YB Ski Trip -Jon

Left at 5pm Friday to go to Winterplace Ski Resort in WV. Went to 2 vans. Got there at 10pm. We had 2 condos (girls on 2nd floor and guys on 3rd floor). Went to sleep at 11:45pm. Woke up at 6:45am, had breakfast of homemade pancakes, eggs and bacon. Got ready to go skiing, went to ski shop store to get our ski rental equipment. Went back to ski resort and got our lift tickets. Skied down one of the beginner slops with Laura, Brandon and Justin twice. Then we took lift half way up mountain and took 2 intermediate slopes to get to condo for lunch (turkey sandwich and chips). Then we (Laura, Mike, Fred, Brandon, Justin, Steve and Ashley) all skied to bottom of mountain and skied the rest of the day (until 5pm or so) and did intermediate slops. I feel totally of twice on Saturday (once was because Steve wiped out right in front of me and I tried to miss him but ran over his ski. Second time was because I was going down an intermediate slop that was super steep and was going down it fast and hit a dip so I went in air little bit and didn’t land it). We then had dinner in girls condo which consisted of homemade lasagna and garlic bread. After that we then went snow tubing which was super fun. It was really slick and icy where it had melted during the day and then froze when it got dark. So we all were going super-fast and flying over stopping hill into the net down the slope. I took out this one guy because people wouldn’t get out of the way of the bottom of the tube lanes (they would just stand in big groups and watch). We had fun tubing until Steve took out this girl not paying attention and knocked her out (she had to be carried out on a back board) and Steve had to go to Ski Patrol because he busted his face all up. We all then went back to the guys condo and watched TV, hung out, and played Mexican Train Dominos (which was my first time playing). Then went to bed at 12:30am. Got up at 7:45am and had breakfast (same thing as before) and then had a small 30 minute church service by Pastor Derek. We (Laura, Mike, Fred, Brandon, Steve and Ashley) then hit the slopes again (doing all intermediate slopes) until lunch at 11:30am (which was sandwiches again). Went back out on slopes until 1:30pm doing intermediate slopes. I only feel twice on Sunday as well (Once because Brandon ran into me, and other time was because I tried a jump with Mike, Brandon and Fred). We then went back to Condos and packed up and then returned out ski equipment on our way home and got home around 7:15pm

Valentines Weekend

Our Christmas decorations are still up. We had planned for Jon's parents to come in January but due to scheduling and snow Valentines weekend it was. I usually have class on Saturday from 9-1 but because we live in NC all you have to do is say snow and they will cancel class. We did end up getting 1-2 inches and we blamed them for bringing it from De.

We decided to hit up the mall so Carlene could use her gift card. I helped pick out a super cute outfit. :) After shopping we went home so the boys could get to work. We bought a kitchen cabinet and a section of countertop. In no time they had a hole cut in the back and the counter tLop cut and mounted. A brand new kitty box.

For a Valentines present they took us to dinner. We went to Red, Hot, and blue. A great barbeque and ribs place. For dessert I got the blackberry cobbler an everyone else got a brownie sundae thing to share. Carlene quickly changed her mind and shared my cobbler. It was amazing.

Sunday morning I was up early and went to choir practice. Jon dropped me off so we could all go home in the same car. He and his parents came back for second service and then we took them to IHOP for brunch. Sadly they had to start heading back for De when we got home. Pastor Brian talked about unplugging from the world so we decided that was a good idea and took a nap till it was time to head back to church for membership class. It was very hard not to keep sleeping. Stoli agreed.

Earlier in the month Jon was scheduled to take someone to the airport so my plans for he night were thrown out the window. Last minute he didn't have to so he made surprise dinner plans. It was Bonefish Grill. We had tried to go there a few times even with Jon's mom but they always had a ridiculous wait. Jon ordered salmon and I got the special. For dessert they had chocolate creme brûlée and it was so good we almost ordered two. All in all it was the perfect weekend!

Welcome

Since Jon and I don't really like talking on the phone and we have been oh so busy I decided to start this blog as way to keep up with us. :-)