Snow (!) Bird

We decided to head up to SnowBird resort

and take advantage of their free tram rides. Little did we know what we would see at the top ...

Brrrr....
They had to shuttle us down earlier than they had planned

because of the snow.

(hello ... aren't they a ski resort??)

But the kids had fun riding the tram anyway.

Surprise Field Trip

What do you do when your kids are out of school for UEA??

SURPRISE FIELD TRIP ...
To the GREAT SALT LAKE!!!

I've been wanting to go all summer,
but it just didn't happen,
so, last week when the kids were off school,
I took them on the surprise field trip of a lifetime :)
I was bummed, because Salt Aire was closed
but we went to the marina and found a "beach".

View of Antelope Island

The mountians just east of Salt Lake

They weren't so sure about it at first ...
The kids on their own little island

The sand tickling our toes :)

Getting a little braver ...

Attempting to make sand castles

The shirts come off ...

Sand Art

The kids are already begging to go back!

I guess when you have never seen a REAL beach,

The GREAT SALT LAKE beach does just fine!

Sassy New Haircuts

My girls have (had) beautiful long hair.

But it gets sooo snarly and they cry and whine anytime

it needs to be brushed. And Dad tries, but doesn't really

know what to do with it when I'm at work and he's in charge

of getting the kids ready for school.

So, I decided it was time.

I'm pretty sure this is Cady's first haircut. Unless you count the few times in the last month that she has cut parts of it herself ...

Here are the "Before" pictures ...

And since Cady's hair is soooo long, I figured we might as well donate what we cut to Locks of Love, an organization that makes wigs from donated hair for kids who have lost theirs to cancer or other diseases. It has to be at least 10 inches of hair to donate. Here is her "donation."

Laci's wasn't quite long enough to donate,
but she still had pretty long hair too.

Gettin' it styled

Doesn't this just SCREAM SASS!!!

The "After" pics ...

Despite the face, Laci really does like her haircut :)