I was completely unaware that I had a spot on my Profile Page for requests! I clicked on it out of curiosity and there was a personal request from Uzamaki asking me to write about life in the Rockies. Wow. Thanks!!

I decided to start this Hub with a photo of my son when he was about Uzamaki's age. Martial Arts are very popular in Colorado. Before Rob became completely committed to acting, he was a Kung Fu boy.

Below this photo is one of Rob digging out his Saab after a blizzard. We tend to get dumps when it snows and this was no exception. Colorado's best snow removal system is solar energy- Obama would be proud. One day we have a blizzard and the next day temperatures reach 50 degrees or more.

My nephew from California came to visit last summer and was excited to go down the Gore River in an inner tube with his cousin Paul. He also had fun skateboarding at the skate park.

We love to go up to the mountains for a weekend or longer. In the winter there is skiing, though all the kids snowboard. They think skiing is for old folk like me. One winter I decided to take a snowboarding lesson. I felt like a toddler learning to walk! I kept falling and rolling. It felt good on my spine, actually. I kind of remembered what it was like back when walking upright offered an entirely new perspective. Anyway, my kids passed over their fallen mom while on the chair lift and I could hear them laughing. "I can hear you!" I called. We left before I got the hang of it, but I certainly developed an appreciation for what it takes to stay upright on the dang thing.

In 2003, the year Colorado got a national lacrosse team, we bought season tickets. It was so much fun to cheer them on and we haven't stopped. The crowd at games is very young- all the old guys have Broncos football tickets or Avalanche hockey tickets or Rockies baseball tickets. Lately people even have Nuggets tickets.

But we love lacrosse. We love the energy and the camaraderie of the fans. We yell "Get in the Box!" with the most studied fans. And my husband and now my college aged son love to oogle the bikini clad girls lounging in the hot tub court-side.

Coloradans have broken the National attendance record countless times. And our Mammoth players never fail to give us an exciting run for our money. This is a fast-paced game and they do not let us down. In 2006, under the coaching of Gary Gait, they won the National Championship.

There is a town to the southwest of us called Castle Rock. You can see why the town got this name when you study the photo my husband took. He used a watercolor technique to get it to look like a painting, but it is the real thing.

The Saturday before Thanksgiving, the town hosts a Starlighting. People gather at dusk in homes nearby or together on Wilcox Street to watch Santa Claus flick on the Christmas Star that sits at the top of Castle Rock.They all sing Silent Night, sip hot chocolate and light candles.

Our church is in Castle Rock and we view this beautiful uplift in all sorts of light and weather.