birthday boy!

today is shawn's birthday.

he got himself a ski pass and skis.

the kids and i got him a helmet...to keep his little noggin safe.

and the utes got him a win!!

happy birthday! i love you!

12 years...and one day

that was then...september 14, 1996



and this is now...september 14, 2008



happy anniversary to my love...thanks for a great 12 years!

mt. elbert

this is the one shawn did last saturday, july 12, 2008. mt. elbert is the highest peak in colorado.

mt. elbert: 14,433'
trailhead elevation: 10,040'
elevation gain: 4700'
trip length: 9 miles

 

 

 

mt. sherman

shawn decided to start hiking some fourteeners. he started here with mt. sherman on june 28, 2008.

mt. sherman: 14,036'
trailhead elevation: 12,000'
elevation gain: 2100'
trip length: 5 miles

 

 

 

 

developing my talents!

thanks to tiff for introducing me to hair today! i love, love, love this site (and right now, she is doing a give-away...go see). i have already done the hair headband on anna. and here is the proof:





my hair-doing talents are really being developed. here is the haircut i gave shawn on saturday:



i know, it really is quite short. but that's what he wanted. and i think it looks pretty good for my first haircut ever!

so, if anyone needs a braid or a short do--just come on by!

what? taxes? due tomorrow?

apparently our taxes are not done. tomorrow is april 15th. should i be worried? i guess not since i am not the one doing them. but perhaps i should go get some pepsi for the long haul tonight for my dear.

the results

can you guess which one is my husband?

shawn did great! his official result:

time: 1:59:45
pace: 9:17 (a mile)
#1212 out of 2899



i am so proud of him!




we did a little hiking on friday before the race. please don't ask what i am doing in this picture...i don't know.

moab--here we come...

we are off to moab today. shawn is running in the half marathon on saturday. i am a bit excited. he has only raced once (in midvale's harvest days' 5k run) since we have been together. he has trained hard and i can't wait to see him run--go shawn!!

as a side note: many of you may know that i hate running and thus mostly hate runners. shawn is the exception probably because i am married to him.

all you need is...what? one smart cat

for the last few days i have had "all you need is love" very cutely written on my chalkboard in my kitchen/dining room. this morning i came downstairs to this:




apparently alice is out of food.

vail, co

here is a six month update--there are two cranes onsite now...this is a picture of the smaller one. you can compare with the old photo here.

it is simply amazing to me.

and here is the nail with my pretty ribbon garland that shawn used to nail the tree to the wall.



my garland is now three feet shorter.

BUT not only did shawn nail the tree to the wall, he nailed the tree stand to the floor. i discovered this yesterday as i tried to pick up the tree stand to move it outside.





if you look in the bottom left hand of the photo, on the green round part of the stand, you can see the shiny brass head of the nail.




there were three. pounded right through the carpet and into the floor.

needless to say, my tree did not fall down again!

very sad indeed

shawn has been out of town this week. he'll be home on friday. he had to go to california to meet with the four seasons people (part of his new duties as a project manager). i thought he was staying at a four seasons. apparently not. but the owners of the one they are building in vail are staying at the one in california. for a discounted rate of $400 a night.

do you know what that means? even though my husband is building a four seasons hotel, i will never ever ever be able to stay in one.