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| May 9, 2009 |
In fact, I think with most things after marriage he has gotten worse...
money OCD
time OCD
etc...
However, I was successful at one thing,
and this is something that is very important to me you see...
because I want to spend as much time fully clothed and not in a bikini as possible.
As a matter of fact, the more clothes required the better.
I'm talking hats, scarves, gloves and goggles oriented activities.
I'm talking about the conversion of my husband from a beach destination vacationer...
to...
a...
MOUNTAIN MAN!!!
Yay!
because I love snow skiing
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| Durango, Colorado sometime around 2004 |
I love mountains and lakes
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| Cruise to Alaska with my Daddy sometime around 2003. Follow that mountain on the right all the way down to the water...that small dark square thing is a much much smaller cruise ship! Gives you some perspective- gotta love Alaska! |
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| Alaska |
I hate sand
and I'm terrified of alligators and sharks...and jellyfish.
I don't get in the water unless it has chlorine.
Of course I forgot about this when we bought our ski boat...
oh well.
Boogie REALLY likes it!
Boogie REALLY likes it!
This conversion all began before we were married...
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| engagement pictures |
when we spent Thanksgiving in Wisconsin with my sister's family...
it snowed a fresh layer of 8" while we were there!
Bud got to go "for-real" sledding!
And we played lets be pack horses and drag the kids in the sled though the woods...still fun!
It's all good when there is snow involved!
Next, our honeymoon destination.
We opted out of the Sandals type tropical, beachy honeymoon
Instead...Jackson Hole, Wyoming!!!
One word:
AWESOME!
Although we were there in between seasons (no skiing, no fishing or rafting), we found plenty to do.
Eating...
Horseback riding...
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| I'll be honest...don't remember the horses' names |
Eating...
Hiking...
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| Grand Teton National Park |
Eating...
Sight-seeing (although half of Yellowstone was closed)
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| Yellowstone May 2009 |
Eating...
and of course...
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| this is the Hootenanny at Dornan's- he's playing a harpsichord! |
Best. Honey. Moon. EVER.
I even saw this moose...
not in Moose...
the Hootenanny was in Moose to be precise.
I even saw this moose...
not in Moose...
the Hootenanny was in Moose to be precise.
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| a moose (and me)! |
I'll be honest...
it helped that we stayed at the Four Seasons in a suite almost the size of our entire house.
He can't wait to go back!
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| Four Seasons Jackson Hole, Wyoming |
And then last February, we took a long weekend to Gatlinburg, Tennessee with a few friends and Bud tried his hand at snow skiing!
He LOVED it! YAY!
<by the way, its a little offensive how quickly he picked it up with very minimal instruction!>
He told me later that he would "definitely" be okay with being a snow skiing vacationing family instead of a beach vacationing family!
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| I don't know what the waterslide looking thing behind me is...maybe a waterslide??? |
You can imagine my relief.
You see my thighs...they hate me
and I hate them.
You'd hate them to if you saw them.
Honest.
But, anyway, the point of this story is that we are headed to Snowshoe, West Virginia in a few weeks for skiing, skiing and more skiing!
Caleb is ready too!
I'll have to take the camera...
the hubby is a good beginner skier...which means there should be plenty of photo-ops of him face down, butt down and rolling down in the snow!
I'm so excited!!!
and you know, I'm beginning to think I picked a good one!
and you know, I'm beginning to think I picked a good one!
