Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Sun Valley, IDAHO

Ok ok, it's a new year, I promise to blog more often. I know I have been extremely boring with my lack of blogs. SO SORRY!

Over MLK weekend we went to Sun Valley, ID with some friends. We left when I got off work Friday at 6 PM and drove the 5 hours there. We had a bright and early morning the next day, waking up at 7 AM so we could leave early to start our snowmobiling day.

I have only been snowmobiling a few times in my life, and they were all when I was still pretty young. Kory has never been.  It was so much fun renting snowmobiles for the whole day and just roaming the beautiful winter wonderland in the greater Sun Valley area.

We didn't get pictures of everyone, sad! But here are a few.
 Sammy accidentally threw Chase off the back of the snowmobile. This is her guilty face :).



 Kory was enjoying the thigh deep snow new Redfish Lake. He made the hike all the way to the picnic table where we decided NOT to eat our lunch.

Kory and I had such a great time! I love this picture.

During our day of snowmobiling we had some funny things happen. In addition to Sammy throwing Chase off the back, Kory accidentally got his snowmobile stuck in some powder. Cassidy, Joe and I were waiting forever wondering where everyone was (I was the leader of the pack at the time, and mid-pack lost the spotting of the people behind them).  Finally, about 15 minutes later they caught up. Kory had been having fun and the deep powder got the best of him.  Later in the day, Kory and I accidentally tipped on the of the double snowmobiles. He didn't believe me when I said they were top heavy and squirly and you really had to lean into the turns (I was driving at the time), haha.  We laughed a lot.

We spent the rest of the night playing games, and watching a movie. We were all pretty wiped out!  Kory and I had to leave after church on Sunday so that I could make it back to work on Monday. All in all it was a pretty short weekend, but we had a great time!! Thank you Ficklins for the invitation!!

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Chicago

I got to spend 3 weeks of September in Chicago for work. Sears flew me and8 other National Management Trainees out to work in their flagship store at Woodfield Mall (the 2nd largest in the US) and then attend the holiday conference at Hoffman Estates the last week with the District Managers and Regional Vice Presidents.

I got to see my dearest friend Emily Collins, and made some really great friends too. Kory even got to come out for a weekend! It was such a great time!  I should explain that the "reflection" pictures were actually taken in the box that extends outside of the 103rd floor of the Sears tower. Those pictures were actually taken through the window showing how we're hanging in the air 103 stories over Chicago!