Mike's trip to Texas was a success !

Some other animals he saw were wild turkeys and everyone's favorite, deer.

Sunrise at Snow Mountain YMCA Ranch.

With Cub Scouts, Barb and Rob headed to the hills for some winter fun..... snowshoeing, crosscrountry skiing, swimming, movie time after dinner, a mini-carnival and indoor archery (notice the targets are in front of the window - obviously designed by a male - yes there was a safety net - luckily, none of the bows were very strong).

After archery, it was time for lunch. The boys were hungry. They worked up a heck of an appetitie. After lunch, the boys got to construct their own sleds out of cardboard and duct tape.... lots and lots of duct tape.

Cody and Rob built their sled, 'The Silver Bullet' (no I did not influence the name choice).

On your mark, get set, GO ! Rob and Cody took turns pushing each other down the hill.... sometimes they went forwards, other times, they did not...

The next day, we went skiing at Winterpark with Heath, Becky, Hunter, Susan, Craig and Jeremy.

Here is Rob and his buddy, Hunter. Since it was a nice warm day, we had lunch outside on top of the mountain. Here they are on the patio watching other skiiers.

Rob and I went skiing with Becky, Heath and Hunter over President's Day weekend at Arapahoe Basin. We all stayed up at Silverthorne in a condo one of the school Mom's has. We went tubing the next day at Copper Mountain.

Our night at the Pepsi Center event arena with the Scouts!
First, a Denver Nuggets Basketball game.

Christian, Rob, Jack and Hunter.

Then, free throws on the court.

Movie on the jumbo screen at 10:00 p.m. followed by a few games of hacky sack at mid-night, a relentless card game of Uni about 1:00 a.m., quiet time @ 1:30 a.m. and finally, ligts out (if you could call it that) at 2:00 a.m.

ZZZZZZZZZZZ

We survived and were pleastly greated with a wide variety of yummy donuts... at 7:00 a.m. (after a very short 5 hour nap).

At the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo...
Robbie with his buddy Jacob.

Ya never know what kind of animals will be there...

We watched the stage coach performance followed by the legendary "One Armed Bandit." A one armed cowboy and his two mighty buffalo performed amazing tricks.

Indoor flag football starts. Great exercise option during the cold months.

New Years Day !

Make your 2009 shine !