This turned out to be one of our least structured vacations in a while.  After a rapid start of tubing and ski school, the rest of the week was unplanned.  On Wednesday, the kids stayed with Gran and GranDon.  They made a snow man together.  Later Lucy and Gran worked on learning to weave using a small loom Gran gave Lucy for Christmas while Max and GranDon went to the sports center for some ping pong and video hunting.  Toby and Matt saw Avatar and went grocery shopping.  What a day!

Wednesday night, we all went out to the Brickhouse Steak House for Gran’s birthday.  Lucy slept through most of the dinner.  

Thursday, it warmed up and rained, so the snow was on its way out.  The kids did a little bit of sledding in the morning, but most of the day was spent just lounging around.  Matt worked on fixing this blog and getting the older entries re-posted.  Toby made a great dinner that night and we feasted with Gran and GranDon.

Remember the picture of the snow?  Here is the roughly the same picture after the snow melted.

After Thursday’s lazy day, we needed to get out and do something.  By this time, the snow was completely gone.  The Theule’s and GranDon went to Sun Mountain Fun Center for bowling and arcade games.  Gran visited with a friend who lived in Bend, Oregon.  For lunch we all went to Red Robin.  The food and service were very good, but for me the highlight was the vanilla malted milkshake at the end.  Yum!

Saturday we have packed up.  Toby is taking a last minute nap and I am doning final cleanup before we hit the road for Portland.  Tonight at 8p, Max and Matt fly out and will spend Sunday at Poppa and YaYa’s house.  Toby and Lucy will be in Portland until Monday and then they will meet up with Max in Santa Clarita.

Happy New Year!