New Digs

Hello from Hayden! After some soul searching and giving in to the 'itch' we both felt to get back to the mountains and away from the urban sprawl, we decided to move West. On November 28, 2007, we loaded up 2 kids, 2 dogs, 2 horses and 2 much stuff into 2 moving vans and all of a sudden we are truly living where the deer and the antelope play. We are 25 miles west of Steamboat Springs, an amazing and beautiful ski town full of
activity and western tradition. Like most of the state Steamboat is growing rapidly which is what makes Hayden so nice- an untouched cow town of about 2,000 people and perhaps as many elk.
We are slowly settling into our new town. The house we are renting is 20 minutes north, overlooking the Elkhead Reservior and is very remote to say the least. MapQuest does not recognize this address and FedEx called for directions. This is remote. UPS leaves our packages in the snowbank at the bottom of the hill and our 3 neighbors and us take turns delivering to each other. After 7 years living in the hustle and bustle of the Front Range, I am OK with hermitizing a bit. (I did grow up in a town of 800 in New Hampshire after all) We have the opportunity to watch 3-400 elk roaming the property and see eagles, fox, deer and antelope on a daily basis.
SZ transfered to the Wildlife Officer position here and is readjusting to life as the new guy. His new coworkers seem really nice and I'm sure he'll be top dog again before long. He's been snowmobiling and ice fishing already with the guys and got an elk during the late hunting season so the freezer is full again. Change comes slowly to this Z boy and even the shock of being 3 hours farther from Nebraska will wear off once we have our own home and are truly settled.
The kids and I are having a blast here. We've met a bunch of other Moms and kids and it seems like a very welcoming area. I am teaching skiing twice a week and continue working from home with Arbonne and wedding photography.
Little LZ is thrilled with all the snow and loves to play in it. He's been ice skating and skiing now and seems very adept at both. They have both been very adaptable to our nomadic lifestyle and L even talks about our 'next new house.' Little MZ was slow in welcoming the cold and namely all the clothing and gear he has to wear to go outside. He has surrendered to wearing snow boots and a hat now, maybe next year he'll wear mittens too. A very happy little guy with an amazing vocabulary, MZ can't sit still and runs around after his big brother and the two of them wrestle and giggle all day. MZ has taken to sleep walking and I found him curled up in a ball asleep on the floor of our room early one morning, totally content.
That's it for now. I have never bogged before, I may have over-blogged? We'll keep you posted on the new house, once we dig out of all this snow and start looking. Come visit. KZ & SZ and the little Z's