KKГ Province Meeting

I was selected to represent the KKG DH Advisory Board at this year's Eta Province Meeting. Since KKG is a national organization, the have annual meetings to help all the chapters stay connected with what is current policy and get good ideas from other collegiate women and alumnae. Province Meeting is held for 8 chapters. This year it was held in Boulder, Colorado. Luckily, there were several advisers and alumnae from SLC. We had a lot of fun. 

A few of us flew into Boulder on Friday afternoon. That evening we went to the hosting chapter, Beta Mu's ,  chapter house and meet all the collegiate women and alumnae who came to Province. The Beta Mu house was big and beautiful. The chapters all presented on topics that they succeed in. The alumnae went downstairs and talked about how to incorporate the recent graduates into the alumnae association. 

The next day were filled with various break out sessions about different topics for collegiates, advisers, or alumnae. It was good to talk to other people who are serving in the same capacity I am. I also did a little shopping at the boutique. I couldn't resist the cute little owl onsie they had!

Saturday night was the Candle Light Banquet. This is where the province directors gave awards to the chapters and alumnae associations. The Delta Eta advisory board got an honorable mention.

Me and Anna Ratliff - the officer I advise

This is Joanie Cohen. She is the one of most amazing women I have ever met. She came to SLC in December to do a training with the officers and advisory board. She is so kind and makes every person she is talking to feel like they are the most important person in the world. I want to be her when I grow up!

So fun to be there with a pledge sister! Jess is the new SLC Alumnae Association president! I love this girl. 

We had a total of 29 collegiate women, advisers, and alumnae from SLC. 

We were supposed to fly out on Sunday, but unfortunately there was a huge snow storm. I ended up being stuck in Denver with 9 of the actives and 3 other advisers. It was quite the ordeal trying to get flights scheduled for all of us and finding a hotel that was reasonably priced. Luckily, I was with some of the absolute BEST women in the world. It was amazing to see how everyone stepped up to help each other. Once we got everyone checked into a hotel and fed, the evening went much calmer. The Denver 13 survived and made it back to Salt Lake! It was such an adventure, but we made some awesome memories!

Valentine's Day Crafts

Dan has a very crazy but fun group of friends from high school. We all usually get together once every month or two. Luckily all the wives get along really well. So well, that went the "boyz" go out on their own, we still like to get together. It is such a fun group of random girls that have a great time together!

Kat & Tori planned the whole thing, bought the supplies, and it was so much fun! My quote came out a little bit wrong, but that's ok. Its unique! I had such a good time with these girls and am so glad we are friends!

Sundance

My awesome parents gave the whole family another weekend at Sundance. It was so much fun. We stayed at an AMAZING cabin. It had 3.5 floors, a movie theater, sauna, steam room, hot tub, and a whole lot of other things. We were sad to not have the Fishlers with us, but so happy that we all got to be together. We were having so much fun, I forgot to take many pictures. 

We started off the weekend at Solider Hollow for some sledding. Dan and I got there a little late, because I had a doctor's appointment. So we only had an hour of sledding, but it was fun. The tracks were pretty slick and everyone got going pretty fast. The kids were hilarious as usual. 

Saturday most everyone went skiing or snowboarding. Dan got new skis for the first time since he was a teenager. He was excited to use them. Sadly, I was told - by Dan and my doctor - that I should probably not snowboard anymore. I hung out at the cabin with my sisters in the morning. I was tired of being inside, so after everyone had lunch, I stayed to help Sarah & Madeline snowboard. It was beautiful weather and everyone ended up ditching their jackets. 

That night, we did an adults dinner. It was fun going with just adults and hanging out. Heather agreed to take a belly picture with me. We are 6 weeks apart and so excited to have little cousins the same age. 

After we got back, we played 'Reverse Charades.' Instead of one person acting and feeling like a fool, everyone acts out and one person guesses. It is now our favorite party game. We were laughing so hard we were crying! 

Sunday we had fake church with a sharing time and a couple of spiritual thoughts by my dad. To finish off the day, we had Minute To Win It and Fear Factor. The kids were hilarious with all the disgusting things my mom took up to eat. Bradley was the only one who tried everything. They had baby food, sardines and other gross food. Everyone loved the Minute To Win It games. 

We all hiked up to Stewart Falls after we checked out of the cabin. It was a beautiful hike. Everything was covered in snow. The falls were covered in ice. Somehow the water and the light made the ice look blue. The kids hiked up to the high part of the falls and then slid down the mountain several times. 

I love that we are on our second round of trips. So grateful for such generous parents and such an awesome family. I love spending so much uninterrupted time with Dan.