A Weekend In An Ultra Exclusive Resort Town
Since we were only going to be there for two weeks, we really had only one weekend to go goof off. We made the best of it by doing just that. Saturday we got up early got ready and headed off.
Here's Nell giving Izzie a manicure so that she looks spicy hot for the outing.
After the beatification process, Nell went upstairs to repeat the process on herself (as if she needs it... ohhh... I just scored good points there). So, dad and Izzie did some tummy time. She's to the point where she kicks her legs like crazy. If you put your arm or something rigid behind her to push off of, she scoots right along. The only problem is that her arms aren't keeping up, so she ends up looking like a penguin scooting across the snow (arms down to the side and feet going like crazy). That only last for about 30 seconds because she gets really frustrated (I think). She starts crying and that's it for tummy time. There isn't anything you can do to make her stop crying unless you pick her up and sit her on her butt. It's fun and frustrating at the same time. I just hope she figures out the arm thing soon.
We headed to Ketchum to see an art show. It's just like Art On The Green in Coeur d' Alene or the Craft Fair at the Moss Mansion in Billings. It's a bunch of booths manned my artists and crafters. We quickly learned that we weren't going to afford anything there when we saw that the price for a piece of junk little felt hat was $300. I about died when I saw that. Good thing the lady that made the hats wasn't there because I just started laughing.
Here's us walking through town. All we did was window shop because everything else in the town had a price tag of no fewer than three figures.
That night we went to a sweet restaurant that we had eaten at earlier in the week. It was called CK's, and if you are ever in the Hailey/Sun Valley area I highly recommend it. Best food I've had in a long time.
Here I am that Saturday night doing one of my favorite fatherhood duties.
The next morning (Sunday for those of you not keeping track) we got up late and got online to try to find somewhere that had a late Sunday brunch. We ended up finding this place called the Sun Valley Resort. So, we decided to go there. When we arrived, we quickly noticed that we a bit out of place. I guess the valet parking should have given me some sort of indication, but it didn't and we proceeded anyways. The breakfast buffet was the most amazing buffet I have ever seen. And to top it off, they had some lady playing a white grand piano in the middle of it all to create atmosphere. It was spectacular. I had the lions share of oysters, salmon, clams, muscles, prawns, raw smoked salmon (I know someone will tell me what it's called) and fruit. I also had two crapes and some sausage and bacon. It was the first time in a long time that I have actually felt guilty for eating so much food...ok... the last time was Thanksgiving. But it was good, and at $25 a plate, I'm sort of glad that I did. Here's Nell after she polished off her plate.
While we were waiting for the valet to retrieve my limo... I mean mini van, I had a minute to take a picture of the swans just in front of the building. Lynnell found out from one of the other valets that they heat the pool in the winter time for them.
Then we headed up to Galena Pass to see the view. I was told it was spectacular, but when we arrived it was the Cheech and Chong story all over again. Smoke as far as you could see... which wasn't far. So we hopped back into the limo... I mean van (see what a fancy meal does to a boy) and headed down the other side to find a lake that we had been told about. We found it, and stopped at the Northern end to feed the baby.
Turns out it was a little too windy, so we piled back into the van (hah) and headed to the Southern end of the lake where I hypothesized that it would be less windy. I was right (as always).
After Izzie was done eating I took her out in the water so that she could check it out. I held her so that she could see everything, and she totally dug it. She watched the boats go by, the wind blow the trees and she even looked for mom as she called to her. I think she enjoyed it. I know I did.
When we got home later that night, it was bath time.
And that was the weekend. It was a lot of fun, and we were able to see just how beautiful the Sun Valley area is.
Here's Nell giving Izzie a manicure so that she looks spicy hot for the outing.
After the beatification process, Nell went upstairs to repeat the process on herself (as if she needs it... ohhh... I just scored good points there). So, dad and Izzie did some tummy time. She's to the point where she kicks her legs like crazy. If you put your arm or something rigid behind her to push off of, she scoots right along. The only problem is that her arms aren't keeping up, so she ends up looking like a penguin scooting across the snow (arms down to the side and feet going like crazy). That only last for about 30 seconds because she gets really frustrated (I think). She starts crying and that's it for tummy time. There isn't anything you can do to make her stop crying unless you pick her up and sit her on her butt. It's fun and frustrating at the same time. I just hope she figures out the arm thing soon.
We headed to Ketchum to see an art show. It's just like Art On The Green in Coeur d' Alene or the Craft Fair at the Moss Mansion in Billings. It's a bunch of booths manned my artists and crafters. We quickly learned that we weren't going to afford anything there when we saw that the price for a piece of junk little felt hat was $300. I about died when I saw that. Good thing the lady that made the hats wasn't there because I just started laughing.
Here's us walking through town. All we did was window shop because everything else in the town had a price tag of no fewer than three figures.
That night we went to a sweet restaurant that we had eaten at earlier in the week. It was called CK's, and if you are ever in the Hailey/Sun Valley area I highly recommend it. Best food I've had in a long time.
Here I am that Saturday night doing one of my favorite fatherhood duties.
The next morning (Sunday for those of you not keeping track) we got up late and got online to try to find somewhere that had a late Sunday brunch. We ended up finding this place called the Sun Valley Resort. So, we decided to go there. When we arrived, we quickly noticed that we a bit out of place. I guess the valet parking should have given me some sort of indication, but it didn't and we proceeded anyways. The breakfast buffet was the most amazing buffet I have ever seen. And to top it off, they had some lady playing a white grand piano in the middle of it all to create atmosphere. It was spectacular. I had the lions share of oysters, salmon, clams, muscles, prawns, raw smoked salmon (I know someone will tell me what it's called) and fruit. I also had two crapes and some sausage and bacon. It was the first time in a long time that I have actually felt guilty for eating so much food...ok... the last time was Thanksgiving. But it was good, and at $25 a plate, I'm sort of glad that I did. Here's Nell after she polished off her plate.
While we were waiting for the valet to retrieve my limo... I mean mini van, I had a minute to take a picture of the swans just in front of the building. Lynnell found out from one of the other valets that they heat the pool in the winter time for them.
Then we headed up to Galena Pass to see the view. I was told it was spectacular, but when we arrived it was the Cheech and Chong story all over again. Smoke as far as you could see... which wasn't far. So we hopped back into the limo... I mean van (see what a fancy meal does to a boy) and headed down the other side to find a lake that we had been told about. We found it, and stopped at the Northern end to feed the baby.
Turns out it was a little too windy, so we piled back into the van (hah) and headed to the Southern end of the lake where I hypothesized that it would be less windy. I was right (as always).
After Izzie was done eating I took her out in the water so that she could check it out. I held her so that she could see everything, and she totally dug it. She watched the boats go by, the wind blow the trees and she even looked for mom as she called to her. I think she enjoyed it. I know I did.
When we got home later that night, it was bath time.
And that was the weekend. It was a lot of fun, and we were able to see just how beautiful the Sun Valley area is.
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