Thursday, April 4, 2024

2020 - 2024 Time Capsule

 Well, after COVID so politely took 2 years from everyone's lives, I seem to lost all track of blogging. I still journal but blogging takes a little extra umph. 

High level, I'm still in Colorado after 9 years. Talon is now 9 years old, I got married in 2021, continue to get promoted, though sometimes, I'm not sure I want to keep climbing the corporate ladder. I sneak away to the ocean every now and then with my brand new surfboard I bought with my trump money, although I definitely CANNOT surf the way I used to. Not having the ocean is a bummer, but I have rekindled my love with the lake. Our local lake is Lake Granby, and it's about 20 minutes away and definitely will be home to most of Talon's childhood memories. I've found myself approaching 40, feeling pretty content with everything currently. OH, I've also learned how to make sourdough bread at 8,600 feet of altitude and while not good for the waistline, it's VERY good for the soul.

If you care to read further, here is the long version... Tman just turned 9 on April 3rd. We moved here when he was just a couple months old and Grand County is still where we call home. We left our small little neighborhood of Tabernash into Fraser in 2021 just before Joe and I got married in September. 

Tabernash 2016
   Tabernash 2016 - 2020


These pictures above in Fraser are a view of the house and from the bedroom window, and I never take it for granted. I wake up with coffee delivered to me in bed every morning (every man should do this), and I look outside and sometimes think I live in a picture. Joe bought this place in 2014 before Grand County was unaffordable. It's a small town which is good and bad, as small towns can be. We've got a great river, skiing, and tons of hiking. Only thing missing is the ocean, which I miss so much sometimes, I dream about it. 

For Joe's 40th, we went to Mexico and he likes to tell the story where I almost drowned him in Rio Nexpa. I was introduced to Nexpa in 2012, and this was one of my favorite places in Mexico. The waves in particular were great for me, friendly people, easy atmosphere, and the choco banana smoothies you can't beat! 

So we went, stayed at a little ocean front cabana, then one day, surf wasn't great, so we took the fins out for a swim. Before I knew it, we were getting swept down pretty violently with logs and never ending big waves. No idea when that happened during our swim but it was like one minute it's calm, the next minute it's victory at sea. And I love that about the ocean. In the book, "In Search of Captain Zero," There's a part stating, "the ocean is a constant respect of give and take. You take when the ocean gives, and you give when the ocean takes." We were humbled (and bloody) that day and still laugh til this day about it. 


His apodo will be "CHICHARROONNNN"


Honestly, I don't feel as I have much to report in the last 4 years, and I'm okay with that. People ask me how it's going, and my favorite thing is that my life has been very uneventful, just the way I like it. We have a lot of simple moments that I'm really enjoying. I got off social media after COVID because I was tired of hearing opinions, negativity, divisiveness in politics/vaccine, the list is endless. Instead, I've kept my circle small, and soaked in my family. 

I suppose the biggest "event" would be my mom's partner of 15 years, now husband, is going down pretty quickly with cancer. This picture was them at my wedding in September of 2021. My mom FINALLY said "yes" to him after at least a decade of him asking her to marry him. Perhaps it took knowing she won't have him forever that made her say yes in the end. 

I'm not sure anyone reads this anymore now that I'm not traveling, but if you're reading this, I hope you enjoy my life updates and some photos of the last 4 years in no particular order. :) 

Drove home for Christmas when Denver weather ruined our flight. 


Lunch break with the girls

Joe's best childhood friend in Massachusettes (I have no idea how to spell that damn state)

Wedding at the top of Winter Park Resort

Of the thousands of pics I had professionally taken, this is my favorite snapped from a phone. 

First look with my boys





Talon and his "Joey." I've been the 3rd wheel ever since. 





My pride and joy... 1998 Jeep, leaf peeping in our backyard - makes for a peaceful nap. 

Avalanche Game

Ice fishing on Willow Creek

Flaming Lips at the Mission Ballroom in Denver 

It suits him... 

First dirt bike

Lake Powell

Lake Granby


Talon and Remi are still best buds 

Our favorite campsite - Dead Elk Beach


He doesn't like sports, but he likes me enough to go! 

Cocoa Beach, FL to see Bruce Springsteen! 



MOAB for T's 8th birthday last year. I'm not sure who's more stoked on the present... 


Family moto ride. 


Somewhere in Salida 

Monarch Rim Trail


Overnight on Lake Granby

When Pops asks you for a pic of your front porch view to rub in his friend's face


Great crew of hockey families - Arapahoe Bay

Lake Granby




Ocean fishing in Boston Harbor on Will's boat 

Ooops - we ate it anyway. 

Closest thing I have to surfing

Talon wakeboarding in Columbine - Lake Granby

Talon in the middle 

Pops came to CO for a Packer game

Then we went to Lambeau a month later!

Jalapeno cheddar sourdough - Baked by Becca!

Christmas at home 2023 


XC Ski with Mom!


Fraser Valley Hockey kid... no shirt in 20 degrees

Talon's first trip down Topher's Trees - Winter Park 

Talon in the trees at Steamboat

Florida, MA 

View from town during the East Troublesome Fire 

East Troublesome from the air. Don't know who took this, but it's amazing. 



Splitting wood to keep mama warm

Cape Cod

Florida, Mass with Nate

This is what quarantine looked like for us... 

Crane Beach, MA - I slept a lot this trip

Joe and Will in Boston Harbor 

Fenway Park during COVID. Streets were empty during a Red Sox game.

Broke in my Trump money in hurricane swell at Lynn Beach... who knew... 

Joe's family home in Winthrop, MA
Freddy, Talon, Decker, and Luca 

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