Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and were able to take advantage of the holiday season to enjoy some peaceful time with your families. I tend to use this time of the year to recover from our busy racing schedule and spend quality time with my family. Many times during the year, when we are racing from track to track all over the country it is hard to take the time to truly enjoy my family and appreciate how important they are to me.

With the holiday season we have the opportunity to take some time off to travel to Park City, Utah, for our annual family ski trip. Now, for those of you that don’t already know, my family and I have been making this trip every year for the past 15 years and each year, as the kids grow older, the experience gets better and better. I had an awesome time last night. After spending all day on the slopes, we retreated to the hot tub to revive our aching muscles and I found myself sitting there laughing and joking with my entire family. I thought to myself, you know, it just doesn’t get much better than this.

The weather here in Park City has been great. Though we haven’t had any fresh snow during the past few days, it has been bright and sunny and fairly warm (28 degrees). The skiing has been fantastic although I must admit it is hard sometimes for me to keep up with my three kids. I think I liked those days when Dad used to lead the pack down the mountain and they used to follow me. Now it is all Toni and I can do to keep them in our sights as they dash down the mountain in search of the next bowl, tree run, or mogul slope. I have to admit; I sure do get my skiing skills tuned up trying to keep up with my kids.

I think that today, once the kid’s wake up, we are going to join my niece Amy and her husband Steve (who also take their vacation this time of year) and head over to The Canyons Resort to experience some new terrain. It will be a lot of fun and I’ll be sure to take lots of pictures to share with you. Well, I hear some stirring around in the other room so I guess that means I best start putting on my gear. I’ll try to check in again soon and share some more fun times with you!