Joel, Stephanie, Michael, Jim, Me & Carl

We all went skiing at A-basin yesterday...was a beautiful day!

Hope everyone had a great Christmas!



Wow...I haven't been on here in a long time!!  We haven't been up to too much, other than work and snowboarding:)  We have had some crazy weather lately.  On Tuesday it was 70 degrees in Denver and we got a little snow on Wednesday night...amazing how quick the weather changes. 
On Monday we went up to Breckenridge, it was a beautiful day, clear blue skies!  The view is absolutely amazing from the top of the hill:)

The bottom of the hill looks flat from the top!

It is so beautiful up there....I could sit up at the top all day...if only it wasn't so windy and cold!

On Sunday we went up to Buena Vista to soak in the hot springs...it felt so good!  We were looking forward to the suana that they had...it wasn't really what we are used to, although we weren't too surprised.  All the saunas around here are not very hot and they are supposed to be dry saunas:(  I would love to be able to take a real sauna!
On our way up to Buena Vista we stopped on side the road to take some pictures.  Too bad it was so cloudy!

Right before leaving Buena Vista I realized that I lost my phone...we searched the car and couldn't find it.  On our way home we found it on side the road where we stopped to take pictures.  I was surprised it was still there, it sat there for 5 hours!!

Back on the slopes :)

Monday was opening day at A-Basin...finally!!  There was only one run open and a ton of people there, but it felt great to be back on the mountain.  The mountains are getting a ton of snow, and the roads weren't too great.  The way home was worse...a couple times it was white out conditions and we couldn't see a foot in front of us.  There were vehicles in the ditch all over the place and cars that weren't able to make it up the hills.  I was definitely glad when we got down to lower elevation and the snow turned to rain.

Pita Bread

I don't think I will buy pitas from the store again.  This recipe was really easy and good.  I found the recipe here.

I thought it was so cool that they puff up like this!!

Yum!...chicken salad with cucumber, tomato and lettuce.

Broncos game

On Sunday I went to my first NFL game, it was a lot of fun :)  Football fans are crazy, it is like an all day party.  Before the game they have live music and all kinds of activities outside the stadium.

This was a local band, that was actually pretty good.

This was really cool...four people jumped from a plane and landed in the stadium.

Since moving into our new place I have had several projects floating around it my head that I would love to do.  So far I have completed one.

I bought this puzzle awhile ago up in Steamboat, when I saw it I decided I would frame it.  It only took a couple of hours to put the puzzle together, but it took me forever to get the glue and the frame.  I finally got it framed, and now it is hanging above our fireplace.  Now onto my other projects....hopefully soon!

Feels like fall

Just a quick post before I head off to bed...I am trying to post a little more often :)

The past couple of days have been gloomy, cold and raining all day...finally starting to feel like fall.  I actually don't mind having a couple of cool, gloomy days after all the sunshine.  Reminds me of the yoop!  On Friday it was finally cool enough for me to bake bread...yum!  I having been wanting some fresh homemade bread for a long time, it has just been too hot!
The mountains have gotten snow the past couple days...makes me really look forward to snowboarding this year!!  Bring on the snow :)  Haha...never thought I would be looking forward to snow so much!

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

I'm Back

I had this post all typed up last night, and blogger kept kicking me off.

...finally.  I have been told that I need to post more often, I will do my best.  We havn't had internet since we moved and finally got it installed on Monday :)
I am really loving our new place, once we get it a little more organized I will post some pictures.  Our place is so much bigger and has way more room for storing stuff, so nice to have an extra bedroom!  We also have an amazing view from our balcony.

Yesterday we also got our new washer and dryer delivered...I love it!  I actually don't mind doing laundry anymore, and it don't have to do it all day!  Plus my clothes actually feel clean :)

On Sunday we took a drive up to Breckenridge to see some fall colors...nothing like the UP.  I was missing the awesome colors in the UP and was ready to hop on a plane!  The only color here is gold.

Last night I made Sweet and spicy jerk ribs.  Very good and easy...it is a crockpot recipe.  I will be saving this recipe!

Ignore the poor picture quality...bad lighting in our dining room.

2 racks pork baby back ribs (4 1/2 lbs.)

3 Tbsp olive oil

1/3 c. Caribbean Jerk seasoning

3 c. honey BBQ sauce

3 Tbsp apricot preserves

2 Tbsp honey

Cut ribs into serving size pieces; brush with oil and seasoning.  Combine remaining ingredients and pour over ribs in crockpot.

Cook on low 6-8 hours or until tender.  Skim fat from sauce before serving.

I halved this recipe for Michael and I.  I also think this recipe would be really good for pulled pork sandwiches.

Car Shopping

Tonight Michaels car overheated on his way home from work!  We think the head gasket blew, so it wouldn't really be worth it to fix it up and keep it, especially when we don't really know too much about fixing cars!  Shoot...we have been talking about getting a more reliable vehicle for awhile, but decided to wait and hope that the Tauras lasted a little longer.  I guess that didn't happen...now we have to find a vehicle hopefully before the weekend is over.  We went to a dealership tonight and test drove a Grand Prix, a nice car, but with high miles and a little too expensive.  We found a Grand Prix on craigslist that Michael is going to check out tomorrow, cross your fingers it works out! 

Everything comes at once...One weekend we are shopping for apartments and packing up to move, and the next weekend we are shopping for a new car.  I think I am ready for a weekend that involves no shopping of any kind!!

1 year!

This past weekend was our 1 yr. anniversary...crazy how time flies!!  We had originally planned on going to Moab, Utah...but instead stuck around here since we are moving in two weeks and have a lot of packing to do!  On Sunday we hiked up St. Mary's Glacier, a short but tiring hike.  The view from the top was beautiful!

People would carry up their skis and snowboards to ski down...doesn't seem worth it to me!

We are moving in about a week and a half and I have a lot of packing to do!  I am excited about moving... we will have a bigger place, right next to the foothills with an amazing view!  It is just the packing and unpacking that I am not too excited about.

We also bought our ski passes this past weekend...Can't wait for winter:)

Wow...once again its been a long time since I have updated this thing...oops!  Since I have last updated this, we have done quite a bit.
Bob, Carol and Leah came to town...I had to work the whole time except for the weekend.  We stayed in Steamboat Springs for a couple of nights and had a lot of fun!

We took the gondola up the ski hill...it was pretty windy!

Fish Creek Falls

Strawberry Park...Some nice hot springs we soaked in, it felt great!

Aspen

This past Sunday we went up to Aspen with Stephanie and Joel.  We couldn't have picked a better day, it was sunny and warm.  We even stopped to swim on our way!

On our way up, we stopped at the lake we took our Christmas picture at.  It looks a lot different in the summer when there is green grass and flowers out.

We also stopped in Twin Lakes to cook lunch and swim.  It was a little cold, but very refreshing!  It reminded me of Lake Superior because the water was so cold and clear.

From the top of Independence Pass

The Maroon Bells

None of my pictures turned out very good at the Bells because it was humid and the sun was starting to go behind the mountain.

We decided to hike up to the second lake.  It was a harder hike than we expected!

Halfway up...we started down at the lake.

Whew!...we finally made it to Crater Lake.  You can see Michael laying down in the corner...we were a little tired:)

On our way back down...this reminded me of the U.P.  We don't see trails like this too often!

A guy died hiking the Bells the day before.

The trip up to Aspen makes for a long day, but well worth it.  I was definetly glad that I didn't have to work the next day, I was pretty exhausted!

Mt. Evans

Mountain Goats on Mt. Evans.

They let us get super close to them and didn't seem scared at all!

When we left Denver it was 100*, when we got to the top of Mt. Evans it was 54*.  Brrr!

Camping

Its been awhile since I have posted anything.  I meant to post about our camping trip to Wyoming a long time ago, but never got around to it.  It felt so good to get out of the city for awhile.  The stars were super bright, and you don't hear any cars.  There is pretty much no one around up in Wyoming...completely different than Colorado.  One night on our way up to our camping sight we almost hit a mountain lion. Yikes!  I knew those things were big but didn't realize they were that big...it was huge.  I wish I could've got a picture, but he disappeared pretty fast.  The rest of the night I was a little paranoid, I almost slept in the Jeep, but decided I didn't want so sleep alone :)
The guys did a lot of fishing while I sat and read a book.  There was still a lot of snow high up in the mountains...and it wasn't very warm!

Mom, these ones are for you!  I tried taking many pictures of the flowers, but most of them were blurry...not sure why?!

I am so glad we were able to get up there to camp...hopefully we will have time for one more trip up there before summer is over.  Before we go camping again, I am definetely going to get a new sleeping bag.  I woke up both mornings with numb feet and had to start a fire to warm up!