Skiing

Yesterday, David and I went to Perfect North with some friends to ski. Let me give you some background knowledge: 1.) David is an excellent snowboarder 2.) He tried to teach me to ski at Park City about 3 years ago- not a good moment in my life, spent more time on the ground than on my skis and flew in the air several times and did what skiers call a "yard sale". Every time I got to the top of the hill I prayed that God would get me down safely and continually asked myself what in the world I was doing.
Okay back to my story. I couldn't sleep Saturday night because I was nervous, my prior experience wasn't the best. Still nervous all the way up to the top of the hill. We started off on a green hill and I didn't fall once! After this the boys went their own way because they are better skiers. Stephanie, Mindy, and I went down a hill called Far Side three times and I did well. I only fell once and that was to avoid a family who just stopped on the hill. It was a hill where it would level out so I never got going too fast. Then we met up with the guys to try another hill and ski to the lodge for lunch. They told me to stay right, haha yeah right, with my sense of direction this was a bad idea. I started off and picked up speed (I haven't mastered the back and forth thing, so I just zoom). I missed the place I was supposed to turn and ended up skiing through a skiing class with numbered flags everywhere and ended up in the parking lot! I had to walk back to the lodge. After lunch we attempted harder hills and these were my downfall. I would pick up to much speed and crash myself. I tried snowplowing the entire way down but my legs were so tired they weren't cooperating very well. On the last run down the hill I face planted into the ice/snow leaving a red burn on my face. Mindy and I headed off down some easier hills that took us to the lodge. We hung out there watching other people ski and fall until the others were done. It was a beautiful day outside and a good trip. I am currently sore and having a hard time walking! Last night I took a bubble bath and read, which helped. I marked off exercise on my to do list for yesterday and today.

Happy New Years (yes it is late)

Bringing in the New Year with family........ (I love my little family!)

and friends!

UK vs. Pitt Bowl Game

My father in law took David and I to the UK Bowl Game in Alabama. I took my personal day on Friday and we headed out that morning. We hit black hit on the Bluegrass Parkway- I have never seen so many cars on the side of the road in my life! We went slow and made it safely unlike others who were speeding and ended up in a ditch on up the road. The weather was very nice on Friday, windy but warm. We went downtown and listened to music and joined in the pep rally festivities. That was the best part of the trip! We were hanging out and an ESPN camera man walked by and asked if I wanted to be on tv- um yeah! so we rounded up some UK people and did the cheering fan bit. He said it might show during the game, but it didn't. It was still fun to do it and made for a memorable moment.

David and I at the Pep Rally

It was much colder on Saturday for the game. It was a fun atmosphere, would have been better had we won or been close to winning. After the game we headed back to the hotel, hearing "at least there is basketball" on the way back. However, sadly as you may know, UK basketball lost as well. It was a sad day for all the UK fans staying in our hotel. It was a sad weekend in sports for me- every team I cheered for lost, I am not kidding, every single team I cheered on lost! Uhhh. That night we went to Shula's, a delicious steak restaurant, which made up for the bad day in sports. It was a fun weekend away!

Christmas Break

I love Christmas break; I really love everything about Christmas break. David has a Christmas break too so we have been off for two weeks together! It was been so much fun hanging out together. It is hard to sum up my entire break so here is a list of the wonderfulness of it all!!

• Sleeping in
• Staying up late
• Reading Harry Potter in the morning with my coffee and Callie curled up with me- I finished book number 4 and am now on book 5. I am reading them from start to finish and watching the movie after I finish each book.
• Sledding at my parents- they had like 8inches of snow
• Taking the side-by-side through the snow at my parents farm- very adventurous:)
• Went to the movies and saw Tangled (very cute) and Due Date
• Tried a new restaurant- Ted's Montana Grill- delicious!
• Christmas Party with teammates
• Spending time with family, I love spending so much time with my entire family
• Played Dance, Dance Revolution for the Wii- I am not very good but am improving:)
• Had lunch with friends
• Took bubble baths, so relaxing
• Baked cookies, I love baking
• Watched the Godfather trilogy with David
• Had a cookie exchange with friends, I brought peanut butter blossoms, all the cookies were so good
• Attempted to make a gingerbread house at said cookie exchange, no luck with the gingerbread house, in fact it looked pretty bad
• Watched a bunch of movies curled up on the couch

I really enjoyed myself!