Ever Wonder What The Turkeys Do in Winter?

For those of you who have asked the question, what do the Turkeys around our place do in the winter. Well as you can see, they still hang around looking for a handout. Although with the snow as deep as it has been, they don't travel much on the ground, they fly more to get around.

Utah Kicks Alabama's Butt in Sugar Bowl

Utah despite having a higher average computer ranking than the one-loss Alabama Tide, they were a 10 1/2 point underdog going into the game. Alabama thought the game was going to be a blow out and they almost got it right, but it was the other team giving them the butt whooping. Utah won the toss and elected to kick, giving Alabama the ball 1st, didn't matter, after about 6 minutes of play it was Utah 14 Alabama 0. At the end of the 1st quarter it was 21 to 0. Final score Utah 31 Alabama 17 and Utah is the only unbeaten team in the United States of America right now in Division I football! Interesting, even after winning the Mountain West Conference, the Utes were left out of the BCS national championship game in favor of perennial powers Florida and Oklahoma, even though both have one loss. Doesn't speak well of the BCS system (Sorry Ray but Utah would Kick Florida's Butt as well!). Utah not only showed it could hang with the big boys, it easily dominated one of them.

Mikey in his Utah Utes Sweats Shannon & Ray bought him for Christmas :)

Score at the end of 1st quarter

Mikey trying to show the Utah Utes printed on the leg

And in case you missed it, the final score!

Calendar

For Christmas, our daughter, Tiffany, coordinated with Tony & Shea and Shannon & Ray to collect pictures to use to craft a beautiful calendar. It was such a great gift with photos of our loved ones that we will treasure for many years to come! It brought tears to our eyes and smiles to our lips, so we decided to publish a picture of the page for each month of the year this year, starting with January…Happy New Year, everyone!

1st Ski Trip of the Season

Muriel and Mike are finally recovering from being sick since Thanksgiving and even felt well enough to head out skiing. This was our first trip of the season. We left the New Years Eve party early (around 11:00pm) so we could wake up early and beat the tourist crowds to the slopes. We got there when the lifts first opened and got in 8 runs, ate lunch and was home by noon! The skiing was awesome! Here are a couple of pictures of us on the slopes.

Go Big or Go Home

Mikey never does anything in a small way. He heard me mention a couple of years ago that it would be fun to have an electronic music keyboard and I had in mind something basic. Well Mikey has a memory like an elephant and he bought me one for Christmas. It is as big as a full-size grand piano and has the same feel and an amazing sound…and I think it is smarter and more talented than me. Guess I’ll have to try to do my best to live up to it. I LOVE it! Thanks, Mikey! You’re amazing!

Santa and Elf Visits Pagosa on Xmas Eve

On Christmas Eve day, Santa (Mikey) and his Helper Elf (Muriel) visited several businesses and other locations to spread Christmas Cheer. This is the second year we have done this and we had a blast. We will make this a annual event!

Santa and Mary Jo at the Chamber of Commerce


Santa With The Ladies At The Community Center

Santa and Elf Visiting Happy Trails

Santa and Ann at The Switchback

Steve McPeek with Santa

Deja Vu

The summer was beautiful but all too short and last year's heavy deep snows are still a recent, vivid memory and now, here we go again!! And, as if this isn't enough, we're expecting another 2 feet in the next couple of days. We may need a snorkel to get out by then!

Mikey, clearing the driveway after the latest storm...

Muriel on snowshoes uncovering one of the young trees we planted this fall... Muriel's snowshoes...a valuable tool for getting around in hip-deep snow...

Chairs on the rear patio overlooking the hole in the snow that is the pond. Picnic anyone?

Snowy tree face...

Dude checking out Mikey's snowblower work...

Front porch...somewhere anyway!

Bedroom windows & reflection of Muriel on showshoes

BBQ anyone?