Well...

it's not like we haven't been doing anything.

Amidst 60-hour work weeks, two Christmases, and a whole lot of powder, some pictures were taken.


Christmas, part I.


A picture of a picture.


Concentrate...


For some reason Rachel wanted a picture of me in my Walter Payton jersey. OK, here you go.


Nollie shows you what her toys look like for the first three minutes after opening them. All that's left now is the "W."


First time up the Space Needle. Not a bad view for the rainy season.


Christmas, part II.


New Year's Day, ready for action.


Steve and Nollie breaking trail.


Sarah watches.


Steve and Nels on the dam ridge.


Steve breaks off part of the cornice on first descent but recovers and still manages to point at the camera.


Nels may have been hungover, but he shows you he can still tweak a stinky stalefish.

What's that? Why...that's me! Thanks, Nels.


I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Rachel for giving me that helmet for Christmas. This crash hardly hurt at all.


So... is he hunting or snowboarding? Or Both?


Nels. 'Nough said.


Nels backside shifty's his way to the spillway.


Steve. Frontside eclipse.


Sarah and Nollie hike out.


In other news:

We have a Tempurpedic mattress, and it is awesome! We will never go back to a spring mattress.

I've been riding lifts about 6 days this year and everyday has been a powder day, though this Saturday was a close call. We got a late start this year, but Mt. Baker still pulled of 220" of snow in December.

I almost made Sarah cry her first time snowboarding this year, but instead she sucked it up and got about 10 times better on her first day out this year. Now she can almost go anywhere, including: Wildcat, Inspiration, Nose Dive, Showoff, Triple 60, and Parachute.




This jump is Nollie approved.