Joey and Harley

Joey and Harley have become fast friends.  We were initially worried, but it turns out that was for nothing.  Joey and Harley are exhausted every night from all the playing they do, which then makes them sleep through the night (also a good thing).  Joey is just about house trained.  I don't think he's to the point where we would trust him on his own in the house, but we have not had any accidents this past week (knock on wood).  Below is a movie of Harley and Joey fighting.  A neighbor told us he watched the two dogs do something like this for 15-20 minutes one day out in the yard.

We are also excited because Joey will sleep in Bode's room.  Harley will go wherever I go (which is sometimes annoying).  The other night, I went up to check on Bode, and Joey came with me.  He curled up next to Bode and spent the whole night with him.  Very sweet.

You might look at the above picture and say to yourself, "Bode's pillow is disgusting!"  I agree, but it's not dirt.  We used some green dye on his hair for St Patrick's Day.  Evidently we didn't get it all washed out, with a lot of it ending up on Bode's pillow :-)  It is spring break for Bode and me.  I don't know what we'll do.  We did get a Wii U, and purchased Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze.  This has occupied the bulk of our day today.  Pleasant week to all.

Jocelyn's B-Day Party

Bode's friend Jocelyn had a birthday party.  The narrative that accompanies the photos is false as I was not at the party.  Ashley took these pictures.  I picked the best ones and wrote what I thought was happening based on what Ashley told me.  Forgive me if I stray from actual events--the below is based on a true story.  They had quite the setup in their backyard, so Bode was a pig in slop.

Bode liked jumping on the trampoline.  He's the one in the Auburn jersey (as if there was any doubt).

He then played in the bouncy house with some kid that looks like he's napping.

All the kids got together for a group photo.

Jocelyn's Dad got out the motor cart.  The rule was only Evan (Jocelyn's brother) could drive because he was older (maybe 9 or so--lots of experience there).  Bode loved riding with him.

All in all, it was a successful party.  Bode ate cake and ice cream, and then barely touched his dinner when he got home.  He'll probably want something to eat before bed.  Knowing him, he'll likely eat a whole bag of grapes.  He loves them.  He'll likely be a sommelier when he grows up.  Pleasant week to all.

More Ski Photos

The condo we stayed in had a hot-tub.  Bode and I enjoyed relaxing in the nice warm water.

Below are some action photos of Bode skiing.  We weren't able to find any photos of him on the mountain with his class.  These will have to suffice.

He's really got that pizza slice going.  In this next sequence, he was required to steer around the penguins.  He did a pretty good job.

 Finally we have some post skiing pictures.  He looks like he just finished a gold-medal run.  Hopefully we can get Gatorade to sponsor him.

Finally a picture with Pops.

Pleasant week to all.

Ski Day

There were no classes at my work on Friday.  Therefore, we left Bode outside in the cold hoping he would get "sick" and wouldn't be able to attend school :-) He sounded a little hoarse Thursday afternoon, so we figured he might endanger the other kids.  Ashley had the foresight to book us a two-night stay at a condo in the mountains on the off chance of an illness.  Good thing she's such a forward thinking Mommy.  We had the perfect ski day on Friday.  Bode was excited about ski-school, and we dropped him off right around 0800.

He had done this particular school before and showed no reservation about Mommy and Daddy leaving (he could at least fake some of that).  Ashley and I headed over to the slopes.  The lifts didn't open until 0830, so we had time for some pictures.

Note the absence of people in the picture of me.  We had thought the mountain would be packed with people because we tried to go to dinner Thursday night, and every restaurant had over an hour wait.  We were optimistic when we headed out to the lift and saw almost no one.  We headed up Quicksilver lift, got off, and skied down to the second lift.  I snapped these "action" pictures of Ashley as she came towards me.  Again, note there are NO other people in any of the pictures.

Ashley then grabbed the camera and took a shot of me.

We then headed up the lift to the top of Peak 10.  We exited, took in the scenery, and then headed down for the first of five straight runs with virtually no one else on the mountain.

We skied for a couple hours, and then took a break for some tea.  We then headed over to Peak 9 and then Peak 8.  We rode up the Imperial lift to above tree-line.  There wasn't a cloud in the ski, but up there, it was a little windy.  We decided one run was enough.  Here's Ashley headed down--she's the one of the far left in the pictures.  Very cool.

Bode had a blast at ski school.  We got there around 3:00 in time to see him do some practice runs on the little bunny hill.  We were elated to find out the instructors had taken him up the big lift three times. I think he's ready to go back for more :-)  I'll post some of Ashley's pictures later.  Here's the shot the ski-school took of him.  He's so grown up.

We're back in C-Springs for the weekend.  Not sure what we'll do--maybe some laundry.  A bit of a let-down compared to yesterday.  Pleasant day to all.