Miles and Kendra: Labor Day at Sundance

Oops! I thought I posted this and just found it was saved as a draft. Here's to a belated two-month old post...

On our Labor Day weekend, we were pleased to have a visit from our good friends, Rachael and Richard Rose and their little girl, Anna. We met in our student, married ward. I was Rachael's visiting teacher for about a year, however, before we really got to know one another. Rachael told us while she was out here that it was when she saw Miles and me interact, that she decided that she wanted to get to know us better. After that we spent some time together and decided we absolutely loved the Roses. This led to many dinners, parties, and some enjoyable vacations to St. George and Zion's National Park. Unfortunately, Richard had to go and graduate and get a job in Washington. So they are now living near Seattle and we are so sad that we don't get to see them very often. Lucky for us, they came to Provo for a few days while visiting Utah.

Miles took the day off of work on Friday so that we could go spend the day with them. Rachael mentioned they wanted to go for a hike and explore some of the beauty around Provo. Miles's work uas year-round lift passes at Sundance, so we decided to take advantage of that opportunity! We packed up some sack lunches and snacks and headed up to Sundance. To start off our day, we sat outside and enjoyed our lunches in the beautiful weather and scenery around us. Once we were done, we rode the lift to the top of the mountain. I must say, however, that the ride up and back was a little stressful. Owen was not too happy to be in stuck in his baby Bijorn and was a bit fussy. On the way back, Anna and Owen seemed to take it in turns to get fussy. Unfortunately there was little we could do to appease them as we were riding high above the ground with no way down. So we all suffered for a little while until we could get off the lift. However, we really did enjoy the view.