Brian Head Ski Weekend

The last few years (documented here and here) we have spent a part of our Spring Break with Trevor's family up in a cabin at the Ski Resort Brian Head. It is almost comical that we don't take advantage of the beautiful mountains right next to us all year, and then drive hours south to go skiing and snowboarding, but alas, it has sort of become tradition.

Trevor has had so much on his plate lately, and it was nice to just hang out for two days straight. We didn't waste anytime, and were on the slopes when they opened until they closed both days. Every night was spent playing games into the night. By the end of this trip we were thoroughly exhausted! A perk to this years trip was the newest addition to the family, baby Mia. This is the first grandchild on Trevor's side. I have had nieces and nephews on my side of the family for years now, and I love having one now when we hang out with Trevor's family. Kids make everything more fun in my opinion. Trevor instantly turns into the big brother/uncle role and plays/annoys her any chance he can get. Its adorable :)

Breaking into Ski Resorts... is that legal?

So a couple weeks ago Trevor's friends came up with a bright idea. They wanted to go up to Park City at night, and try to get into one of the Resorts and go sledding down the slopes! When I first heard this idea, I knew it couldn't really be 100 percent legal. One of Trevor's friends had a password to get in so.... away we went!

Well let me tell you, illegal or not, It was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. When we got to the top of the Ski Lift there was no one. Complete and under silence. Yet you could see all of the beautiful glowing lights of Park City. Park City is the dreamland of winter time by the way. It was perfect. It was the fullest moon we will have all year, so we had just enough natural light.

Now the only thing we had to watch out for were the night cats who come and smooth out the slopes at night. This I was really worried about because the boys kept saying "Just get off you sled as fast as you can and hide in the trees!" Lucky for me we didn't run into any night cat machines. I think I would have been like the deer, that just STOP completely Frozen in the light, I would have raised my hands and screamed, "GUILTY! YES I am sledding here illegally!" I DID IT, I AM SORRY!"

So yeah, I am pretty happy that didn't have to happen. It was a fun night, a very unique experience, very cool. If you ever have the chance to go sledding down a ski slope, especially at night, DO IT! So fun, so cool, and almost romantic being so alone like that somewhere so magical. The mood it set definitely caused me to give Trevor some extra smooches :)