First day on the magic carpet at the Beav on New Year's Eve. Joe loved it, we spent just over 4 hours out....papa and mama were tired. Joe wanted more, the only fight he put up all day was when we said it was time to go home....

All papa could think was...."THIS IS GONNA BE FUN!"
His favorite part was the "shtump"...aka jump, he loved hitting the jump on the bunny hill. That was while mama wasn't looking of course.

We went pumpkin hunting today here are a few videos from papa's new iPhone

One more tonight, then I swear I am going to bed! These are from last weekend. The snow is finally falling here, and it had me re-invigorated to be in the mountains again. So Joe and I went on a little hike (we didn't quite make it to the snow line). He made it 2 miles on his own. The photos are from the early part of the hike when the trail was relatively easy. As the trail progresses it gets increasingly more difficult. But Joe stayed resolute to do it on his own, which meant NOT! I repeat NOT! holding Papa's hand, until he at least tried each section on his own. It certainly meant running down every slightly declined section. This of course meant I put the camera away and spent my time "hovering" (something with which I am not very astute).

As we approached the trail head this time he started freaking out, in a good way, in the car seat. He then realized why I had put his "go shoes", that's what I call his running shoes, on and started shouting "SHOES' YEAH! SHOES, YEAH! SHOES!" Definitely in my top five for favorite papa moments, others in the list being, his determination to go to bed with his skis a week ago Sunday, and our morning sessions watching ski videos.

Enjoy!

My apologies, it's been a while since a post here. For those that don't know, I got a job. That sucks, the job is great, but I hate being away from Joe so much. Of course that means when I am home I do not take much time to do this sort of thing. So here are some shots from this summer. Joe loves the sprinkler, even though his face doesn't neccessarily show it the whole time! He also loves motor cycles (much to papa's chagrin he loves most things with motors).

This one is a little funky, something went wrong with the download, but this is all I am going to do with video tonight so it will work for now. Perhaps tomorrow I will spend a little time making it better. Lately Joe has really gotten into playing with the dogs, especially Denver, as you can see from this video....also, he loves playing in the rain, pants or no pants.

Lindsey got new skis! They are the Karhu Jill's for those who care....she also got some Bombshell bindings by 22 designs, that's the lady hammerhead.... anyways, the day the skis came Joe was anxious to get them out and see what they were made of, seriously, he played with them most of the day.

A little more dancing by Joe! Notice the chips.....Papa's favorite! Tim's Jalepeno.

Spring is certainly here in Cache Valley. With the spring of course it means our snow is starting to sneak into the higher elevations. I have not given up completely on the skiing, but it is getting pretty marginal. Anyways, Green Canyon (right out side Logan) is clear of snow for the first couple of miles, so we went on a little hike last Sunday. We did not take the backpack this time. Joe got to do about a 1.5 mile hike all by himself. He did not stop smiling the entire time, with the exception of one good digger when he got to running, but even that was short lived, he was having too much fun. Of course the dogs were out, so he loved watching them run. Good times.

Video barrage here. I may post some more later, depending on how the evening goes, but for now it's just these two. There is quite a bit of footage on the camera that I need to edit down. Heads up on this one, there is some baby nudity, but only in the bath, not in the dancing. I did not edit these either, so especially the bath one will be a little long, oh and watch out for the booger!

Once again.....it's been a while. We are good, it's been a good winter, lots of skiing, not so much powder, but that's okay. Joe is still a happy boy, pretty sure he's stepped it up to about 101mph, but that just makes life really fun. It's been really warm here, so the bikes came back out this week. Much to Joe's delight, he loves riding in the trailer. We have also been spending most of the day outside just exploring, prepping growing beds etc.

My baby sister, Bethany, arrived in town today to hang with us during her spring break, so we will most likely get a couple of more days of skiing in. But not before we catch a pre-season Real Salt Lake soccer game. Anyways, enjoy the video below, it's Joe and the dogs playing with a ball in the backyard.

More from the Beav.

We usually take the dogs up there with us, and in between every few runs we ski to the car and let them out to play. These pics are from the end of the day during the last high pressure system we had. Currently we are experiencing a bunch of fresh snow, a welcome change, but I don't think Joe is as into the face shots. Yesterday we went out, and since it was a little colder I may have over bundled him. He got really upset on the chair, and once we were going he was fine, until the snow went over our head on a turn. I think he may have inhaled some, that is a strange feeling and probably is what triggered the final frustration. We went inside, and with the exception of his cheeks he was toasty. In fact he felt almost too warm, pretty sure that was the problem. I know how he feels though, too often i am way too warm rather than cold. Lesson learned.


Joe tells the dogs it's time to go.....amazingly enough they continued digging!

Throwing snow over the ledge!

Snow Sumo

Uneven snow is tough to walk on....but who cares when you have good gear.

Snow in the face is not so cool, but it goes away quickly! Especially when it is 40 degrees F.