quandry peak

Lindsay’s birthday wish was to hike a fourteener with friends .. so that’s just what we did. She started her 25th year and we hiked 14,265 feet.

Having Linds in this valley great. I’m thankful for our friendship and for her honesty and for her humor. We’ve celebrated two of her birthdays together now and they have been two of the MOST fun times. For her 24th we had an array of inflatables [bouncy-boxing ring, bouncy-jousting] and sang karaoke. For her 25th, after we hiked, we ate crepes then had a evening bonfire with friends. Here’s to celebrating many more birthdays together.

She has this thing that she chooses a motto for the year so here she is declaring her new motto.

spring snow

It has been unreal weather this week! They told us to expect one super early snow storm in the fall (didn’t happen) and one late snow storm in the spring (definitely happened).

3 feet of snow have fallen already this week. And maybe some more to come!

Word is that spring snow is great for us because it provides late-season moisture to the ground and trees to reduce the risk of wildfires in the summer.

Rockies game!!

If you really knew me, you’d know that I love sports.

Typically I shy away from professional sports, but every spring and summer (when there are no college athletics to obsess over) I pick up an interest in baseball. Getting to go to a Rockies game with most of the interns was so fun! We went last Saturday as a belated celebration for Duncan’s birthday.

It was a great night for all of us to be together! We are really trying to focus on our friendships with each other for this next month because 31 days from today our population doubles. On May 12th there will be 10 college-aged folks moving into our home with us to intern alongside us for the summer. It is going to be absolutely wild to have so many people around here so that is why we are trying to cherish this last little bit.

hang time at the game

attempt #1

attempt #2

attempt #3

the closest thing to a successful group pic

ps. One thing I love about Colorado is how much everyone is obsessed with the same teams. It was so true during football season with the Broncos and it is still reigning true for baseball season. Good work, CO.