Hiking up the Peak

This week has been goregous. Last Saturday Lynn and I decided to go up Barr Trail. There used to be a cable car called the Manitou Springs Incline that went up the side of Pikes Peak, but was dismantled in the 90's. People run up the huge wooden beams that are left. Some of the runners run back down it while others go down on the trail. It doesn't look like fun to me. See how steep the incline is. The Barr Trail was icey and snowy so Lynn put screws in the bottome of some old hiking boots and off we went. The trip to the top of the incline was 4 miles. Lots of people!!! We went to the Loop (a really good Mexican food) and had Margaritas with our lunch. Great Time.

New Year's Pictures

Isn't Lynn cute? It was a nice New Years.

My Sweet Cats

These are my barn cats, but they are spoiled. I got them from a friend whose kids named them Fluffy, Squealers, and Baby Gray. I throught about renaming them after my sisters as in the family tradition, but I didn't want to disappoint the kids. When it is really cold, they get to sleep in the garage. They have a spot in the shed with a heat light on a timer, but they really like the garage. Baby Gray is really rotten. I let her in sometimes to lay on the couch and eat bacon. Kimo is jealous of her. I didn't get them nuetered in time so I ended up with 3 litters of Kittens. I'll never do that again. I contributed to the animal overpopulation which I feel so guilty about. I still worry about those kittens.

Christmas

All of you know how much I love Christmas. Must be genetic from my dad. Robben and Zak hosted the celebration with snails on Christmas Eve. It's a tradition in the Pitman house. Other Pitmans came namely Greg, Margot, and Jeramey to join in on the feast. On Christmas day, we opened presents and had fried turkey cooked by Zak. Robs made her peppermint ice cream along with Lynn's pecan pie. I made my famous deviled eggs. Margot made a German recipe served with cabbage and fried noodles that was sooooo delish! Since we were having trouble saying the German name, Zak christened it as the Bin Lauden. As you can see we pigged out! We all ended up spending a second night and leaving the next day. It was a great time with family. All I can hope is that Robs didn't take any videos.

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Happy New Year

December is over! I can't believe it. We had lots of fun. We went to the dinner theater with the kids and saw White Christmas on the fifth. On the 19th we went to Cripple Creek lost $20 each in 30 minutes in the slot machines. The Imperial Hotel is the preferred place for us to stay, when we go there. Built in 1880's it is terribly haunted. Cripple Creek is considered the most haunted place in the United States by the way. We had supper of crab legs at the wonderful restaurant in the hotel. The Butte Opera House was our next destination where Miracle on Bennett Street was the holiday live theater offering. The play is a variation of Miracle on 34th Street as Bennet being the main street of Cripple Creek. In the middle of the night, I heard Crazy Alice, the resident ghost, picking up Lynn's watch on the dresser and dropping it back down. The next morning, we met Robben in Manitou to eat at our favorite Mexican place, the Loop and had the best Margaritas. Robben came to baby sit Kimo while we were in Cripple Creek, because of his surgery. She stayed the whole weekend and it was good to see her. I'll post pictures of Christmas later and tell you about the celebration.