Linda Rokos Watts

The 2012 International Snow Sculpting Competition came to a close this weekend. We scooted into town on Saturday night with Stella and one of her buddies to check out all the cool sculptures. It's pretty amazing what they can create with snow (one of my favorite things) some of them were truly gravity deifying....unfortunately there were one or two sculptures that didn't survive and those got an automatic disqualification. The winner this year Team Canada and my personal favorite...woo hoo!  Team China's sculpture, "Wrestle"  Team Germany's sculpture, "Dancing Screens"  Love this one... Team Switzerland's "Endless"   This one is my favorite..... Team Canada's "Throat Singers"  * L o V e *   These ice candle holders were lite up on all the paths that lead to all the sculptures.....LOVED them.  Breck was a bit busy on Saturday night. Stella was running around ...

Stella started a new blog for a school project and she needs people to follow her...... So......CHECK IT OUT,  http://skiergirllife.blogspot.com/ Please and thank you!  :) Sending love and gratitude...

Yesterday at just 27 years old, Makela passed away. My love goes to the entire Liesveld family! Counting my blessing today and everyday..... Love and gratitude!

It's been a crazy, busy few days and having a massive cold on top of it hasn't been the best but I've pushed through and here we are! After all, we're in Breck, life is GREAT!!  On to the important stuff  ;)  .....The 2012 International Snow Sculpture Challenge. They started hauling in HUGE blocks of snow into town on Monday and on Tuesday the teams started hacking away to turn the bank blocks of snow into AMAZING pieces of art.  Snow and ice EVERYWHERE!   Jim (Troy's father) came up for a visit on Tuesday and snapped this pic. Two of my favorite things, coffee and camera.    Here is a sneak peak of what's to come on Saturday. This is the top of one of the sculptures. I look at this and think "we should all just get along"  :) We picked Stella up from school this afternoon and headed over the arena to check out the progress.  Love these two. Tommy and JD came up for a visit and got to check the a...

 My mom has been a knitting mama making these awesome headbands and hats. I think everyone one at Rally Sport, along with all the Buff, ski and nordic ladies and even other NCAA ski teams in their team colors are wearing one!   All colors and sizes!   I think these are my favorites!  My mom rocks!   I have been wearing them non-stop and have been amassing quite the collection! Woo hoo!! If you want one, I know where you can get one!  ;) Love and Gratitude.

Scary how fast she's growing up right in front of our eyes. Learning, growing and loving... The faster she goes the bigger the smile. A little random but I never got around to posting these pics and I always liked them. This was a great night in Boston, exploring the town in October with Troy and Stella.   She's going to be taller then me soon! Eeek Loving this little one......Gratitude. 

Love and Gratitude..