Where in the world are the NGs?

Why, Colorado of course! NG family vacation was hosted in CO this year with a record number if NGs and lovers there of attending the festivities.



4th of July at a fancy house party -- that is a out friend jordan on the left, not just a stranger straggling into the picture, hard to tell i know.


I was skeptical at best: packing the family expedition. The fact that we got 8 suitcases, a 50# box of books, a shedding overexcited puppy, 10 bags of perishable grocery, 10 blocks of stinky cheese and 8.5 people (including one preggers) into this car was nothing less than a herculean feat; thank god for the thule box and years of training for this moment.

we'll miss you chato nachos del taco.

Happy Birthday Mom & Dad!

we love you.

dog family

am i that annoying dog owner who is obsessed with their dog?


the family -- chato, creasy and maybeline. chato and creasy have the same dad, Blue, a border collie at chico basin ranch. may (mostly white) is chato's daughter. that makes creasy and aunt, but she and may are the same age.



doggie club house


creasy with a toy



creasy meeting osha (Ligusticum porteri), she'll be an herb dog yet

Just another day at the beach

the isabell glacier beach. its been right around 100 degrees here all week and that means its time to head for the hills, the ones that are over 10,000 feet. we hiked into this awesome glacier and had a dip.
alex wilson and creasy joined us.




nothing like playing in the snow on a hundred degree day.



Anemone canadensis in bloom.

Happy Birthday Andrews

the queen of birthdays with her little doggie annie.

happy birthday me

Happy Birthday Rose!

Happy Birthday Solstice Twins

quinn, chek this dude out at reusehawaii.org

&
neilio

more life at the MZR

the fam at the MZR



building a walking a trail with voc at mzr



jeff and crissy get serious at cards...



bison and baby bison

Friendship Bridge

Nicole Rouse BS, graduated from Johnson and Wales University on Saturday May 19th, 2007. Sara and Nicole make a fantastic specimen of a Friendship Bridge.

The day you'd never thought would come....

...yeah, its here.




neil & amy = proud and already exhausted parents of a puppy. Miss Creasy Green. Formerly known as "Crazy," now known as "Creasy".
She's 7 months, a border collie /australian kelpie mix, a born herder and protector. She bites, nips and uses her teeth as her main impetus for herding. She doesn't bark, and she looks like a sand leopard.

She came from the Chico Basin Ranch to live in Boulder; hope she'll be happier than her father here.
We're working on making the backyard fence sturdier so she cant jump into Broadway street.


This is like having a baby without deciding if you are going to the midwife or hospital, i haven't child-proofed the house, i have no idea how much to feed her, we haven't talked about what kind of parents we will be...most likely Christian-Scientist-wont-take-our-kid-to-no-stinking-doctor/vet.

This really is crazy, she fits her name.

hail storm pounded us last week. we are in the monsoon season where every afternoon rain clouds and lightning roll over the mountains and give us a short but intense rain. the plants are loving it; tomatoes and poppies.



dad and mom at dinner in boulder


mom and i on the corral fence


this is the first time i have been on a horse since the accident last year; i'm not going to say that i wasnt scared. But, i had a successful mission and have ridden once since then. I like to get on and off in one piece.



Bison running from us on the 4-wheeler.

Smile

slade, amanda, neil, amy

That crazy wall elk.

first he catches some electric fish and then he sports a crazy tie dye.

Mom and Dad - Great Sand Dunes

Mom and Dad! Eldorado Canyon.


The Great Sand Dunes National Park



Medano Creek: in flow once a year

Happy Birthday Sara

Check out this quick quotes slinger on the left; 25 years old today, good luck on exams.

Get Some!

Kicking around Boulder




Denver


Clue # 73


Neily tries on the Rockmount finds.

Rock Mountain National Park

Snow on the Range


First Anemone: "hello" (said in wispy michael moore voice with weird look on face).


An elk in a winter coat