Yeee Ha!

Every year we make our way to the National Western Stock Show! This year we went with Amanda's family and saw the horse reining show as well as walked around to see all the animals. One of Scott's favorites was the alpacas and lamas.

A week or so later Scott and Amanda went back to the stock show to see the rodeo. The best event, as always, was the mutton bustin' but a close second was the bull riding and seeing the rodeo clowns keep the bull away from the cowboys.

New Years in Crested Butte

To celebrate our birthdays we generally take a ski trip. This year we added in New Years too. We rang in 2012 in Crested Butte, Colorado. There wasn't much snow, so we didn't end up skiing at all. On New Years Eve we went to dinner and a party in a yurt. We snowshoed there and back by the light of headlamps. Dinner was fantastic and the live music made for a fun evening.

 

The next day we took a wintery walk with Koya on one of the local trails and had a fancy dinner out at a small plates restaurant in the ski village. We had planned to go tubing, but the mountain had closed it saying it was too icey. That evening we spent some time in the hot tub and enjoyed our fancy hotel accomodations. In the morning for Scott's birthday we had a couples' massage and were soon back on the road to Denver.