This weekend we went on a short hike with Julia up to Lava Lake. She pretty much loved the ride up in the Baby Bjorn and just slept the whole way as soon as we sat down and set her down it immediately started to rain. She didn't seem to mind to much. You can tell by the smile on her face and the first couple of drops of rain that you can see in the picture. We covered her up and got her out of there without too many problems and she just checked out the trees on the way down.

Other than that it has been absolutely nasty here since then. Tons of wind and pretty cool temperatures. The good news is that there hasn't really been a single fire and this morning the FIRST SNOW fell up in the mountains. In honor of the first snow and stokedness in my bones here is a link to every snowboard trailer that I could round up and a picture of NEW SNOW as soon as the clouds lift.

• Chulksmack By Mack Dawg Productions
• Pop by Absinthe Films
• Afterlame by Robotfood
• Everyday Something by Neoproto
• All Day by NC ProductionsFeaturing some Whitefish kids.
• Lost in Translation by Standard Films
• Promo Copy by Defective Films
• Positron by Whiteout Films

Ideal ways to kill time on the internet:

Airtos Throw paper in the wastebasket.
Yeti Olympics
Bush Soundboard
www.jibjab.com "This Land" cartoon

Saturday we decided to take Julia on her first camping trip. With temps in the mid nineties we could hardly bear the thought if just hanging around the house for the weekend so we headed out to the Madison River. We set up the tent on the edge of the river and got a fire started. Bundled up Julia in her baby sized sleeeping bag and fleece hat and she was good to go. She had probably the best night of sleep in her life, which is a good sign considering we will be doing a lot more camping in the future. Here are some photos of the excursion. One of these days we'll get around to taking photos of subjects other than the baby but until then, enjoy.

We just got back from five days in the Flathead. It really wasn't enought time but we got to go out and chill at the lake and do some wakeboarding. I got to spend some time at the Kalispell Skatepark, and we got lots of family time in. All we have to show for it is these baby pictures. The first is Julia getting a bath from her Grandma Sally, and the second is of the family at the Foys Lake.