My week at Camp Woodward

Here is a gallery of my photos from Camp Woodward at Copper Mt. CO. Thanks to the Woodward crew and all the groms for killing it. I had a blast!

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A beautiful day to road trip.

The crew. L-R Ali Gingras, Taylor Seaton, Phil Casabon, Brittany Adam and me.

Go carting! Phil zooms by.

Me catching up to Tay.

Yup I am in the back while Brit and Phil duke it out for 1st.

The boys held a ton of contest for the kids over the week. This one was who could jump over without knocking down the pad.

JUMP

Happy Camper! Katie eating dinner.

Camp Food, not bad at all.

Brit holding it down.

Dr. Phil (camp doc) and Tay on hill.

Yoga session with the girls.

The boys found someone they know in Freeskier...

It's me!

We made smores.

Camper Hannah hanging at the barn.

I think I need a Red Bull... these kids have so much energy!

Katie making her camp shirt.

Alina and Kelsey getting their art on.

I love Hannah's design!

My girls and their T's. And look who arrived, GBaby (Grete Eliassen) far right.

Keyboard Art...

Someone put this together...

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Boom Box playing MUSIC?

Summer is BACK!

Disclaimer: Unfortunately my camera had to run out of battery on the sunniest day since I moved here, my apologies for the lack of photo documentation. 

Today was jammed packed with summer fun.

9am-4pm. Water ramping and tramping at the Olympic Park. Worked on breaking useless habits in my spins and corks. Humbling experience let me tell you! Also, worked on some unnatural spinning. I think I am finally getting used to the ramp set up. Tramp time highlight was having a contest to see who could jump the highest and have the longest time after 10 jumps. Oh and bed tricks on the tramp are my new fav!

4:30pm. Riding the longest zip-line ever made (located at the olympic park). FUN!

4:45pm. Riding the Alpine Slide (also at the olympic park). FUN, until I caught up to the lady in front of me, then it was just plain slow.

5pm. Skating with some friends at the Park City Skate Park. I like the park, great variation in the big bowl.

6pm. Watching a softball game. Go Team Skull Candy!

7pm. Bailed on further summer festivities to hide out from the sun in my cool basement room. BBQ on the last standing jump at Park City Mt... could have been a blast, but I am beat!

As you can imagine I got some sun today... my tan lines are rockin'!

I hope you all are having fun in the sun this summer.

:)

Utah Olympic Park

I got the chance to try water ramping for the first time yesterday with AVSC coach, friend and former roommate Elana Chase. She and a few Aspen kids are here in Utah for the week training at the Olympic Park in Park City. The experience of working on tricks on the trampolines and ramps has opened up a whole new world of possibilities for my skiing! I was like a kid in a candy store and had smiles for miles coming home yesterday evening! 

I went back today and plan to keep ramping all week. More photos and recap to come.

:) 

Summertime and the living's easy...

This photo of Maria DeBari was taken one May in Mammoth... it is one of my favorite pictures! 

What reminded me of this shot was a conversation with my best friend Maria. She just graduated from WWU last weekend. For a final project, her class took a 10 day camping trip into the Washington wilderness. On this camp out they all were assigned a 3 day solo... meaning 3 days in one spot with nothing but themselves and nature. No notebook, no book, just each student and their thoughts. They were assigned  to recount every memory they could. Each person that has come into their lives and every experience. Maria did this diligently for 3 days and said it was an unbelievable journey. A journey that I can imagine would leave you feeling thankful for the gift of life. She remembered things that had not crossed her mind for years. One being an EPIC May in Mammoth when we lived in a cabin with some wild girls. It was good times through and through. 

I am committed to pondering my past experiences this summer... I am sure to dust off some grand adventures and funny stories :)

Stay Tuned!

Rommie Files...

Us, New Zealand 2007... 

My roommate here in Utah happens to be one of my closest long time friends, Phillipa Hunt aka: Pip. Pip is one of my favorite people in this whole world and she makes me laugh all the time! This week I have captured some amazing personality shots of her and had to share them.

Here is my photo gallery "Ode to Pip"

I made her this gluten free yummy snack...

it got all over her face!

Re and Pip dance partying.

Food baby or baby? Abdominal skillz.

looking to see if there is any cocoa left.

An old friend...

I began a new read the other day, Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. This gem was suggested to me by a friend... Jerard I cannot thank you enough for adding this book to my long reading list. While scanning a book shelf a day or two ago, the lavender paperback jumped out at me. 

Reading each page, I've felt like I'm talking with an old friend. Each idea and philosophy presented, matches up with my daily thoughts majestically. In a world where people avoid deep thoughts and conversations, to know i can find one in a book is delightful. 

I find myself taking my time, even rereading sections.

"Instead you spend your time being aware of things and meditating on them. On sights and sounds, on the mood of the weather and things remembered, on the machine and the 

countryside you’re in, thinking about things at great leisure and length without being hurried and without feeling you’re losing time. What I would like to do is use the time that is coming now to talk about some things that have come to mind. We’re in such a hurry most of the time we never get much chance to talk. The result is a kind of endless day-to-day shallowness, a monotony that leaves a person wondering years later where all the time went and sorry that it’s all gone. Now that we do have some time, and know it, I would like to use the time to talk in some depth about things that seem important. "