LYBBERTY DAYS

  A whole bunch of cousins, beautiful mountain scenery, lots of yummy food, and non-stop activities equals another FUN Lybberty Days!

The kids stayed up late laughing and telling ghost stories every night. Morning came fast and they were out the door in the swimming pool, riding the gondola, or just playing on the elevator and running through the hotel. 

Uncle Doug warmed up the kids before Lybberty Olympics began.  This was definitely the high-light of the day....We split into teams and had all kinds of fun competitions...

LAST CHANCE

My favorite place on earth!!!  We try to spend as much time as possible at the lake.  My kids love being there and I love spending time with my family.  We are all together in one spot, making memories and having a blast.  I love that there is no internet, cell phones, or laundry.  The biggest decision of the day is whether or not to take another ski run.  By the end of the day we are ready for campfire stories and s'mores!!!
Lindsie has really turned into a beautiful skier...

We took a rhino ride up into the mountains ... we climbed up to the top and could see Last Chance from there.  

FOURTH OF JULY

 This 4th of July was a little bit different.  Rick and his business partners went on a fishing trip to Alaska for a week.  We really missed having Rick around, but we drowned our sorrows at Last Chance.  I took the kids and went out for the week with the Erskines and Mackays.  My family joined us on the 4th. 

Lehi Round-up Rodeo....

PARK CITY

The Perry's came for a visit!!! Clay and Rick have been best friends since childhood.  It was so much fun having them come visit.  We spent a couple of days at Last Chance and then headed up to Park City to enjoy the Alpine Slides!!

SARATOGA FIRE

 This was too close to home!!! We have had a very dry and hot summer this year.  This fire was just west of our neighborhood in the mountains.  The West side of Redwood Road homes were all evacuated.  This picture of the smoke was taken from my backyard neighbor's house.  The helicopter would fly right over our house to dip into the lake for more water.  It was surreal!  Everyone in the neighborhood was leaving with their families and of course their boats.  There was a line of cars and boats leaving the neighborhood.   I was optimistic (or in denial) that our house would be fine, so Lisa and I took the kids and went to a movie.  That's how I cope with disaster -- just pretend like it's not happening.   Fortunately the firefighters worked hard and contained the fire... within a couple of days all was back to normal in Saratoga!