ASPEN

Last week Aaron and I went to Aspen to visit Melindy. We had a great time! Aspen is such a beautiful little town. It was fun to get a little glimpse of Melindy's life and to spend time with her. Other than the one night over break, I haven't seen her since May! That is far too long.




The plane I took from SLC to Aspen only held 35 people. That included the 2 stewardesses and the pilot. I had never had to actually walk out to my plane from the terminal and climb up the stairs to get in. It was a tiny plane. The walk out to the plane wasn't as enjoyable as it could have been because it was snowing so hard. I felt like I was in some old movie! It was SO snowy in Aspen that there was no visible runway. Ya it was white... I swear it only snows when I am flying!







Melindy conveniently failed to mention that I would be in Aspen during GAY SKI WEEK until the last minute. So to support, we went to the Gay vs Straight Hockey Game, or as they called it: The Friendship Bowl. It was quite the experience... we were highly out numbered! And... the Gays won! During the game two guys came around with wristbands asking us if we'd like to come to the pool party afterwards... NO THANK-YOU! Melindy had to remind me several times that attending the game was all part of the Aspen Experience.

Melindy and I rented skis one day and went cross country skiing with the lady she nannies for, Stacey. I loved it! I would love to do it again. We started off on a little track behind their house, but then drove to a big golf resort and showed off our skills! It's a ton of fun and a great workout!

The kids: Carter (3) and the twins (11mo) Hayley and Tyler are so cute. We really enjoyed playing with them. They're lots of fun and they LOVE melindy.





















Other highlights of the weekend were ice-skating (it was so cold outside, -10 degrees, that being inside the ice skating rink felt so WarM, Hot Tubbing in the back yard and Snowboarding. Utah has great resorts, but nothing like Aspen. It was great snow too.

The only bad experience I had in Aspen was when the 3 of us were walking across the street in downtown Aspen, where the street are PURE ice (like I am really not exaggerating people, ICE), and I completely slipped and fell. Melindy & Aaron didn't even realize I was missing from between them and I just lay there. It hurt so bad and was so embarrassing. Traffic had to stop, some old guys were coming my way to help me up and two punk teenagers were laughing so hard they could barely get in their truck. To avoid help from an old man I quickly got up after about 10 secs, by that time my friends noticed the commotion and turned around and joined in on the laughter! Ha I couldn't help but laugh too. I was sore the rest of the week! (Steph- I think that triumphs over your parking lot story! haha)

It was a great 5 days and I really enjoyed my Aspen Experience.