Friday, December 31, 2010
Happy Holidays!
Everyone survived the visit. Kristen and I are still getting the house back together, and finding all kinds of left-behind gifts.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Christmas is closer
The week ends are flying by. Only one more before people start showing up! This weekend was particularly crazy.
I took Friday off from work, and headed to the mountains with Morrissey and Weaver. The mountains were supposed to really get a big hit on Friday and Saturday, so we were pretty excited.
We didn't get the kind of snow we were hoping for, but still managed to put in a good day. It snowed on and off during the day. Morrissey had decided to spend the night in Winter Park, Weaver and I unfortunately had to head back. It ended up snowing 5 inches Friday night, far short of the 14 inches that had been originally forecast. However, I'm sure Morrissey enjoyed the snow, and will tell us all about it come Monday.
When I returned home Friday evening, Kristen had picked up her 4 year old nephew Maddock for the evening. We had fun jumping on the bean bag, and playing a little bit of Wii Sports. He's a little too young to pick up a lot of the video game stuff, but seemed to enjoy things nonetheless. He eventually demonstrated some of his ninja moves.
Saturday morning we headed out and got a Christmas tree. We've never selected our own tree before, hopefully we chose wisely. We got it set up, but still have a lot of ornaments and decorations to put on it.
A little later in the day we headed in to town to hit the skating rink. Kristen quickly remembered how to skate, and dragged Maddock around for several laps. He looked like he had spaghetti legs, they were flying every direction, all at once. He picked things up pretty quickly, and was able to maneuver around the edge of the rink pretty well by the end of an hour.
We dropped Maddock off with his parents in the early afternoon. Kristen and I then headed up to Nederland to celebrate her birthday a little early. We stayed at our favorite hotel, and took in the sights and sounds of Nederland. I fit right in with my wacky hair.
We drove around the mountains a bit on Sunday. We ended up at Blackhawk for an hour or two. Kristen tripled her money, I lost about $10.
We headed back to the house for a present wrapping marathon. I also tried stringing some lights on the house, but am missing a few critical pieces. Hopefully I'll get everything lit up in a day or two.
I took Friday off from work, and headed to the mountains with Morrissey and Weaver. The mountains were supposed to really get a big hit on Friday and Saturday, so we were pretty excited.
We didn't get the kind of snow we were hoping for, but still managed to put in a good day. It snowed on and off during the day. Morrissey had decided to spend the night in Winter Park, Weaver and I unfortunately had to head back. It ended up snowing 5 inches Friday night, far short of the 14 inches that had been originally forecast. However, I'm sure Morrissey enjoyed the snow, and will tell us all about it come Monday.
When I returned home Friday evening, Kristen had picked up her 4 year old nephew Maddock for the evening. We had fun jumping on the bean bag, and playing a little bit of Wii Sports. He's a little too young to pick up a lot of the video game stuff, but seemed to enjoy things nonetheless. He eventually demonstrated some of his ninja moves.
Saturday morning we headed out and got a Christmas tree. We've never selected our own tree before, hopefully we chose wisely. We got it set up, but still have a lot of ornaments and decorations to put on it.
We dropped Maddock off with his parents in the early afternoon. Kristen and I then headed up to Nederland to celebrate her birthday a little early. We stayed at our favorite hotel, and took in the sights and sounds of Nederland. I fit right in with my wacky hair.
We drove around the mountains a bit on Sunday. We ended up at Blackhawk for an hour or two. Kristen tripled her money, I lost about $10.
We headed back to the house for a present wrapping marathon. I also tried stringing some lights on the house, but am missing a few critical pieces. Hopefully I'll get everything lit up in a day or two.
Two Weeks Ago
I'm falling behind. Here's our best recollection of what we did two weekends ago.
Saturday morning I headed in to town to run the annual Colder Bolder 5k race. The race has grown considerably since the last time I ran it (four years ago?). I finished predictably in the middle of my age group, which is fine by me. Morrissey was hoping to get a sub 20 minute time, but missed it by 20 seconds or so. I was feeling good enough during the race to give the photographer the devil horn salute.
A little later in the day, Kristen and I headed into town and did a bit of Christmas shopping. We are finding that we have a lot of little gifts for everybody, but still need to figure out what to get several people for "real" gifts. The shops were a little crazy, but bearable.
On Sunday I headed up to Winter Park with a guy I've been trying to snowboard with for several years. He broke his arm at the beginning of last season. Luckily we didn't incur any additional injuries, and he seemed to be picking things up again pretty easily. It was a short day, I was back home by the early afternoon.
Saturday morning I headed in to town to run the annual Colder Bolder 5k race. The race has grown considerably since the last time I ran it (four years ago?). I finished predictably in the middle of my age group, which is fine by me. Morrissey was hoping to get a sub 20 minute time, but missed it by 20 seconds or so. I was feeling good enough during the race to give the photographer the devil horn salute.
A little later in the day, Kristen and I headed into town and did a bit of Christmas shopping. We are finding that we have a lot of little gifts for everybody, but still need to figure out what to get several people for "real" gifts. The shops were a little crazy, but bearable.
On Sunday I headed up to Winter Park with a guy I've been trying to snowboard with for several years. He broke his arm at the beginning of last season. Luckily we didn't incur any additional injuries, and he seemed to be picking things up again pretty easily. It was a short day, I was back home by the early afternoon.
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