Spring in the Rockies

What month is it?  May with spring breezes and flowers.  Have you looked outside lately?  How about snow, rain, and cold?  Welcome to Spring in the Rockies!


Interstate 80 was closed twice today due to weather related accidents at Parley's Summit.  In the first one there was no injuries other than to the vehicles and I haven't heard about the second one that happened later in the day.  It looks and feels like winter is still here.


Usually in May, we're flirting with when to turn on the air conditioning.  This year, the heat is still on and it's not a luxury--it's cold!  I'd put all my winter clothes downstairs when we had some nice weather a couple of weeks ago and I had to bring all the long sleeves back up again.  I had the space heater on in my office--which I rarely do in the winter--because I was chilled yesterday morning.


I just hope we still get a spring season and it doesn't turn into summer overnight.

Synchronized Skating World Championships--here we come!

I cannot believe how fast time moves these days.  It's April, although along the Wasatch Front it feels like late February or early March.  The next three days are supposed to be really nice--however, I will be enjoying the climate in Colorado Springs!!!

Why?  Caitlin and I are headed to the World Synchronized Skating Championships!!!  We are soooooooooo excited!!!!!!!  Caitlin skated as a sectional competitor for 7 years and also attended Nationals one year as a competitor.  This is going to be so incredible!!!

What is Synchronized Skating?  Basically, it's a fast-paced drill team on ice and it's fantastic to watch.  Try this link to YouTube to see a sample of what synchronized skating is. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOvlfYAIfUY&feature=related

Enjoy!!!

Olympics junkie

I am an official Olympics junkie.  I think I've only missed three nights of watching at least something about the Olympics for the last two weeks.  I especially enjoy the winter games.  

Of course, we didn't miss a minute of the skating.  Last night Caitlin and I spent the evening with a bunch of skaters from her club and some moms watching the Ladies Free Skate.  What an absolutely amazing competition that was.  My absolute favorite was Joannie Rochette.  It was astonishing watching her skate as well as she did after losing her mom on Sunday.  WOW!  I was so thrilled that Mirai Nagasu took 4th place.  While it's too bad the Americans ended their streak of at least one medal since 1964, Mirai skated an incredible long program and moved herself from 6th to 4th.  That was an incredible place for her to finish and quite frankly higher than she was expected to do.  Watch out in four years!

It makes me sad to realize that the games are done on Sunday and NBC goes back to regular programming.  Which means I'll get a lot more done since I won't be watching so much Olympic coverage.  But I will definitely miss it.  However, one more night of wonderful skating with the show tomorrow night.  Gotta love it.  Can you tell figure skating is my favorite?  Wonder why!!

I'd really love Salt Lake to get the games again someday.  I enjoyed the 2002 games and met some really incredible people.  Caitlin had an amazing experience as a Child of Light which I don't think she totally understands how great even now.  It was an incredible time.