Just like the Pilgrims

Actually not really. We hosted our first Thanksgiving in our first house. It was very exciting. Family and friends joined us and pitched in with food and entertainment.

Dan was the man and made the turkey and a few sides. I handled the table setting and drinks. After stuffing ourselves, we played games, watched football and danced. Yes, we had dancing, hence the entertainment part. By the time the last friend left, we were pooped. We were in bed and fast asleep by 9:00 pm.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We hope everyone has a happy and safe holiday!

Walk Tall And Carry A Big Stick

Dan's dad, Fred, came out for a visit. Unfortunately I was in Philly for most of his visit but I was able to go on a few hikes with him and Dan. The really cool thing about Fred's visit was all the hiking he did thanks to the knee surgery he had on both of his knees this past summer. He was a hiking machine.

Here we are in Rocky Mountain National Park. It was windy and cold and I was so not dressed properly. But it was great to be out in the fresh air and hang with the family.

Many of the lakes we walked around were partly frozen.

Here's Dan standing on a frozen section. Despite the fact he was a half-inch from the shore and it was all of about a foot deep, it still made me nervous that he might crash through. Like I said, it was cold out and hiking in wet, cold shoes is one step away from pneumonia.

On our way out of the park we saw a long line of cars parked on the side of the road. This normally means there is wildlife in the area. So I yelled at Dan to pull the car over to check it out. This is what we saw.

Lots of elk. There were many more on either side of the frame. It was amazing! They just looked at all of us gawking at them wondering what was the big deal. Here are some close-ups.

I was craving some cookies one night so Fred suggested I make them. I thought great idea, how fun! So here I am making the cookies. If you look real closely, you will see really what I am making. It rhymes with egg nog and Jack Daniels.

Crop Circles????

View from the plane on my way to Philly.

Beckys in the City

Sorry for the long delay in posting..... I went to Philly, over a week ago, to visit my friend Becky. We hadn't seen each other in over 5 years and it had been 11 years since I lived in Philly. We spent two days whooping it up in NYC - shopping in SoHo and on the infamous streets of Madison and 5th Avenue (this is one of my new favorite places to shop), and eating in the meat packing district (that doesn't sound too good, but it was great!). Here I am in front of two of my favorite stores.

FAO Schwarz was pretty spectacular. I could have spent all day there and we don't even have kids! The FAO Schwarz man who greets everyone. Becky in front of a life-size pony stuffed animal.

View from our hotel - UN building on one side and the Empire State building on the other.

Some spectacular high rises and apartments.

The rest of the time was spent visiting with Becky's family and reliving our "wild days" on the Main Line.

Chicago O'Hare airport had this really cool touch-screen web TV screen. I checked out the weather in Denver.

My Favorite Holiday

Today Daylight Savings ended. Yeah! We get to fall back one hour which means an extra hour of sleep. Double yeah! Unfortunately not eveyone gets to celebrate this holiday. Sorry.