Better late than never.....

I have been wanting to start a blog for about a year now after being inspired by my sister who has done an impressive job posting and updating all of her loved ones about what is going on in her life. I loved the idea of having a more personal place to post memorable photos, captions, stories and most of all to document/keep track of our crazy lives because we all know sometimes it is hard to remember what happened last weekend. So here it is. My first blog. Kind of. I had started a blog briefly with Bo, but since breaking up 2 months ago I thought this would be a good place to restart the the documentation of my new life which has taken a different direction in the year of 2013. Since the start of the New Year I have been adjusting to a life of freedom, along with some loss of course, but overall I feel more at peace with where I am than I have in a long time. January and February have blessed Steamboat with plenty of snow, especially compared to last year and I have done my best to take advantage of skiing as much as possible. One of my favorite parts of teaching at Steamboat Springs Middle School is that we get a week off in February called "Blues Break" and I made the decision to make a stay-cation out of it. I had the best day of skiing in 2 years probably with Becky off of Rabbit Ears, called...I am not sure - we named it sublimation, because I know snow is solid, but when you peeled through it just blew over and around you like gas. Sublimation is when a matter goes from a solid to a gas without ever turning into a liquid. Some true Steamboat champagne powder. Another highlight of the past month has been having Team DuRoss visit twice in one week on the their way through Colorado for a wedding. It was very appropriate timing as their visits enveloped Valentines Day and I LOVE them all so much. We also got to have Colleen here with us to make it that much more full of love and fun!!! I swear I am not a biased aunt....these two kids are the coolest, cutest, and most of all intelligent/curious kids I know. And they can thank their parents for all the undivided attention and love they give. I am continually impressed. We have also made a few snowmobile trips on Buff pass with the added Bailey snowmobile, which now opens up the window for larger groups and more fun for all of us to play in the back-country together. Thanks to the Cougar and the Mountain Cat we have logged a few extra powder runs this winter.