aspen

we had a grand 'ole time in aspen this past weekend with the matyacs!
it was scotty's 21st birthday.  we got 10" overnight saturday and had an amazing ride sunday!  last day of the season with no lines and the mountain practically to ourselves.
it was beautiful out there!  sometimes i wish i could lug around my camera up there instead of only my phone.  i'd probably end up taking more pictures then riding.
i wish we had more time to explore the town of aspen.  it's a very unique old mining town with a ton of boutiques that you'd never imagine would be out there.
so far the list of ski resorts we've checked out in colorado are eldora, copper mtn, vail, and aspen/snowmass.  i think our favorites are vail and aspen/snowmass.  the drive out to aspen was 4.5hrs beautiful drive if it was just nate and myself.  lucy wasn't having much of the 4.5hr drives.  she had a complete meltdown on the way home.  although she loved the childcare in aspen.  they do a good job up there.
anyhow we had a fun weekend with our friends and can't wait for more future trips!

neat ceiling

being silly with tina

is lucy starting to look more like me?

really really good burgers here!

21st bday! yummiest gluten free cake!

do you see nate?

we got a lot of snow! 14.5" total.  i've never seen so much snow fall all at once.  and whats amazing it's completely melted off all the roads already today.  that's how strong this sun is at this elevation.  it's crazy.  kinda scary!  i wear my sunblock daily regardless of what the weather is like.  no premature wrinkles for me, no thank you.

it was really beautiful though while the snow was coming down, we took a walk to dinner last night after it finally stopped and i snapped a few pictures.  i think I also mentioned this but we have this incredible view of the flatirons from our condo.  our entire south facing walls on both floors are made up of windows and really take advantage of the flatiron views.  i wish i could set my camera up and just snap pictures of those majestic peaks throughout the day.  they constantly change, from bright and jagged to moody and misty, to snow covered with the peaks barely peaking through.  a lot of times during lucy's naps i just sit here and stare at them.  i'll miss this view once we move in june.  which leads me to our current dilemma.  we are house hunting frantically and there is just nothing on the market right now.  i'm not sure whats going to happen, probably end up in a short term lease somewhere while we continue to look.

we're taking a break this weekend though while our friends come into town for some spring skiing in aspen.  we are looking forward to the matyacs and scotty's 21st!

some pictures from my phone:

there was a day or two where she went out in public looking like a little hobo.  emma brought an apron she used to play with and a hat that nana made.  lucy wanted to wear these all the time.  i thought she looked quite cute!

book i'm currently reading, i like it! new perspective to child rearing. 

emma's visit

emma came to visit us on her spring break!  we had a lot of fun hanging out with a teenager.  it made me think about when lucy gets older and what that would be like.  let me tell you it's way way easier taking care of a 13 yr old rather then a 1.5yr old.  a part of me wants to enjoy lucy as a kid but another part of me can't help wondering how much easier it will get the older she is.  it will be nice i imagine.

we bought a carrier for lucy while emma was here so that we could all go hiking.  we did a few hikes and they were pretty awesome.  i think were really going to enjoy hiking out here as long as nate is hauling lucy's butt around.  climbing up a steep side of a mountain is already pretty tough i can't imagine what carrying an extra 20 pounds on your back is like.  i can see why people get addicted to hiking and climbing, the views are pretty rewarding at the top and it just makes you want to find higher and bigger mountains for the view.

we had fun emma! hope you'll be back soon, lucy's already been asking about you today!

what a weird little girl, she's eating a spinach and garlic pizza.  

she likes garlic and will pick them out of the chinese dishes i cook.  whole cloves of garlic!

i did yoga 4times this week.  i found a place not far from us that has a drop in childcare directly next door to a yoga studio.  how convenient right!  well it's been good for me but i can't say the same for lucy.  she's not been too happy when i drop her off.  i think she's just going through an attachment phase.  she's always been ok going somewhere to play without us or sunday school.  but it all started after our vail trip.  she was at the daycare for two full days.  and since she's not liked sunday school or this drop in childcare.  it makes my practice so much harder, but i try to separate that when i'm in there getting my groove on.

it snowed a bunch this wknd.   and we went looking for houses.  our rent is coming up at the end of may.  and the place here was sold.  we never thought in a million years we'd have to move again so quickly.  who would buy a $1.5mil condo thats 2000sq ft???  well apparently in boulder they do.  so we've been going back and forth about renting again or just purchasing a house.  it doesn't make sense to throw money away on rent.  we could easily find a place where the cost of the mortgage is the same as our rent.  it doesn't mean that were staying here forever.  it's just money smart.

anyways it's been a little stressful of late not knowing where were going to be in 2 months.  being the way i am i hate the unknown.  it unsettles me.  

trying to smile like lucy

vietnamese coffee

polenta with mushrooms and sweet potatoes, she didn't want it so i ate it

lucy loves mickey mouse so we trekked to the disney store and got her one.

view of the flatirons from our living room, pretty amazing except for the power line.  

this is what greeted me one saturday morning.  i came down the stairs to find lucy all ready to get messy, she had her paint shirt on, paintbrushes in hand, and i guess sunglasses for the extra artistic flair. i couldn't help but smile and snap a picture.

kale chips, super yum 

she's in gelato heaven

one weekday evening we walked down the street after dinner to get a little fresh air.  we ended up at the local coffee shop.  they were playing relaxing chilled out music.  lucy started doing this dance it was so funny.  it was like an interpretive dance.  she was moving in time to the music and her hands were swaying from side to side.  it was the funniest dance me and nate have seen her do.  we need to play more music for that girl.  she really gets into it.  nate and i also agreed we need to pop into that coffee shop more,  it was so quiet and relaxing in there.  for both of us coming off a hard days work it was like some secret dream world where everyone just sat around and listened to music and drank coffee, read books, had adult conversations face to face.  i guess that's the luxury of what normal people do when they don't have kids or work.