Sweet Summer Hikes: Green Mountain, Sky Pond, and Mt. Audubon

View on the way down from Mt. Audubon. What a lovely hike!

A marmot on Mt. Audubon, Cheeky critter!

John foot, Ruth foot. My boot fell apart on the way up the mountain... thankfully we had an ace bandage and in a pinch it held my shoe together so I didn't have to hike in my socks! The highest I have been in my life: 13,323 feet!

Sky pond in Rocky Mt. National Park

Green Mountain, rainy day hike in Boulder.

There sure is a lot of beauty to be found out in this wild world. Colorado has a fair share of it and John and I have been having fun exploring some of it together. We are preparing for our next big feat, Longs Peak.

Family Togetherness

This past weekend I was in Pennsylvania. My Uncle Mike had passed away and all of the family that could make the trip came in to celebrate his life, mourn, remember and rejoice in the promise of heaven through faith in Christ. Though we miss him dearly we know that his joy if now complete.

While we were in town we also moved my brother into his new house. The many hands made it light work. Here are a few pictures of the family outside the house.

Goat Kids Galor!

Snowflakes strong, healthy girl!

Zeni's twins nursing!

Momma Zeni (her first time) and her twins!

Kids playing around, they love to jump on and sleep in the igloo

So many baby goats are being born here at frog belly farm! We have lost a few.... but most of them are healthy and the moms are doing well too! In this we rejoice! Hope you enjoyed the pictures!

Chill'in with the parents

The pigs come running as mom and dad do chores for Ruth!

A little back-yard snowman build by John, mom, and dad.


My mom and dad came to visit John and I at Frog Belly farm! It snowed the whole time they were here (a reminder of why they moved to TX). I also got the 24 hour stomach bug and spent most of the time on the couch. But, it was nice to visit and relax and hopefully they don't get sick! We did enjoy a nice tour of Celestial Seasons on Friday and a celebration meal on Sunday at the PumpHouse Brewery in Longmont.

Love in the Air... XC skiing on the ground!

The awesome XC ski man himself!

A lovely Valentine's Day out in the wonderful wilderness of Colorado

We live in such a beautiful place!

BEAUTIFUL! This world is full of such wonderous beauty!

This is how I look when I XC ski! I spend 1/2 the time falling into the snow. It is so much fun though but I am really sore from our 5 mile ski on Valentine's day. We hope to scope out some more trails this week!

Playing Dress Up!

John and I went dress shopping for Candice's wedding... and had fun trying on the dresses! This one was my favorite!Hehe! Coming out to show the next dress!

Tangerine! Awesome color! LOVE IT!

Yep, John is chill'in in the bridal dress store! (I think he actually had fun)

Bridesmaid pose!

Merry Christmas with the Micks

Playing with Teri's kittens! (and wearing awesome Christmas pjs)

What does God want for Christmas? YOU!!!

Our new nativity tradition! Thanks Dad!

Stephen working on the laptop

It has been a wonderful Christmas... which we are very thankful that mom managed to travel from Lubbock to join us (even if it took her ALL day). We pushed Christmas back a day... so "Santa" made a extra special trip to Wisconsin, just for the Mick family. Hope your Christmas was blessed!

Other fun highlights of our Christmas Day:
-took a lazy run and ended up helping the neighbors push their car out of the snow!
- played N65 Tetris, RETRO!
-ate lots of goodies!