Snowbird

My grandma has had a time share at Snowbird for as long as I can remember.  Almost every summer when we'd go out to Utah for vacation, we'd end up going to Snowbird.  Looking back now, I have no idea how we all were able to fit inside the room!  There are so many of us and I can't imagine everyone gathering in the room today.  It is so fun though that my grandma lets everyone in the family have a chance to spend a night at Snowbird.  This year, we were able to spend a few nights there as a lot of other extended family were headed off to Lake Powell.

Saturday was a busy day as Scott & I headed up to pick raspberries at my Aunt Debbie's in the morning.  Their bushes were so full of raspberries!! We picked so much and it didn't even look like we picked anything.  Kylie would attack Scott's bowl and for the first 1/2 hour, there was nothing in there as she ate everything he picked.  We ate as many as we could, froze some and then my mom made jam out of the rest (for a birthday present for Scott).

After picking raspberries, we headed to Snowbird for the weekend!  The room was supposed to be available at 4, but housekeeping wasn't ready and we had to wait for about an hour.  We made tacos for dinner and played games the rest of the night.  Sunday morning, we went for a hike up at the Alta resort.  After the hike, we ate lunch and relaxed for a bit.  Grandma Omer and a friend of Aaron came up for dinner.  After dinner, we all went swimming.  Kylie loves to go swimming!  Mom watched Kylie while the rest of us checked out the hot tub and 18+ pool area.  After swimming, we had dessert, watched The Lego Movie and played games.

Kyle, mom and Aaron had to go to work on Monday, so it was only Brianna, Scott and me.  We wanted to take a walk to the outlook as it's short and something to do.  We got a little lost trying to find it and Kylie was hungry and tired, so we headed back to the room.  People took naps and relaxed until dinner.  After dinner, Scott went to go play soccer and Brianna, mom and I set out to go to the outlook and were successful this time.  Kylie wanted to walk a lot of the way and had a blast checking out nature.

Scott & I were the only ones up at Snowbird during the day on Tuesday.  Mom had to work and Brianna worked for Carolyn in her insurance office.  It was nice to be able to do our own thing.  We didn't want to be too bored though, so we went swimming again!  After swimming, Kylie took a nap and we were able to figure out a way to play Settlers of Catan with just two people!  It actually worked out pretty well, so the game was fun.  Scott had scouts that night and I had to get the key to the office from Brianna, so we headed back home around 4:30pm.

I love that Snowbird is like a stay-cation.  It's far enough to feel like you're getting away, but close enough that you can take care of things at home.  Kylie enjoyed being somewhere new and it was a good preview for when we go to Yosemite.  Hopefully we'll be able to go up to Snowbird often!