beth goes on vacation

my mom is a busy bee--always anxiously engaged in many projects, work, and church activities.  she needed a break!  she came out to visit the week before christmas for some relaxing fun, but every day with mom was still packed full and busy!  maybe next time we can all go to a deserted island and make mom learn how to just sit and relax (wink, wink).  mom came with us to our early morning spinning class, and did the work out videos with me at home.  we spent one afternoon walking around the body worlds exhibit, which was simply fascinating. 

we went to our ward christmas party and were in charge of an activity table.  thanks to mom's experience and brains, i think we had the best table there!  we made a shooting star ornament and put a sticker on it with a poem about the star and baby Jesus being born.  

a festive mama helping out.
the lady on the right is holding up her ornament--you can see how it hangs down real cute-like;.)
on another day mom and i adventured up into the mountains for some snowshoeing.  we had a snow storm every other day while she was here, which really made mom happy.  the snow in the canyon was almost a foot and a half, but the trail was packed down fairly well, so snowshoeing was pretty easy going. 
we hiked up a trail in south fork canyon, which was so beautiful in the snow.
the following photos are examples the mother-daughter photos i have.  i decided it was time for an update, so i scheduled a mother-daughter photo shoot for one afternoon.  mom and i got all gussied up and went in for some fun.  the photographer was fun to work with, and made me laugh...he said he did mother-daughter shoots a lot, but "never with a daughter this old".  ha!  after he realized what he'd said, he backtracked by saying the shoots are typically with infants and newborns.  oh well, 28 years too late...anyway, here's the link if you'd like to check out our photos.