Lilly and June

Lilly spent the day with Aunt Bee and Uncle Geoff last week. It was a big help as school hadn't yet started for Lilly and Holly and I had to be back at work.


I'm helping Aunt Bee change June Bug

Snow Days

This weekend's theme was snow. Lilly had her first ski lesson of the season on Saturday and Denver got snow on Sunday. Ski lessons were great. Lilly's teacher was great and she had a good time. We all skied together after the lessons and Lilly wanted to stay until the lifts closed.

Sunday Lilly and Lily went sledding at a park by her school. Boo also walked along and LOVED the snow as always.


Let's go together


I'm going to borrow this snowboard

Lilly's Christmas Dance Recital

Hip-hop.

Sugar Plum Fairies

First Ski Trip

Lilly and I took our first ski trip this weekend. The snow was fantastic and we had a great time. The morning was a little bit of a bummer because Lilly's bindings weren't fitted correctly for her skis. The first sign was one of them falling off as we got on the first lift of the day. It wasn't until we were at the top of Super Bee before we realized they were unskiable. Brian of Christy Sports gave us a hand assessing the problem at the top and offered to set us up with a free rental pair if we could make it down to their shop at the bottom. What a nice guy. His line to me was, "Mind if I take a look? I do this for a living." Not, "I'm Vice Blankity-Blank of Awesome Land."

After a little carrying by me and a lot of snowmobile ride by a Copper Mountain saint, we were at the bottom and ready to go again. Lilly had a rocky morning with bad skis, hunger and getting cold but the afternoon was all smiles and made the trip worthwhile. She now has season-long rentals from Christy Sports and the old pair are going back to be sold at Sniagrab.

What fun to ski with your kiddo.

Peter Pan

Lilly's drama group put on Peter Pan last week. Lilly played Peter Pan and Nana, the family dog. The play was fun to watch and Lilly did really well despite being very nervous the days leading up to the performance.

My sister Beth has pictures of the play on her blog.

Yogi Lilly

Lilly taught us a yoga lesson tonight. Lesson learned from the young teacher: "No farting in yoga class!"

Great Hike!

Holly and I hiked the Bergen Peak trail at Elk Meadows park today. The snow started halfway up and didn't stop until this evening. What a cool hike. Boo made it the entire way. I credit the Gatorade he gulped at the top.

Castlewood Canyon State Park

Hiking in Castlewood Canyon State Park. This park is about an hour south of Denver and the main attraction is a canyon cut by Cherry Creek before it flows north to downtown Denver.

Happy hikers in the foreground, the canyon wall in the background.

Giant boulder left after many floods of the creek washed away the surrounding sand.

Family Hike

Pictures of the Rotach family hiking at Elk Meadow Park near Evergreen, CO.

New Jobs

Holly and I both accepted new jobs. Holly will be a Sr. Accountant at The Breakaway Group starting this Wednesday. I will be a Software Engineer working at Raytheon starting next Monday.