January 10, 2012

Sarah's b-day celebration @ Vagabond Ranch


Oh, yeah baby!!!
We did it country & western style this year!!!
At a Ranch with horses and hay-rides and good looking cow-boys, and...
Well... not really all of that, but anyway, it was really
great and relaxing - thanXXX Chris!!! :)

(Sarah, Alexandra & Chris)

(Chris, Simone & Alexandra)

And thanX to Simone and Alexandra too, who joined us for a day. Graaazieee!!!

We decided to check the Vagabond Ranch out to find a new place to go snowmobiling some day. It turned out that the place is awesome, but the snowmobiling...
well, the type of sledding WE love, wasn't there. Oh, well.

Chris and Simone went out to scout the area, while Alexandra and I were having good time chatting and taking a short walk in the neighborhood.
Simone getting hyped up to use my sled - oh, man! He-he! ;o)

Once they came back, Chris' words described enough what they saw:
"Sarah, I know you'd hate it!"
The guys are back

Hmmm.... I wondered...
Was he trying to make me feel better, since I can't sled with our little Bun in the Oven???
Nope. They both agreed that there's plenty of trail riding, but no good playing fields.
And, yes. Under these circumstances, I'd hate it for sure. :(
Hey! Looking at the bright side: #1) we know that our Sledneck Gang wouldn't have been happy, if it would have been dragged up here. #2) we found a place where to come back in a few years with our Little One, for some good trail riding! :)

Alexandra, Simone and Jack-the-dog start their hike back

Baby-in-the-oven ride #2
(yes, I went slowly! Well! There's no snow!!!)

When we left the Ranch, we received a text message from Simone saying that it was snowing a little in Vail, but not that much and that the roads were clean.
We were both surprised to see what we found and had to proceed slowly...


As well as we were dumb-folded by these two signs (above & below), based on the road conditions we found. Is this why there are so many crashes on snowy days on I-70?!?


After the long drive, Chris got a good work-out shoveling the snow in our backyard too!
Good job buddy!!! :)


December 28, 2011

Christmas 2011

How my friends celebrated Christmas back home...

December 20, 2011

Christmas lights in Denver

After our doctor's appointment today, we came down to Denver to buy me some...
-yep!- bigger clothes, since my belly is starting getting bigger. :)
We were hosted again by our dear friend Holly, with whom we also went out for a yummy dinner at the White Elephant and then... we went hunting for Christmas lights and
-man-oh-man!- we found some really crrraaazzzyyy ones!!!
Check them out!!!

We wondered, if their neighbors were able to sleep at night... ???



Holly enjoying a peacock :)


People stopping to watch another house with Christmas decorations


Santa with the rein-deers on a tit-a-toter

Also penguins came down to Denver, on a hot-air balloon!

This house had many displays, with all kind of toys in them.
They actually were accepting bids for them, since they said it was the last year they were putting out all of them, with lights included.


More toys

A train rushing by... well... one of them.
They were also going in & out of the actual house!





My favorite! :)

We decided that next year we'll come back down here with some more friends and with a map already in our hands to be able to find right away all of these crazy houses!!!

December 7, 2011

Wolf creek snowmobile trip 12/6/2011



Deepness

As far as I know I wasn't standing on the ground in this picture, I was just packing down more snow.

Stuck on a tree

Ryan's sled a little stuck

Ratz takes a turn


Snow was a bit deep down in Wolf Creek, sled is STUCK. gov't Snotel showed 48 inches. Ski area reports 58 inches. Frankly, this is one of those times where I actually believed the ski area. I didn't see the ground EVER. Click on the picture for full size

Pushing snow out front all day long

Ryan taking a bit of a break

Click on the picture for full size. Good views.


At the parking lot, changing shocks

Hauling the sleds on the truck

On the way there up Wolf Creek pass. Ski area is straight ahead.


What do I do now? (he's actually on the phone)

December 4, 2011

Cassidys' gave us another GREAT treat!!! :)

Cindy and Pat invited us over for dinner and...
YESSS!!!
We enjoyed it LOTS & LOTS!!!
As we always do!!! :)
They are such a great couple, great hosts and Pat is an OUTSTANDING chef!!!

During the day, I dog-sitted ny friend's dog Elwood, the Smiling Dog,
who was carefully watching me...
while I baked some goodies for dessert...

Then Chris came to pick me up and off we went to Cindy & Pat's,
where they were already in full work mode and they had the dinner ready in no time!
The Chef and his Helper

Getting the dishes ready...

The final piece of culinary art!

Chris horsing around

Cindy is ready to dive in

And Pat is proud to show off his art! :)

December 2, 2011

Rebuilding Sarah's top end

Very special moment. Rebuilding Sarah's snowmobile and the new Polaris piston's came from..... ITALY


Until next year...