Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day! Today I am thankful for a husband who keeps things fun by making me do spontaneous things - like this past weekend, for example, when we went on a training ride and he decided that a good mid-ride snack would be a cupcake. Here's kind of how the conversation went.

Me: "I'm hungry - I can't make it back!"

Thor: "Well then let's stop here at Piece of Cake and get a cupcake"

Me: "A cupcake isn't a mid-ride snack!!"

Thor: "Why not?"

Me:"Uhhhh..."

Yep - he helps keep things fun. Otherwise I'd be too busy always doing what I 'should' be doing. Thanks Thor!

San Diego

my mom and I flew to San Diego to see Aunt Julie while she was in the hospital - and while we were there we made a lap quilt for her.

it was great being able to go down and support aunt Julie - and I'm glad we were able to bust out a quilt for her in two nights too!

Secret Date Saturday: Go-kart Racing!

Late post - but two weekends ago I planned a secret date to take Thor go karting and we had a blast! Soooo much fun - those little karts can get up to 30mph! we raced for 10 minutes- and my fastest lap was less than .5 seconds behind Thor's fastest lap. so close! next time I'll get him!

Laea Earning Her Keep

Thor headed out east for a day of hunting with Laea last weekend. She's really starting to slow down - but she still loves it! She gets so excited when Thor brings out all the gear. It's pretty cute!

5 Years!

Thor and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary this past weekend! it was fun! we went out to dinner one night, and then Thor whipped up a dinner of tuna steaks and bok choy on the second night - accompanied by a bottle of champagne especially for the occasion (thanks mom!).
please enjoy our special 5-year anniversary self-portrait. you can see how excited Thor is that I was making him take pictures!

2011! Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

le sigh. I am not off to a very good start of posting pics in a timely manner if my second post of 2012 is actually from 2011. well, I suppose I can only get better from here!
these pics are from our last day in Colorado which we got to spend with Ralph hiking at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. it was beautiful! clear, sunny skies and just a smattering of snow. we did about a 4-mile hike out to an overlook of the canyon. it was a great way to spend our last day!

Happy New Year! (super slacker posting start to 2012)

Happy New Year! yes - its a week late, but better late than never, right? hopefully this doesn't set the tone for all of 2012!

we spent New Years day biking with friends (and dogs!) out at Syncline - it's so nice to be back out on my bike again! also - thor and I rocked our new wool bike caps that we got for Christmas - thanks Uncle Fred!!

more posts soon!