A Fantastic Fall

Colorado is known for it's blue sky days filled with sunshine, that proved true once again this fall. We had a great fall with lots of really warm and sunny days. We got outside for some great mountain bike rides and hikes.

One of the Thomas Lakes at the base of Mt. Sopris

The old Crystal Mill in the ghost town of Crystal

Biking in Snowmass

Having fun with my students in the leaves

Country Jam '08

Marty and I were the rookies of Country Jam this year. Some of our friends have been going since high school. This year it was our great group of friends that made the trip (10 of us). Country Jam... 4 days out in the hot, hot sun of Mack Colorado, going to awesome concerts, and hanging with good friends. It is quite the spectacle! We saw some really great concerts... Diamond Rio, Clay Walker, Josh Turner, and Tim Mcgraw. Clay Walker was the best show of the weekend! Slide on down and check out our pictures (some of them crazy) from Country Jam.

The endless field of pop up campers and RV's... that's a lot of generators.


Our camp. Yes we had a pool at our camp. We had to keep cool some how.


We luv ya Jared!


The infamous game of bean bag. We all love this game!


The gang, minus Brenda and Jared, where are you two? Oh wait, Brenda is taking the pic, so just Jared is missing. That is no surprise!


The hotties:)

Just A Regular Day In Colorado

Marty and I out for a hike this past Sunday. We absolutely love where we live! It is so fantastic to go for an amazing hike when the feeling strikes us.


Our friends Brandi and Mike, and their pup Koda.


Capital Peak (14,130 ft.) in Snowmass Colorado.



Our cousin Michelle came to visit for the weekend. We (Marty and I, Howard my father in law, Corey, Michelle, and Corey's girlfriend) all went up Mushroom Rock for a hike. Mushroom Rock overlooks our town of Carbondale. Marty likes to call it Engagement Rock (yes, this is the place he proposed over a year ago).

Ahhh...Summer Is Here!

Our summer is going great so far, fast, but great! Marty is working at Camp Run-a-muck and I am doing an outdoor adventure camp with some kindergarten and first graders. I had a fantastic start to my summer. Sara flew into Aspen on my birthday and stayed for a week. We had a ton of fun, lots of best friend time which was very needed!


While Sara was here, we went camping and mountain biking for a couple days in Fruita, CO.





June is a very busy month for the Madsen's...Marty's birthday, my birthday and then our anniversary. This year our anniversary fell on the week Sara was here to visit. We were actually camping and biking on our anniversary. Some may think yuck, but that is something we enjoy.

Happy 1st Anniversary!
The place we were biking on our anniversary was actually where Marty and I had our first date.

Spring Break, Whoooo!

Marty and I couldn't wait for our spring break, we were definately ready for a break. Most people leave their homes and go on a vacation. We love staying here for the week and skiing. That is just what we did. We skied, slept in every morning, and spent time with my in-laws who were here to visit.

We even took my father-in-law skiing. Howard did great!




A few months ago Marty and I picked out a kitchen table we loved from Pottery Barn. We didn't have to spend the insane amount of money to buy it. We just put in our request to Marty's dad, and "poof" he built it and brought it out to our house last week. It looks great in our kitchen and now we have room for our friends and family to sit, eat, and have good times. Thanks again dad!



Here I am with my student Connor. He and his dad called me on the mountain and we met up for a few runs. The little guy can rip! Of course it is a silly picture he's 5, and so am I sometimes!

Sweet Skiing In Steamboat Springs

One of my best friends and roommate from college, Emily, and her husband James came out to Colorado for a ski trip. We were so lucky that they were only 2 hours away from Carbondale. Marty and I took a little weekend getaway to go to Steamboat Springs to ski and hang out with Emily and James. We had a great time in the winter wonderland.

Casa de Madsen

We are finally adding a new post on our page, sorry it took so long. We have been doing very well. School, our new home, and the amazing skiing conditions every weekend have us quite occupied. We have included some pictures of our new home. Marty and I bought a condo in Carbondale at the end of October. Lorrie, my wonderful mom, came out to Colorado for a week and helped us move in and repaint the entire condo. We love our place! Work is going well for the both of us, we love our new home (right in town with a view of Mt. Sopris out our kitchen window), and we have had a great winter. Marty and I have had numerous powder days this winter, 2 of them school was even cancelled! Now that we only have a few weeks of spring skiing left and two more months of school, we are looking forward to another Colorado summer filled with mountain biking, backpacking, and fun with friends!