Thursday, January 15, 2009

Snow Shoeing When it is -15 below!

I went snow shoeing yesterday with my friend Jim! We were deep in the woods and there was NO WIND! It was amazing! The sun was shining and we even saw some deer. We went 4.7 miles and worked up a MAJOR sweat! We went up huge hills, out on the lake, up some crazy rocks...it was like a movie! If you have never tried snow shoeing you should try it some time!! It was -15 below with the wind but we were toasty and we burned some serious calories!!

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

AMERICAN IDOL!



Ok this cracked me up! Ryan high fives the blind guy!

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Trying to think WARM Thoughts....

It is so cold I just had to pull out my favorite photo from this past summer. This is a photo of our son Cole (he would DIE if he knew I posted this!) We are at Peninsula State Park on our boat! We had so much fun this day just swimming and playing catch! There were a million boats in the bay by the end of the day! I love this photo because Cole is so tan and looks so happy behind the steering wheel...HE LOVES to drive our boat!

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Anniversary Ski...

Doug and I just celebrated our anniversary! It was a blast! We went to Iola to night cross country ski! Skiing under the lights, up and down those huge hills was AMAZING! We even skied the back field where they have no lights. It was a full moon and there were actually moon shadows. We skied with some really great friends and went out to dinner after...and it just could NOT have been any better!

And yes, Doug had a beer after the ski...how could I say no to that?!?! After what I put him through....he may have needed a few more!

We will see how sore he is today...this is when he may need the six pack!

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Facebook

My entire family is now on Facebook! The three boys in the photo are my nephews. We call them the Love Brothers! They are my youngest brothers kids! They are as sweet as they look!

It is so fun to keep in touch with everyone! We all live in different states and it is hard to keep up!! Facebook changed that for sure...I love seeing all the photos! I feel like I talk to my family every single day now!

Teaching Kids to Ski


I love this photo of Doug and Emma! These two had a blast skiing together at Norway Mountain. She was having a tough time at first but he really had a LOT of patience (way more than I had) with her and they skied the rest of the day together!

If you listened to the show today, Doug is wearing the infamous bib's he swears he bought in the ninth grade!


Monday, January 5, 2009

Doug and Mary's Ski Vacation!




We skied so much this vacation it was CRAZY! Cole is the snowboarder...although Emma did take a lesson and loved it! Doug and I love seeing the kids ski! They have learned so much over the years.

I also cross country skied with some friends and that was hardcore! I didn't know my heart rate could go that high! I had fun and really learned a lot about that sport!

Glad to be home and not wearing ski boots today!

Mary