Snowboarding

Today Mat took Mylie and Andrew snowboarding for the first time. They went to Ski Cooper which is only about 10 minutes from our house. Wyatt and I meet them up there for lunch and took some fun videos and pictures. They had a great time!

Mylie and Andrew going up the ski lift. This may look easy but on a snowboard it is not.
It was a beautiful day for snowboarding. They definitely want to go back again. Next time I hope I get to go with them.

Mat's Commute and Office View

This is what I see all 12 minutes of my commute to work.

This is the mine. I work in the grey building on the left side of the pic.

This is the view from my office window. That is Mount Lincoln (+14K feet).

This is looking slightly to the right. Mine is the third truck from the right.

This is a pic from my truck up at the window I work out of. My window is the first one on the left (not those little ones).

More Sledding

On Saturday we took Mat to the big sledding hill here in Leadville. It was a beautiful day. We had a great time. We even got Wyatt to go down a couple of times. We are not quite sure what he thought of it. He pretty much had no expression. Maybe it was too boring for him.

Ski Jorring in Leadville

Ski Jorring was a new sport to us before Saturday. The city of Leadville hauls in enough snow to cover the main street for about 6 blocks and makes a course including jumps. A horse and rider pull a skier at full speed down the street. The skier is timed and is given penalty points for missing a jump or missing the rings or missing the slalom gates. They have races for all ages (the younger groups are pulled by snow mobiles).

This is downtown Leadville in preparation for the races. (Yes, they spend all winter clearing the white stuff off the road just so they can bring it back for a race.)

Andrew wants to drive the snow mobiles.

Wyatt liked the horses.

Mylie wants to be pulled next year. She needs to learn to ski since snow boards aren't allowed.

We were bummed that they ran out of hot chocolate so quickly, but happy that Andi remembered to pack enough popcorn balls.

And here is the winner.

Swimming and Fun

Life is treating us good up here at 10,200 feet.

Mylie and Andrew started swimming lesson

Cute Wyatt at the pool.

Sledding Fun

Wyatt ready to go play in the snow.

Andrew and Mylie making snow angels.

Mat had to work on Saturday so me and the kids got on our snow gear and went sledding. In Leadville they have a big free public sledding hill that the kids have been dying to try out. It was awesome. It was quite a hike up but way worth it. They even let me go a couple of times!

Wyatt didn't really want to sled so him and I played in the snow.

That is Mylie in the middle of the picture.

This is the view from the top of the hill.

Here are some fun videos of the kids sledding outside our apartment.

Moving to Leadville

Mat got a job doing the HR and recruiting work at a mine that is reopening in Leadville, CO. They are providing us with a furnished apartment for the first 6 months, so we packed up our clothes, food and toys. We left our condo staged and put it on the market today.

These first two pics are Wyatt trying to help Andi pack some food.

The next two pics are the view from our living room window. Leadville is the highest incorporated city in the US at 10,200 feet. It is about two hours west of Denver, between Vail and Frisco.

It has snowed a little over 200 inches so far this year in Leadville with about 50 inches on the ground right now. It has been cold but sunny so far. Andrew and Mylie went sledding for the last three days in a row. They love it here. The jury is still out for Andi. Mat could live here forever.