Breckenridge Snow Sculpture Contest

We (Stacey, the girls, and Seth) spent a fun Saturday up in Breckenridge with Grandma and Grandpa viewing the amazing snow and ice sculptures. Wow! Who knew you could make snow look so incredible? Teams started sculpting on Tuesday and pulled an all-nighter last night (Friday) to put finishing touches on the masterpieces. There were tons of people and their dogs! (What's with the dogs?--no offense to pet owners, of course.)

Christmas letter

Last year I was able to post our family Christmas letter on the web for all to see, but this year I've been having problems accessing the server from a remote location (i.e. home). Because I'm a genius, I was able to create images of the letter for your enjoyment. Feel free to post comments on funny results, if you desire.

Merry Christmas!

A fish story

Seth and Mom went to the Denver Aquarium for a field trip, complete with feeding "Big sharks", "Big turtles" and feeding the Manta Rays. Seth also enjoyed the bubble machine outside the Aquarium.

Christmas at the Soddies

While David and Dad enjoyed a day of skiing at Copper Mountain (sorry, no photos), the girls went to enjoy a day of "Christmas at the Soddies" at the Plains Conservation Center. They got to go to school in the schoolhouse, made Christmas ornaments, learned how to make the most excellent ginger cookies and met Father Christmas.

Sweet and Sassy

Sarah was invited to a birthday outing at the appropriately named "Sweet and Sassy", where she got a makeover. After that, the group went to lunch at the Olive Garden. She was definitely in her element!

Thanksgiving weekend

We went to Colorado Springs for a couple of days to celebrate Thanksgiving with Devin's family. The weather was fantastic, so we spent some time at the park on Friday. The evening was highlighted by a trip to the ballet for the girls, who went to see The Nutcracker. Since we hadn't brought proper clothes for the ballet (it was kind of a last-minute thing), we got to go on a shopping spree to Goodwill, finding some fun outfits for a song. We followed up the shopping trip with a trip to ColdStone, where we combined birthday ice cream and gift cards to feed everybody for 83 cents.

Four oh!

We had a few friends over for an 80's party to commemorate Devin's 40 years on the planet. 80's trivia and 80's karaoke never, ever get old. The same cannot be said, however, for fashion trends.


Another totally awesome cake by Stacey!