Pancakes

Eliana loves to make pancakes. She knows the names of the ingredients and pretends to read the recipe by pointing to the words on the canister and saying, "Eggs. Milk. Mix." This morning, I threw in some chocolate chips. I think she liked them.

Utah

The rainy weather in Oregon doesn't normally get me down. I've always been able to appreciate the rain by thinking that as long as it's raining down in the city, we're getting snow in the mountains. Sadly, that has NOT been the case this year. It's often raining at the mountain as well. Depressing.

Greg recently had a trip planned to Salt Lake City for work and we took advantage. Nana came from Maine to watch Eliana for the weekend so that we could have a getaway just for us. It was fantastic.

We rode Snowbird on Saturday and the weather was pretty bad with lots of fog and snow. The tram was closed due to high winds. We didn't care too much. At least it was soft, fluffy Utah snow and not heavy, wet Oregon snain. I'd like to go back to Snowbird on a powder day. There's no doubt that the steep bowls would be fantastic, but with the fog and our lack of familiarity with the mountain, it was too sketchy. Going off a cliff would have been a bad thing.

Dinner on Saturday night was in the "hip" (quotes intentional) section of SLC at a restaurant called Pago. It was so good. We sat at the chef's counter, which is our favorite place to sit at fancy restaurants because you can strike up a conversation with the chefs and they generally pass extra little treats for you to try. This was no exception. Greg lucked out with a special sample of pork cheeks that were so tender you needed to eat them with a spoon.

Brighton on Sunday was one of my top three snowboarding experiences EVER. Powder, sun, and riding with my favorite snowboarding buddy. We hiked into bowls, rode in the trees, searched out little powder stashes and dreamt about going out of bounds to some of the prettiest terrain I've ever seen. Someday we will get split boards and really go earn our turns.

It was an amazing weekend and I'm already looking forward to a return trip.