Happy Birthday Ryan!

Ryan is 27! We all went out to celebrate at Fish, a great fresh seafood restaurant. It was amazing!

A Winter Day

Ryan and I had the flu for a week and finally got out of the house for a morning walk with the dogs. They were pretty excited to say the least. Luce and Gunner with "the crazies."

Happy New Year!

After Christmas, we drove up to Frisco to stay at a condo with my family for a couple days. We were supposed to come home New Year's Eve to celebrate at the ranch, but our plans were foiled when 70 mph winds shut down I-70 for 2 days. Thankfully, the people who were staying at the condo next couldn't get there.. so we had a place to stay. Otherwise, we would've had a very unique New Year's celebration at the Red Cross Shelter.

Merry Christmas!

For Christmas, we had the whole crew up at the ranch. We had... Josh, Nicole, & Ollie, Bruce & Cindy, Jolly & Cherie, Nathan, Dad, Gail & Val, Grandma Betty, & Uncle Bill. It was so fun getting to celebrate with everyone! We even got a white Christmas!!

Ryan & his dreamy new fly reel.

Jolly's Birthday Celebration in Breckenridge

We went up into the mountains for a couple of days to celebrate Jolly's 28th birthday. Here is pic of us celebrating at Breckenridge Brewery.

Babysitting Ollie

Last weekend, we watched Ollie for 4 days while Josh & Nicole were out of town. Cindy did most of the work and Ryan & I entertained. Ollie is hilarious. He had some crazed moments including the one below. He was running up and down the hall squealing.

Winter Wonderland

It has been snowing off and on for a couple days now, transforming the Ranch into snowy paradise. Everything is covered in frosty crystals. It was whopping 15˚ outside this morning.

Winter Birds

With the recent snow, we've had a lot of vistors to our bird feeder including a Downy Woodpecker. He rotates between the feeder and the tree. Others pictured below are the House Finch, a 'winterized' American Goldfinch, Black-capped Chickadee, and Gray-headed & Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco.

Another Amazing Sunset at the Ranch

This sunset was crazy. The sky started glowing and then darkened to reveal an ominous storm-like cloud.

O Christmas Tree

Last Saturday, Ryan & went up to Redfeather Lakes to cut down our Christmas tree! Halfway through our search it began to snow sideways. Then, last night we got into the Christmas spirit, turned on some holiday music, and decorated.