Anniversary Trip

Scott and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary this November. In some ways I can't believe we've been married for so long, and in other ways it seems like we just got married yesterday! It's crazy. Anyway, my parents graciously offered to watch our boys for us so we could take a little getaway together. We decided to head down to one of our timeshare resorts in southern Oregon called Running Y Ranch. It was a long drive but it was so pleasant and quiet compared to those long drives with the kiddoes in the backseat.



In all the excitement, I didn't realize until we woke up the first morning that I'd forgotten to bring shampoo/conditioner and a hairbrush with me. Fortunately Scott had a tiny bit of 2 in 1 with him, so I got to wash my hair, and borrowing from "The Little Mermaid" Scott brought me a fork and a pasta scooper (he actually referred to them as dinglehoppers, haha) to use until we could get to the store. I tried both and decided that the pasta scooper was actually moderately effective to sub for a brush.

When we got there there was tons of snow on the ground. It didn't last long, but we had fun playing in it for a while.

Running Y is famous for its golf course, so naturally we had to do that as well. The first day we went it was so foggy you could barely see the course, but the next day was much better. It was so beautiful!

The other fun thing we did was go ice skating. For those of you who don't know, I used to be a figure skater and competed in competitions and everything. I haven't skated really at all since I quit when I was in high school, but I figured it was kind of like riding a bike, so I'd be fine. Actually, it's not like riding a bike. I always hated skating in rental skates - they never have any ankle support and their blades are so dull you're slipping and sliding everywhere instead of having sharp blades that grip the ice. These ice skates were new, so it was the opposite effect. It was like skating in new shoes that haven't been broken in. There was NO give in the ankle, but strangely, the blades were still dull even though the boots were new. Go figure. Anyway, that, combined with my hurt ankle (yes, I hurt it again) and my lack of practice and the return to my ice skating glory days lasted until I stepped on the ice for the first time. I was humbled and realized how hard ice skating can be for the mere mortals. I always (secretly) looked down my nose at them, wondering what prevented those poor people from performing neat back crossovers and what could possibly be hard about performing a centered spin...... Unfortunately we didn't get any pictures of those excursions, but that's alright by me. :)

Thanks Andrea and Tim for joining us for the weekend. We had so much fun hanging out with you two!