Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Wolf Creek


Some friends of ours invited us to go skiing in Colorado over the weekend. I havn't skiied since I was in grade school. I remember two teenage boys called me a pink marshmellow because of my giant pink snowsuit...it was devastating. Anywho, we had a great time, thanks Burrups! Wren was such a good sport...hanging out at the wolf pup ski school lodge all day. She ventured out a few times on the back pack but was a little blinded by all the whiteness.

Satch and Em head down the slopes. In this picture their instructer told them to howl like wolves. I of course was the helicopter parent there to catch the moment.



Willy was too young for ski school, so Kenyon harnessed him in and spent all day with him. Will was a mini-me of Kenyon and loved spending time with him. I told Ken I wished he could see Will's perma-grin every time I saw him coming down the hill. He would bend over, hold his knees (as directed by Kenyon) and every once in a while jump up. You know Will can't just go straight down the hill...he's got to make it exciting. Kenyon said Will would try to fall because he thought it was funny when Kenyon would pull him up with the harness.




Will enjoys a little lunch he put together himself. Hot chocolate soup with teddy grahams and goldfish...yummy?










Catching snowflakes. Willy laughed his head off everytime they got on the lift.






















I don't think Willy realized Kenyon was behind him keeping him from face planting in the snow. He definately thought he was awesome.

































Thursday, January 8, 2009

white sands
















kenyon had to travel for work over the holidays so i talked him into taking us with him. we were able to see our old houses in el paso and las cruces. we built our home in las cruces, and kenyon and i slaved over the backyard for weeks. it was the middle of summer when we moved in, and super hot. so after we got the twins to bed at night we would start digging trenches, hauling rocks, and laying down slaps of flagstone. a lot of my plants survived...i'm so proud...and even grew. these pictures are at white sands, nm. it is one of the most amazing places i have ever been...including europe. if you havn't been, it needs to be on your 'to do before i die' list.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

technical difficulties

i've been trying to download some pictures...but for some reason i can't get them off my card or my computer...i'll post soon.