Cabin Adventures

Mark and I cross country skied into my family's cabin last weekend. It was an awesome adventure!

We left Saturday morning all packed up and ready to go. We stopped by my mom's where she insisted she make us some breakfast (thanks mom!). We got to the trailhead and started to put on our gear...between not having cross country skied in a few years and having the freezing cold biting at our fingertips, we were off to a somber start.

After 10 minutes we were having a blast! We realized how much we need this break-no cars, no phones, no internet, uh, no flushing toilet...ok, maybe not that last part, but it was great to be immersed in the mountains, snow, and trees. Mark was a strapping young man and carried all our food on a sled behind him, it was a smooth set up.

After our 8 mile journey we arrived at the Cabin. There was at least 3-5 feet of snow around the cabin so it took some good effort to dig around the door to get inside. With the sled, we rode down the hill under the cabin-definitely the best sledding around.

We read books, played our favorite game Trivial Pursuit, and had awesome food (Mark makes the best lasagna!). We decided to head out Sunday afternoon and are sure glad we did. We slept over in Heber with Em and Jess and woke up Monday to 2 feet of snow on our cars, it was awesome!

We hope to do it again before the winter is over!

Recipe Tag

I've been tagged by my friend Carole and now need to put up a favorite, easy, yummy recipe...and I have the perfect one! This was a staple meal at my house all growing up and its so easy even my dad can make it. It only has 7 ingredients and makes for awesome leftovers.

BURRITO BAKE

1c. Bisquick
1/4 c. water
1 16oz can refried beans
1lb hamburger cooked
1 avocado sliced (options)
1c. salsa
1 1/2 c. shredded cheddar cheese

Grease 10" x 2" pie plate (or any type of dish about that size).
Mix first 3 ingredients and spread in bottom and sides of pie plate.
Layer remaining ingredients in order.

Bake 25-30 minutes at 375 degrees


Serve with sour cream and lettuce and stuff like that if you want.



Share the yumminess if YOU have a great recipe - post it in a comment or on your own blog!

If you ever read this blog you may have remembered my post about how I love my job. I started working at Backcountry.com in 2004 as a part time gear head (aka customer service rep). April 2006 I became a LiveHelp supervisor. September 2007 I became a Phone supervisor.
Today I became the manager of the call center (100+ employees). Although I'm totally overwhelmed...I'm very very excited. I love that the chance of these opportunities have become reality. Wish me luck! ~Ali

A New Years Day

Mark and I went to Solitude all day yesterday with Jesse. We couldn't have picked a better day! We're helping out with the Ski Utah blog...so you can check out our day here.
Here are some teaser shots for all those who would rather see the shots right here on our blog cause our blog rules!





Solitude rules!

Family are Friends

Christmastime with family

snowshoeing up Big Cottonwood on Christmas Eve