Skiing 4th of July Bowl on July 3, 2010

Every year we hike and ski 4th of July Bowl with our buddy Andy. This year we did it on July 3rd which is Andy's birthday. and my friend Neta joined us for her first time hiking 4th of July bowl. These pics are alittle out of order but we had a great day.

Neta hiking the last stretch of cornice snow to the top. Jake is the dot skiing below me....
Jake on his way to the top

Me and Neta at the top - she had to call her mom!

A look back at the snow field and that's Neta skiing down

Me at the Top! It was a great hike!

A view on the way up, that is Jake & Andy on the ridge (the two little black dots)

Back to the car! Yay we made it!

Jake at the bottom after the ski down

The Nix's :-)

Andy & Jake cheers a great day!

Fruita, Colorado Vacation

Baxter turned 10 on May 5th! We had a treat cake and chips and salsa to celebrate!!!
Yay Baxter!!!

Our Camp Me biking up to Joe's Ridge

Joe's Ridge

Jake

Baxter's view of the whole trip.... this sucks,,,,,hmmmmm.......

Colorado National Monument

"a canyon within a canyon is what they said..."........

The Coke Oven's The wall of rock fell off the rock.......

Jake skiing The Beavers

From Friday, April 23rd..... Great Snow!

An Easter Visit

Jake's folks came to visit over easter. Here are some pics from our day of skiing at A-Basin. And VIDEO of Jake's Dad skiing! Nice job Bob!

Jake and Bob

Warmin' up at the Black Mt Lodge

Mmmmmm, Bacon Bloody Mary! With Bacon Vodka!

Jake ski's the Wave

Jake and his friend Tim hiked Loveland pass and skiied a popular area called "the Wave" and "the Ironing Board". Looked like a great day for a hike from these pics that Tim took. Jake hiking
Getting to the top

Jake skiing

Their tracks

Lookin back at their lines

Tim - self portrait

The New Blue and Green Rooms

Finally painted our extra bedrooms, here are some pics..... The blue room.....Vinyl wall decal tree....
Baxter chillin' on the trundle bed

The green room....

Wolf Creek & Romp to Stomp Snowshoe Race

The Romp to Stomp Out Breast Cancer Snowshoe Race

Me, Neta and Nadine, our DAM team

Saturday, March 6, 2010 The Backs of our shirtsFollowin' the pack......

WOLF CREEK!!!! February 21-24, 2010

Baxter lovin' the hotel king bed....

Jake gettin ready for some powder!

Jake getting some chest deep spots

Jake's great powder shot!

The base area

Kim's powder shot!

The snow wasn't as light the second day...

Jake hiking in front of me up to Alberta Peak

Me at the top of Alberta Peak

Great view from up there

Jake at the top of Alberta peak

The bridgeway to Knife Ridge...

Alittle closer, you can see Jake is already across

Jake in front of me on Knife Ridge

Cool trees on Knife Ridge

Cornice on Knife Ridge we hiked across

Alberta Peak in the background

Baxter loved the snow too!

Jake soakin at the Pagosa Springs with the sunset

The springs are right along the river

Last day there, good views

Self portrait on the lift, we had a great vacation!!!!!!!!!!