Feel the burn

My dad's birthday was this past week. His present from my mom: a weekend getaway in Sun Valley (not to be confused with the Valley of the Sun in Arizona where I served my mission). It was going to be a time away from the hustle and bustle of life, and a day of skiing. My dad however does not like to ski alone, he likes to ski with his family. But this was part of the surprise. He begged each of his children to come up and ski with him, but we all came up with excuses that we could not make the trip and that he would just have to ski alone this time.

My sneaky mom though, she coordinated all of us to come up and surprise him on Saturday and go skiing with him. The look on his face when he saw all of us was priceless (the Master Card commercials come to mind). Anywho, after the day skiing I was spent. As I write this right now, my calves are still major sore. My legs felt like they had been struck by lightning--twice!

After we were through skiing, there were some interesting moments in the condo. Here are a few examples: it was explained to my mom what "spooning" is, and even after my brother and his wife demonstrated she still didn't get it. Actual spoons were needed for my mom to grasp the concept. And uh, my mom told us of an experience at a party where she misread the word "organism" out loud in the phrase "the world's biggest 'organism'". I won't write the word she said instead, but I am sure if you think about, you can figure it out;)

The trip was worth it though, my dad had a great birthday.