Thanksgiving

Turkey day was great - great food - great times with the family and a blast at the high school reunion. We planted a new willow tree for mom for Christmas - since the last one we gave her mother's day years and years ago fell down...

It was great to have a few days to spend with Claire and Madeline (my nieces) and Greg and Annemarie.

Some things from the reunion:
Dan is quitting law and moving on to be a DJ in Europe - www.wax-house.com
Andrew Hughes is still blowing glass: www.andrewohughes.com
Becky and everyone else seem to be doing very well which is great to hear and see!

The Turkey Bowl was fun - we had a huge turnout this year - which made for 10 wide receivers per team and not much contact with the ball...

The best attended Turkey Bowl yet!

Madeline and Poppy

Holding Claire tight

The "well-attended" 10-year reunion

The new willow tree.

First Day of Skiing

Last weekend we went skiing for the first day of the season here in Crested Butte - it was a glorious white ribbon of joy for us to ski down in our costumes. Liz and I both dressed up as "gapers" as they're called. Here's the Urban Dictionary definition for a Gaper:

A gaper is a skiier or snowboarder who is completely clueless. Usually distiungished by their bright colored clothes and a gaper gap, the gap between goggles and a helment/hat. Gapers also do the "Gaper Tuck" which is an attempt at being a ski racer by tucking, however, it is done incorrectly with the poles sticking straight up like thunderbolts and lighting, very very frightning! Gapers also sit at the bottom of jumps and try and go big off table tops in the park.

As you can tell by the pictures... there's no snow in Colorado - YAY for Global Warming. It will most likely be in our lifetime that there is little to NO natural snow in Colorado. Sweet - go drive your SUVs and celebrate.

A Thanksgiving post will follow as soon as I download some pics from the camera.

The Glorious View from the Lift of our "White Ribbon of Joy"

Mark in his gaper tuck while wearing a woman's one piece ski suit and some killer glasses.

Liz styling it out in the dirt with her matching Browns Starter Jacket and jeans...

The Family Picture

The family all dressed up for my Cousin Jane's wedding.
Annemarie and my new niece Claire!The extended Ewing family after the wedding. It was great to see my Dad's side of the family - it's been TOO long! (as in almost 6 years!)

Charley and Those Guys

"Those Guys" - HEY! Look at those guys!! They're having sooo much fun! Indeed we did - and we even won best costume!


Here's our ballerina puppy... more pics from Halloween as soon as I can get them from our friend's camera.