The Smith Family Times

Home, again

We made it home to a bona fide blizzard in Kansas City- here are a few more photos from the trip to Utah. Sam is already asking when we can go back again, so I guess he had a good time...

Madness!

Downtown Park City: a mellow place

Gorgoza tubing

Tubing was kind of a bust- it's been really warm lately and the snow was too slushy to go very fast or far. Tessa was nice enough to give Sam a tow back to the starting line.

Flanagan's

Tessa dine/texting at Flanagan's, a Park City Irish pub.

Sugar Buzz

We stopped at Sugar Buzz last night, a cool candy shop with old stuff you don't see around anymore, like Teaberry gum, which always reminds me of Dr Jakes, our family doctor when I was a little kid. He always had a stick to hand out, and I grew up thinking it had some medicinal value.
Today, we're skiing again, then heading to Gorgoza Park for some tubing this evening.

Deer Valley

Here's a picture of Sam taking a break after a great couple of hours on the slopes in Deer Valley, Utah. He's really a good skiier, at that age when he can zip down the mountain with control and stop when he needs to stop. We're heading back in the morning for more.
Tessa has had some pain in her leg (where her '08 operation was done) and hasn't been able to ski, so she hung out back at the cabin. We had spaghetti tonight, and now are watching The Food Network. Doesn't get much better than this (this side of Bedico Creek, that is.)

Java Cow

We had a pretty lazy first day in Park City- we did accomplish ski rental and a trip out for dinner and ice cream, but mostly just lounged around reading. Sam ripped through the first three "Wimpy Kid" books, Tessa's reading "Seeing Red", an Alice in Wonderland-type story, and I started "The Elegance of the Hedgehog", which is hard to describe but really good so far.
Tomorrow we'll hit the slopes at Deer Valley.

Simply Mad!

We can't get into our place for another hour, so we went on a quest for Zotz candy to bring back for Susan. Found a cool candy/ crazy hat store and Tessa scored this beauty, which fit her muchness very much!

Red and black and reads all over

We made it to Park City! Hanging out downtown for a bit until our house is cleaned and ready for us to get into. Here's Sam doing some reading as we wait for our amazing egg sandwiches at a coffee shop.

Heading West