Stars on Ice

     Last night Paige, my mom, and I went to the Stars on Ice show at the Energy Solutions Arena.  It was fun for us to have a girls night out.  Mike surprised us with tickets a couple of weeks ago and the seats were great.  We rode Trax down which made it easy.  We didn't have to deal with parking, just all the interesting people that you find riding.

      Our first stop was at Gateway and we grabbed some food at Thaifoon.  Then we headed to the arena.  It was cool to see all the big name skaters in person.  Paige was on the edge of her seat the whole time. Some of the skaters they had there were Sash Cohen, Sarah Hughes, Kurt Browning, Todd Eldridge, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Jamie Sale and David Pelletier, and many others.  The show was produced by Scott Hamilton (my mom has always loved him). It was also the tenth anniversary to the 2002 Winter Olympics so Mitt Romney started off the show with Kristi Yamaguchi.  I did get some pictures, but I had to take my little point and shoot camera because they wouldn't allow cameras with removable lenses.  I know I would have got much better pictures with the other camera, but at least we got some right?

The Yurt at Solitude

This year Robin and I decided we would surprise the guys with a nice dinner for Valentine's Day.  We planned it all out and they had no clue what we were doing.  Yesterday I gave Mike a new pair of boots and told him Happy Valentine's Day.  He looked so confused......  Before we left the only thing he knew was that he needed snow boots, warm clothing, and we were taking wine.  We dropped the kids of at Grandma and Grandpa's and headed up the canyon.  The guys were convinced we were going to give them the wine and then leave them stranded up in the mountains.

We arrived at Solitude and had some time to spare so we stopped in at the Thirsty Squirrel.  Honestly, I just wanted to go there because of the name.  It turned out to be a pretty cool place.  Around 5:00 we met at the Adventure Station and got our snow shoes.  By this time the guys had almost figured out what we were doing.  We then headed up the mountain with our snow shoes.  The Yurt was a lot smaller than I thought, but it was nice and intimate.  We had a delicious 5 course dinner. The food was soooo good! I was really impressed with the chef, there is no electricity and no running water.  There is a large propane stove that she cooks the meals in; it also kept us nice and warm. After filling our bellies we headed back down the mountain to the Village.  I think if we do it again I want to stay the night there.  We passed by the hot tubs and they looked so nice!

I think they had a great time and they were definitely surprised! Happy Valentine's Day!