the condo!