The End of an Era...

As 2009 winds down I can't help but think of all that has happened over this past year. Personal achievements and life goals accomplished, I finally surpassed the H5 rating requirements enough to feel good about applying for it (it was approved). I finally grew a pair and started looping. That was a huge one for me, possibly the hardest thing I've ever accomplished. I feel as though I've spent my entire life training towards that goal, and it feels SO good to finally have the skills to compensate for it scaring the shit out of me...

Also this year, Des and I got engaged! And bought a house! Technically, we bought a house, then got engaged, but this is my blog and I'll write it how I want to. I also got a promotion at Deer Valley, moving into a supervisory role within the Ski School. And Wings Over Wasatch continues to grow, I have recruited someone to take the reins of the 'school' aspects so I can focus more efforts and clinics and such. More on that at a later date, it's all still pretty hush hush...

All in all, a good freaking year.

It seems like only yesterday we were all taking cover and preparing for the end of civilization as 1999 rolled to and end, and 'Y2K' loomed over. 10 Years later, it seems the only thing we had to fear was Windows Vista :-)

In a few hours it will be 1/1/10. What will the next year bring? Ten years?

I don't know what the future holds for me, but if the past is any indicator... I'd better sit back and get ready for a wild ride... this is gonna be good...

Winter, Wonderfull Winter!

Ok, so I haven't updated my blog since Halloween. I know, I suck at this.

Since then we've been very busy, but here's a quick rundown:

Randy, Allie, Des and I (and Jackson, Jada, and Tucker) had a pray for snow campfire in American Fork Canyon... It was great fun, and we had many laughs! It took a while to work, but the snow's here now...

Pray for Snow BBQ. And if it don't snow, Allie's gonna bust a cap in someone...

Here are a few shots of how things are looking now...

Mount Timp at Sunrise, as seen from Heber

Des, Jackson, and I in Sundance Canyon

Jackson is a real powder hound!