The Synapsis: June 2012

Saturday, June 30, 2012

TYT Part 3 - Chillin at the Condo

Having fun with decorative fruit

Good morning! Time to go home.

Friday, June 29, 2012

TYT Part 2

The next morning we got up and Elise was able to form what will probably be a lifelong relationship with the Einstein Bros. and their asiago cheese bagels. After breakfast we set out to find the bus stop (that was 100 yards from our condo) .We had a few options of what to do and Elise finally decided that we should go to the Park Mountain Resort and ride the Alpine Slide and the Alpine Coaster all day. Lucky for us the bus that picked us up outside our condo took us right to the resort.

Waiting for the bus

Elise noticed that maple seeds look like mustaches

View from the chair lift

Riding up on the chairlift was relaxing and fun!

This is the Alpine Coaster. A cable tows you in the little car all the way to the top of the mountain and then you get to ride down. SO. FUN.

Ready to ride!

I risked my life trying to get these pictures!

Here we are ready to go!

After riding the Coaster 5 times and the Slide 6 times plus several trips on the bus to eat lunch and go back to the resort we were SO tired! It was a really fun day! I have to say that the Alpine Coaster was way more fun than the Alpine Slide. It was smooth and not all bumpy like the slide. And you didn't have to worry about tipping over or coming out of car because you were belted in there. If you ever get a chance to do it, GO FOR IT!

The "TYT"

The TYT (Ten Year Trip) is something I started when Emilia was 10. A good friend of mine got married in Denver and I decided to take Emilia with me. With that the precedent was set, and the ten year trip was born. Elise has been talking about her Ten Year Trip (which she shortened to TYT) for about the last 4 months. She was SOO excited! We planned it about a month ahead and reserved my parents' condo in Park City for a weekend in June.

FINALLY it is time to go!

We drove to Park City via Orem and stopped at Old Navy to see if we could find something cute to buy to help us remember our trip. When I asked Elise what she wanted she said and I QUOTE: "A mannequin". After that we walked around the store talking about how much Elise wanted a mannequin. We almost bought a water bottle instead (more portable, more affordable...) but we decided to go to the mall and see if we wanted to get something there.

She fits right in

We ate dinner at Golden Corral (Elise's request) and then headed over to the mall with our overstuffed bellies to see if they had anything awesome. If you are into florescent 80's tank tops then it was your lucky day at the mall. Me? I can't BELIEVE that they are selling this stuff again! I think this is worse than the first time around! Elise wasn't interested either.

blah

So we went to Claire's and tried on mustache glasses. Another trend that confuses me. We ended up buying some earrings and a necklace that had a bunch of pearls and old fashioned looking keys on it for Elise. And I bought a couple of sun hats which I had been hoping to score on the trip. We ended up getting matching hats since they were 5 bucks and we were planning on being out in the sun all day the next day.

We ended our shopping adventures and hopped back in the car for the rest of the drive to Park City. Thanks to the GPS we found the condo with no problems. We did, however, encounter a few problems checking into the condo. My parents have their condo managed by a property company and to check in you have to put a number into the safe and then take out a packet with info. After a few phone calls we were able to get into the safe but we still didn't have a room code to get into the room. So after a few more phone calls and some tiresome waiting we were finally able to get into the condo! Hooray!

Home Sweet Home

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Welcome to the Club

Emilia is now officially in the metal mouth club. We had an appt. with the orthodontist about 6 months ago and he said that her mouth would probably be ready for braces this summer. Well, "this summer" is NOW so let the fun begin.

Here's Emilia after she finds out that TODAY is the DAY!

Cheek retractors are so awesome. Kids could have some serious fun with these. Forget about McDonald's toys, we should just go get stuff from the ortho.

And here she is, eating her shake from Arctic Circle.
Her mouth was hurting so her awesome, sympathetic mom got her a shake.

Teeth

Or lack of teeth. Ian is missing his front 2 teeth. I pulled them out for him. I guess I have a thing about pulling teeth. Whenever someone around here has a loose tooth I just want to wiggle and pull it out. Ian was a really good sport and let me. (I think he was just in it for the money.)

Friday, June 22, 2012

Father's Day Apron

Kent bought himself a new computer this month. It was designated as his Father's Day and birthday present. I still wanted to have something to give him for Father's Day so I made him an apron. The other day he was helping me cook in the kitchen and he wanted an apron. The only ones I had were womanly. A man can't cook in a womanly apron, so I decided I'd sew one for him. After it was done it was just a boring brown apron. I decided I needed to do something to it to make it more personalized and exciting. I decided to try the freezer paper painting technique that some of my friends have done on onesies recently. (You know, where you cut the shape out of the freezer paper and iron it on to what you are painting. Then you paint it and voila!) Kent likes to play a computer game called Portal. If you are familiar with that game you will understand the picture and the quote. I thought it would be perfect for an apron. Awesome? Yes. Awesome.

In case you are wondering about the reference you can click here to find out what it means.

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Fishing Trip

We took a little trip to Navajo lake the other day for some fishing and s'more fun.

Elise was the only one to catch a fish that night

After the fishing was done we went up to the camping area and had a fire. We cooked the fish that Elise caught and also made s'mores. The fish tasted so good and fresh. I had brought some foil and spices to cook it with in case we caught something. I'd rather do that than bring home a stinky fish. I even cleaned it myself, with wasn't so pretty. It was especially difficult because the knife I had brought wasn't very sharp. I felt pretty proud of myself though for my amazing survival skills. I usually steer clear of cleaning fish but I was the one who wanted to cook it in the fire instead of bringing it home so I ended up being the one to clean it.

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Party!

Elise is my only kid with a summer birthday, and since her birthday is in June she usually wants to have a water party. Unfortunately it usually seems to rain the day of her birthday party but NOT THIS YEAR!!! The weather was fabulous!