Snowbird Surprise

The first weekend of August, our Lehi friend group (consisting of 4 couples & 4 babies) planned a surprised getaway for our hubbies and babies to The Lodge at Snowbird. We stayed 2 nights and all shared a 2-bedroom condo with a loft. Jake didn't know any of our trip details and received instructions from me the day we were leaving to pack for an overnight adventure...I even made him close his eyes in the car while I was driving to keep things a secret (we could've been driving to St. George for all he knew!), but because he's smart, he could tell what direction we were traveling and suspected something local. Wah-wah, fail. I finally allowed him to look around once we were up the canyon heading to the Lodge. And the canyon was beautiful! Once we pulled in the parking lot and saw our friends pull up next to us, he figured out our weekend plans included friends...hence why I told him there would be no sexy time this weekend when he inquired. Haha!! Yay, for sneaky hubby surprise!

View from our car as we drove up the canyon

We unloaded our bags (shattering 2 bottles of Martinelli's in the parking lot that were to be used in our friend toast that night...the bellhop thought we had lost money on our fancy wine) and got settled in our top-floor condo. Jett got to take a peek at the view from our balcony, while I joked that Jake was doing the Michael Jackson baby-dangling stunt. Jett's pack-n-play in our room even had quite the view. We were able to spot deer and moose easily on the mountain side, as well as a lively pack of raccoons at night causing a ruckus at the pool below us. That may or may not have been influenced by us throwing bites of pizookie to them from our balcony...which caused several other residents to go out on their balconies and start snapping pics like it was a National Geographic. Anyway, after getting settled in, we all headed down to the pool.

Poolside looking up at all the condo balconies. Ours was the big glass window balcony on the top floor above where Jake is walking.

Friend group in the pool. Shumways with baby Claire, Otos with baby Winston, Hackings with not-so-baby Wesley, and Jake with Jett. I, of course, am not in any pictures since I'm always the one taking them! When looking back, I'm sure Jett will wonder where I was his first year of life.

 

My little Jett loves the pool! He's been enjoying many summer swims the past few months. The view from the pool was beautiful! He was even being brave by sitting on the edge of the pool and jumping (scooting his booty) off into Jake's arms. It was so cute to watch. Yup, there's a video.
On our second day at Snowbird, we did some of the activities available such as the Alpine Slide, the Mountain Flyer and Aerial Tram up to the top of the mountain. I didn't get any pictures in since it was a busy day, but I did manage to snap a pic of Jett at the top of Snowbird after we took the tram up and got a second one of him and his buddy Wesley. So...adorable! 

Snowbird Aerial Tram...ok, ok, I found this online.

Jett thinking "It sure is bright outside."

That evening we played several rounds of a fun card game and enjoyed our homemade pizookies (cookie pizza) and ice cream. They were beyond fantastic! Before we knew it, morning came and it was time to pack up and head back home. It was a pretty fun weekend and we were glad to have a little getaway, even if we weren't far from home. It was fun surprising Jake. We sure enjoy our Lehi friends and watching our kiddos grow up together and interact.