Spring in February

Like most of the country, we have been experiencing some unseasonably warm weather. While it's great now, we are bit apprehensive for the summer. For now, however, we are taking advantage of it! Yesterday was no exception! When I got home from work, the weather said 80, so we packed up and did some hiking around Black Diamond Mines. The weather was perfect! And we hiked around until dark. We did some geocaching as well as exploring. And while we brought the stroller for Arie, she was happiest to be walking around with her brothers!

Sorry so blurry - not sure why, but it's the only family shot I took! Oh well! Photog I am not!

School Celebration

Mason and Zach both attend the Antioch Charter Academy. We moved Mason to this school when he was in second grade, and it was one of the best moves we've ever made. The Charter School is a Montessori-based program as well as multi-aged program. It's a K-8 school so this means it is Mason's last year. The school just went through a major accreditation and held a "celebration", which they opened to the community to showcase some of the amazing things the school does. They really relied upon their students to showcase all programs the school has to offer. Mason did a power point presentation in which he shared what 8th grade is all about at this school. He was very impressive - even some high school teachers were impressed not only with his manner of speaking and ability to stay calm in front of adults, but also in his power point presentation skills (they use power point quite a bit in both 7th & 8th grades). I was very proud of Mason!

Zachary is a third grader - and usually the school only allows 4th graders and up to play an instrument. However, Zach and 2 of his friends are at the top of their class and doing so well that they were given special permission to play in beginning band. Zachary chose to play the trumpet - just like Dad! It was fun to listen to the beginning band perform, but especially to watch Zachary play. By the end of the day, however, he did comment that his lips were a bit sore! :)

Park City

During our trip to Utah, we spent a day at Park City. Park City is such a beautiful place - we fell in love! We rode the Alpine Slide - I had always heard of this, but had never been nor tried. It turned out to be a beautiful sunny day - perfect for being outside. The fall colors were just beginning to turn the leaves of the trees!

Getting directions from the lift operator.

Mason and Zach on the lift.

These are the carts that we ride down the track. You control how fast or slow the carts go. Aaron and Zach, of course, tried to get "air" on the way down. Mason and Arie and I were more content to take our time and take in the scenery.

Arie and mom at the end of the ride.

Mason coming down.

Zach trying hard to stop in time - he really likes to push the limit :)

Aaron finishing up his ride.

Next we visited the Olympic Park where they held the ski jump and downhill. We were lucky to watch some Olympians in training as they did their ariel jumps into a huge pool!

Team Krey - bobsled for the USA!

Later we ventured downtown and walked the streets until we found this amazing restaurant - Red Rocks Pub & Brewery. Some of the yummiest food we've had!

Park City was so much fun! When I lived in Utah, I never really ventured to Park City. Now that we've been, we look forward to going back!