What We've Been Up To

After visiting our friends in Laramie over Christmas, I decided that Logan might benefit from having tummy time on the wood floor so he could get a little more grip and maybe learn to crawl.  Well, no crawling yet but he has learned to spin in circles pretty well to see what is going on all around him!

I've also discovered that it's true you don't need fancy toys for your kids because they find the simplest things so much fun.  He loves this plastic cup and always wants to drink out of it.  I don't put anything in it but he drools so much that every now and then he gets a little drink of, well, you know...

It also leaves a great cup mark around his face!

This January has been particularly mild so we've been able to go on a couple of hikes near our house.  It's too muddy for the stroller but he enjoys being carried in the pack and waving his arms at everyone who walks by.

Awww, do we have to leave so soon!

When it's not warm enough for a hike then we'll just sit outside in the back yard and play in the dirt.

Yep, he likes the dirt!

Pictures over Christmas

Logan has found it lots of fun to play in the mirror.  We have a mirror on the floor in our bedroom that he likes to sit in front of and bang on.  I'm sure he can pass hours at it if we let him.

 Logan in his moose hat. He seems to enjoy it.  And he always has something dangling that he can put in his mouth.

Over the week of Christmas, we traveled all over Wyoming.  First we went to Cheyenne to stay the night with my sister, Theresa, and her family.  From there we went to Casper to Aunt Sharon's house for Swick family Christmas, then we went up to Worland to Pam's parents for a few days, then on our way back to Denver we stayed the night in Laramie with our friends Christie and Mark.  Christie has a daughter just a week younger than Logan whose name is Lily.

My nephew, Lane, got his grass camo for Christmas that he has been wanting. I think he just needs some shoes to go with it.

 For Christmas all the Swick kids were together with their mom.  Pam's dad is Chuck, front left and his mom, Lucille is in the front row too.
Back Row: Bill, Chancy, Sharon, Jess, Ann. Front Row: Chuck, Tom, Lucille, Jim

Four Generations here.  There were about 10 cameras flashing away during this pose, so we didn't know where to look.

Logan wants to be like his daddy, pounding nails.  Except at this stage of the game he is just chewing on the hammer.

It's easy to keep an eye on the little monkey when you keep him close and confined.  Here he gets to help Grandma Debbie out with cooking.

Logan has lots of fun unwrapping presents, but we need to be quick with snatching the paper away before it ends up in his tummy.

 Logan is trying to play twister with Lily, but she thinks he is just trying to tickle her foot.

And at home Logan was happy to play under the tree and try to grab the lights anything else he could get his hands on.  Notice the drool  dangling from his lip, that is a pretty common sight with him.  He still doesn't seem to be having any teeth coming in, but he sure makes everyone think he does with all the puddles he leaves behind.

Moto on Donner Pass

This past Saturday we had the bright idea of heading into the hills to find some single track to ride.  We went about 30 miles west of Loveland.  It had been warm in Denver and much of the snow had melted, so we thought it was worth a shot.  As soon as we parked the trucks it started to snow.  There by the time we left about 3 or 4 hours later there was about 2" of snow on the ground.  I met up with 3 guys I had never met before, but they were friends of my buddy Ken and I had heard good things.  We had a great time, but as you will see, there wasn't much single track to be found.

There was hope for a brief amount of time for some descent trail riding.

But it didn't last long. We soon found ourselves in 6" or more of snow pretty much everywhere.

As were were riding up a jeep road we found some hidden ice!  It took 2 of us out in a hurry.  It turned out that the whole section was covered. It was about 10' wide and 50' long and on a slope.  Chris made it up without falling, but Jared and myself weren't so lucky.  Jared fell at least 4 times and I had about the same luck. Every time we would fall we would slide down past the bikes and down the hill.

 Here is a view looking up at the long slide Chris took on his butt.

All in all, it was good to be out riding and a fun time. But I think that might be enough snow riding for the season, unless I have spikes on my tires.