Last swim for 08?

We took a quick hike up Spring Creek over the weekend to let Betty get in potentially her last swim for a bit. Snow is dusting the higher peaks around Steamboat Springs, the leaves have mostly fallen and the sweaters have come out of storage.

Trout loves his backpack! He's also getting increasingly close to walking by himself which is cool and terrifying at the same time. If he walks anything at all like he crawls we're gonna have to pad the house 3" deep in foam.

1 year after Trout's due date!

Of course we consider him a 14 month old now but he was only SUPPOSED to pop out a year ago on Oct 15th. He's doing well except for a tendency to get chest colds (and pneumonia once) which isn't all that surprising an issue with premies and their tender little lungs

I see a lot of rose in the little fella, which is probably a good thing

Cuz otheriwse he'd have this to look forward too...crazy Alford-itis

Out of sorts

Transition to fall has not been kind to the Alfords so far with all of us fighting colds, pneumonia, strep, loss of daylight, ear infections, the death of our good friend Matt Chesaux, work stress and the general blahs. But we soldier on nonetheless, hope to finally rent out Das Chalet this week and look forward to the flakes falling here in Steamboat.

The local leaf colors have been amazing but we're having a tough time motivating out to the trails. Just not feeling our oats of late...

Fever dream in UT on the way to Las Vegas. We may be stumbling (what's different about that?) but roll on anyways, looking forward to Halloween (I think we've got a cat costume lined up for Trout...hmmm ironic), date night tomorrow and much more lasagna, acorn squash, bean stew, candy corn and other goodies of fall. Rose made a killer apple pie we're been nibbling away at all week (she makes the BEST crust) and it can't be too long before homemade pizza, meatloaf, Pork 'n Torte Especiale and other rib stickers hit the dinner table again...