February Shenanigans

Huck and Maggie graduate another dog class.

Valentines day. Home Depot getting some stuff for projects at home.

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The chicks are getting bigger

Salons start opening back up

Jaxon starts back to school twice a week

Making tied fleece blankets for a service project

Gordo

 I initially saw this cat on IG feed and the write up was slightly different, and definitely didn't have the "experts" comments on it. Reading those now make me laugh.

I was drawn to Gizmo because we were looking for a shop cat and he wasn't a kitten. 

I didn't understand the 'too excited' or 'lots of personality' lol about him until I went to pick him up at the shelter. He definitely is all cat in the most independent and domineering ways.

Exploring his new home - he demands his space but also demands attention but then struggles on how to handle the attention 

He's Huge. Hence the name Gordo. 

I took a regular cat carrier in to pick him up and they snickered at it

 and let me have a larger one to take him home in.

Spending time w 'Bastard Bob' 😉

He loves the ottoman in front of the fireplace. 

He's got it pretty good!

He does alright w the dogs. He gets along better w Maggie. 

Huck and him have gotten into words a couple time, 

Huck just ignores him most the time.

After a few months we let him start exploring outside the shop, I really think he was strictly a house cat before we got him. He's adjusting well and really likes to get outside and roll around in the sunshine.

He has become braver and more confident, expanding him roaming area. 

He leaves the chickens alone, which we were pretty worried about due to his size.

And he's made his way up to the house and now knows where we go and REALLY wants to come in!

But at the end of the day he heads back to the shop and his bed and gets safely shut in for the night.

Hoodoo

 March 31 - Spring Snowboarding!

Using up our last passes before they expire and the snowmelts.

Probably my favorite time to go, second to a good powder day.

It was a beautiful sunny spring day

Feb. 17 - We found that Wednesday's at Hoodoo are our favorite day. They are closed on Mon and Tues so all the snow that occurs after close on Sunday is still there and no ones been on it. It's not as busy as Thrifty Thursday, or the weekends, either. It was one of the best powder days we have had up there. Jaxon always gets up early and gets us there to be one of the first, the things that motivate a teen to get up and get going!

For Mitch it's like riding a bike, he's still really good at snowboarding after all these years

This isn't a fair shot of Jaxon but it is funny! He really got to be a good snowboarder this year. And out boards all of us. He definitely took advantage of the time that online school and his days off gave him to snowboard!

Pretty fun that we can all do this together

Crappy lighting but this is up at the top.

Covid time still, eating lunch in the back of the truck

It was a great day! Everyone made it and had fun in the powder!

February 4th - Jaxon and I headed to Hoodoo, my first time back on the mtn after surgery. He wanted to take me up to the top for my first run but I talked him into a practice run w me at Midway. OMG. He's getting harder and harder to keep up with!