not a bad start to 2010

my 2010 started off with a trip to Park City, Utah, where much fun was had with family, much skiing was done and many laughs were had.

we flew out on Janurary 2nd to Salt Lake City and then drove to Park City. we arrived at the place we were staying and i think that evening we simply hung around the house and relaxed.

early the next morning, we were met by our family that lives in the Salt Lake area, who came up to ski with us. unfortunately my cousin Jenna had to work, but it was still fun to hang out with the other four (Uncle Jeff, Aunt Julie, Jamie and Justin). when they arrived we all got ready to go out and ski. a couple of runs in betsy had another one of her moments that she is prone to and accidentally sat in justin's seat on the ski lift, pushing him off. ridiculous, but funny. skiing that day was a blast and i was pleasantly surprised that i got back into the rhythm so quickly. the only thing i really had problems with that day were the moguls (small little hills/ bumps that you are supposed to ski between). that was the only time i fell, but i made it count. i completely ate it and then slid at least 60ft down the mt. i'm not exaggerating either. i was literally just sliding down on my back for a good minute...it was awesome :) when i finally made it to the bottom, justin was waiting for me and asked me if i was screaming the whole way down the mountain and i replied that "no, i was laughing". the rest of the day skiing went well and we were able to come back to a nice hot jacuzzi. though it wasn't as thoroughly relaxing as it could have since katie and justin kept throwing snow. at on point justin had me in a headlock and was rubbing snow into my face...lame. i did however run out of the warmth of the hot tub with him to make snow angles. it was painful but so thrilling haha.
after our thilling and painfully cold adventures we all went into Park City for dinner and then to pick up a cake since it was justin's birthday.
the next day just my immediate family went intertubing. it was fun, but the absolute best part had to be when betsy thought she would get a ride up the hill by gary pulling her. so she begins to run towards the tube and completely launches herself. gary totally saw this coming and had this devious look on his face. as she is fully airborne he yanks the rope and pulls the tube out of the way, causing her to face-plant into the packed snow. greatest thing ever and i saw it coming. that evening justin and jamie came up and had dinner with us, which was nice.
tuesday was another skiing day, which was great. it snowed and i accidentally took betsy down a black diamond. my mom and gary went to see katie at her ski lesson, so betsy and i went our separate way to do some more skiing. i told her that we should try going to the right, since we had been to the left already. a bunch of black diamond runs greeted us, but i was positive that there would be a double blue run we could take and there was...two of them actually. it just so happened that they were both closed. so, only way down was to take the black diamonds :) i quite enjoyed it...especially watching her struggle and scream all the way. i'm such a nice sister haha
again that evening the J's came up and had dinner with us and hung out for a while.
then Wednesday we drove down to Salt Lake to see Jamie's new condo she just bought and go visit Jenna at the restaurant she works at to have a quick lunch before catching our flight.
it was a good trip and it was good to be able to spend time with my family. never a dull moment :)
when i get some pics, i'll be sure to put them up.
and i'll update about the rest of my break and the start of the new semester later.