Last pregnancy turns??

Sweet Mikey took me to Sunlight (the local ski area) this afternoon for a few after hours turns. It felt great to get some good exercise, even if the lap took about 2 1/2 times longer than normal. A friend of mine, Julie Kennedy, did the same thing 18 years ago and gave birth to Hayden the next day. I am keeping my fingers crossed!


After a week of 70 degree weather, it has been tough to get back into winter mode. This is a view from our deck from a few days ago, before the snow started sticking to all the trees. It has been snowing all week long! Sunlight had 15 inches of fresh snow today.

Big Belly Mama skinned up 1800 feet of vert this evening!

On the summit of Sunlight with my sweetie.

Coming down, almost dark.

Another bluebird Colorado day

You're all probably getting sick of seeing ski pictures. But, today was so beautiful, I just could not resist posting a few. I, too, am looking forward to posting pictures of our little kid instead of pictures of us, but we must wait! Today was a great day. Mike and I slept in (I didn't sleep most of the night, so at least I have an excuse), went to late church, then skinned up William's Peak this afternoon for some turns. As I write this, the kid is doing jumping jacks inside me. In the last couple of days, I have started to get punches and kicks simultaneously on opposite sides of the belly--maybe his/her little arms are just now punching hard enough to feel. It's fun to look down and see my belly move as I feel it. I have recently passed the 100-days-left mark. This pregnancy has gone so fast!

On the trail amidst the aspens. My jacket will just barely zip now and feels much better if I just leave it open. That was no problem today because it was perfectly calm up there.

Pregnant lady skinning up. Check out the beautiful frosty trees.

Sweeties on the summit of William's.

Here we are again. You can barely see Mount Sopris in the background among the clouds.

Skiing!

Mike, 3 of his coworkers, and I went for a night skin up Sunlight a few days ago. We love that place! They leave a warming hut open on the summit for the night skinners to use. On any given night, there are at least a dozen or so people up there after hours, many more during full moons.



I went up to Aspen Highlands today after church with a crew of 6 other people. It was 30 degrees and sunny, perfect ski weather. After church is ideal right now, because a half day of skiing wears me out!

Fun Day

Mike and I hung out together all day today. After a relaxing morning, we went backcountry skiing for a couple hours on William's Peak, chopped a load of firewood, watched two high school basketball games, and came home to cook yummy enchiladas. Now we are sitting in front of the fire--he's reading, I'm knitting and blogging. What a pleasant day.

Here are some photos of the latest.

Smiling Joy on top of Willie's for baby's first time skiing. The wind was blowing at least 40mph, but we were warm from the hike up. Thank God for windbreakers!

The prego belly at 23 weeks. My belly button is almost flat.

Side view.

I've been knitting lots--here is my first completed project for our babe. It is a sleep sack with a drawstring in the bottom. I imagine using it frequently in our chilly house and while camping. A friend of ours saw me knitting it and asked for one. He's 6'2". I said no.

Close up of the casing and drawstring.

Hats for Reese's boys. They outgrew their originals.