Until We Stop Spinning: Give me sun.. Give me Sand!!

Over the Christmas Break, the Hudson’s took us on a little family vacation!

Snow Skiing!!!

This was unlike any other vacation I had ever been on.

Reason 1: I had never been to the Mountains! (Little alone the West!)

Reason 2: It would be my first trip with Austin’s family

Reason 3: I would be traveling in a truck for 19 hours.............

The ride was.... LONG!

Austin jokes that he will fly me if we ever go that far again!

I can sum up riding through the West in two words: tumbleweeds and plains

So, I slept... and I snacked... and I slept... and I snacked!

Finally, Austin woke me up... and there were the mountains!!

It was a gorgeous site. It was almost unrealistic!

Quite the change in scenery!

Buena Vista was beautiful! The town locals immediately corrected our southern twang of saying BUENA VISTA!

The next morning we bundled up... and when I say we bundled up, I guess I mean I bundled up!!! (just check out the photos below!)

If you know me.. Then you know that 70 degrees is cold to me! I layered and I layered... and then I layered some more!

I was still cold!

First on the agenda was ski lessons... or should I say snow boarding lessons. Was I crazy? YES.

I can barely stand up on steady ground without falling!

So, here went nothing! and... the bunny slopes kicked my butt the first day! I basically slid down it on my butt!

On the other hand, Austin and his nephew were boarding like pros!

Austin and I had the opportunity to go snowmobiling and eat at a cool local restaurant one day. If you ever find yourself in that neck of the woods, I definitely recommend eating at The Asian Palate! Great Sushi and Great Atmosphere!

We were all surprised at how healthy the restaurants were. There was tons of different restaurants that offered a gluten free or vegan menu. Kind of helps when you have a diverse diet family!