Entering 2009

Well, nothing new to report, just thought I'd check in here on the 1st day of 2009. We had a wonderful first Christmas in our New Home back in Colorado and it was beautiful and relaxing, we had both families come to us, which was wonderful. I will post some pictures as soon as PapaDward and Jillybean send them along... they were the one snappin' the pics this week. Mum and Dad are officialliy homeowners in Colorado now and spent some time this week decorating their new pad. Hopefully the condo will mean we'll get more frequent visits from them! yay! I'll post some pictures of that, too. Beautiful new condo in west Littleton.

The Edwards Clan arrived on Christmas Eve after we enjoyed a low-key Christmas with the Williams family (specifically Papa Willi - ahem, Randy - and Meg & Mike)... we were able to finally defeat Ryan at Blockus. Quite an achievement! :) Christmas Day Terry & Marc joined us for a giant Buffalo Roast! Nana didn't know... shhhhhhh... heh heh, nah, we finally broke the news to her that it was Buffalo on Monday night. heh. Poor Duped NanaBanana. ;)

Our week included lots of eating, drinking and merriment, along with plenty of fun board games (Guesstures and Taboo are new favorites amongst the Edwards contingency)... and of course, skiing! Even Ryan joined in the "fun". Ha! You'll get there soon, babe, promise! It CAN be fun! Just the Edwards-5 went up on Saturday and were met by temperatures that topped the thermometer at about -2 degs F, but as the weatherman said... "Feels like -28 deg F"... it was DAMN cold up there! Dad's face nearly froze off... and he had an ICEBURG growing on his 'stache. hahahaha! Sunday was a day of rest, and then Monday we hit the slopes again with avengence, since Sean's boots and the cold weather hindered the true hard-core-skiing on Saturday... however, Alli & Ryan stuck to 'Green Acres' (aka the bunny slope) where we mastered (kind of) pizza & french fry. Mostly we mastered french fry... pizza needs some work. Yikes. Tuesday the boys hit the slopes hard again (all 3 days at Copper), and we ended the week with some Buffalo Chili, Taboo, and Champagne at the new Edwards Chalet. :) A wonderful week!

Then, we kicked off 2009 with a BANG by having our first really big party in the new house! Lots of hot-tubbing and other shenannigans went on at 5159 Morning Glory Place... good times had by all!

We look forward to lots of wonderful memories in this new year, and I hope to be better about sharing them with everyone here (and if no one reads this but me myself and I, at least I have a good place to host my memories)...

Happy New Year!