You make a very compelling argument

We spent 'spring break' in San Diego. Although neither of us are in school...we needed to time our vacation around Aaron's school break so we (Me, Mark, Em, Jess) could go visit Carole and Aaron (in their new apt) in La Jolla.

It was a wonderus trip! Sea Kayaking (except when I puked), tide pools, eating, playing at the beach, and spending time together were some of my favorite things. Mark would probably say the surfing was the best (minus the part when the tip of the board skewered him in the ribs).

Its been a while

We're not completely boring...just getting lazy at blogging.

Mark has actually been very very busy. He is working part time still at Infinite Mind, but also got a new part time job with a small company called Nine Lives Media. Although he didn't get to design his business card (something weird he's always loved doing...designing business cards) he is enjoying this new job. It allows him to learn a lot of new things regarding graphics which he has always loved. Plus, his boss is like an 80s surf bum, complete with long hair.

Check out the blog for Mark's photography...they've been busy! ambphotocompany.com

The past few months I've been playing indoor soccer with people from my work. Although we only won one game...it was definitely worth it. Tonight after our last game I came home to Mark making yummy chicken enchiladas! (yeah, we took them out of the oven around 11:45pm).


I've also been without a car for the past 2 days. What I thought was a sweet subaru is now a very expensive one. We did over $1,000 in repairs a month or two ago and and now have to cough up another $700 when I get it back tomorrow. Yuck. Time to break out the roadbike...better yet: find a way to work from home. Hmmm.

Last Saturday I got to be a judge for a slopestyle competition at Brighton. Being March and lovely spring weather...of course it happened to be a blizzard on this one day during these few hours. It was fun to be on the other end of the competition. I'm used to being the nervous skier at the top...and now I get to be the judge calm as can be.


Right now all I can think about is my birthday (I'm actually excited to turn a year older) and also our trip to San Diego...wahooo!

customized shred stick

A terribly wise man once said,

"Friends are people that you do stuff with...and stuff."

So it is for all those friends and all the incredible 'stuff' that we did that I raise my shred in remembrance and gratitude.


Shred on bros.

On another note, Ali caught the legendary snow skater MT diddy in action. Catch a sneak peak of his mad skillz on this sweat-pant sportin 360 flip- or just look for it on the espn highlight reel for 2008. For real.

White Gold

[enough said]

Cabin Adventures

Mark and I cross country skied into my family's cabin last weekend. It was an awesome adventure!

We left Saturday morning all packed up and ready to go. We stopped by my mom's where she insisted she make us some breakfast (thanks mom!). We got to the trailhead and started to put on our gear...between not having cross country skied in a few years and having the freezing cold biting at our fingertips, we were off to a somber start.

After 10 minutes we were having a blast! We realized how much we need this break-no cars, no phones, no internet, uh, no flushing toilet...ok, maybe not that last part, but it was great to be immersed in the mountains, snow, and trees. Mark was a strapping young man and carried all our food on a sled behind him, it was a smooth set up.

After our 8 mile journey we arrived at the Cabin. There was at least 3-5 feet of snow around the cabin so it took some good effort to dig around the door to get inside. With the sled, we rode down the hill under the cabin-definitely the best sledding around.

We read books, played our favorite game Trivial Pursuit, and had awesome food (Mark makes the best lasagna!). We decided to head out Sunday afternoon and are sure glad we did. We slept over in Heber with Em and Jess and woke up Monday to 2 feet of snow on our cars, it was awesome!

We hope to do it again before the winter is over!