My parents' visit

Well, my parents left to fly back home about 4 hours ago. Actually, at this very second they are boarding their connecting flight in Detroit. I think today Ryan really saw how much I hate goodbye's... I was very sad, to say the least.

But this past week was so much fun! My dad got to go to Alta to ski on Monday, which was the perfect day for skiing. A quote from a text I got from him that day... "I didn't know skiing could get this good!" Here are some pictures my mom sent me on her phone from their day at Alta.

My mom and I tried to perfect chocolate chip cookies.. UNsuccessful. BUT she did make an amazing new cookie recipe.. chocolate macaroon cookies with big hershey kisses in the middle! Yummo! And we also did a ton of shopping, AND she got a makeover :) We had a lot of fun girl time.
Tuesday night, we all piled in the car and traveled up to Brighton for some night skiing/snowboarding. The boys went out and enjoyed the snow while my mom and I ordered some bottomless chips and salsa and relaxed by the fire in the lodge. It was nice because the lodge was all windows so we could watch my dad and Ryan come down the trails! Here are some pictures from our night at Brighton.

On Wednesday night, the four of us went to the Jazz/Timberwolves game in Salt Lake after going out to dinner at the Gateway. My parents were so excited because it was their first NBA game, plus my mom is becoming a pretty big Jazz fan. Thanks to Renee and Brent for giving us your tickets :)
My parents, who just happen to be very handy, actually showed us why our outlets on one side of our kitchen haven't been working! All I had to do was push the reset button (I felt so dumb... and to think I was about to call an electrician). And we also have a whole new underneath of our car! It sounded terrible because of a hole in our muffler... but now our car sounds much better. Last night, for their last night in Utah, we drove to Park City for dinner and a little shopping. It was such a fun week, and it went by way too fast. But, we will be home in 3 months for the cruise! This little visit was just the half-way point between Christmas and the cruise. I hope these next 3 weeks go by quickly! Thank you for everything Mommy and Daddy! Ryan and I appreciate everything you did for us while you were here and we miss&love you!