December 2007 news from Greg and Amy

Hello family,

Amy and I worked the first few weeks of December and so we were not able to start getting ready for the holidays until a few days before family began arriving on December 19th. We had just finished getting the Christmas lights, the tree, and house decorations up …..when Barbara, Lance, and Tia (their dog) arrived from Florida.

Hours later… Julie and Joe arrived from California.

The next day, we took Barbara and Lance on a quick 24 hour tour of Salida, then we rushed back to Parker as Amber was having her foot operated on and needed to stay with us while she recuperated. Joe and Julie took Amber to the hospital for the operation….then brought her to our house so we could help her during her recovery period.

By Christmas day (four days after the operation) Amber was feeling well enough to share all the commotion of a large family Christmas meal.

We were also lucky enough to have Josh join us during the holidays and it was a pleasure having both of the Morales brothers in our home. Another unexpected but welcome visitor was Amber's boyfriend Brig who stopped in to check on Amber and share in the holiday celebrations. Having grandparents, parents, children, and friends all together to share in the joys of the season was the best Christmas present of all!!!

Several days after Christmas everyone had to get back to their lives........so Amy and I were alone and we decided to run off to the mountains and enjoy bringing in the new year in our home away from home....Salida. We watched firew0rks going off on Monarch Ski Mountain on New Year's eve (it was -10 degrees)....then we headed back into town for a great News Years dinner....followed by joining much of the rest of Salida in dancing in the new year to a great blues band at the "Old Vic" bar in downtown Salida. The next day we started 2008 by snowshoeing along Cottonwood Pass. It was a wonderful way to end the old year and start the new year!

Amy and I hope that 2008 is a year filled with peace, good health, and love to everyone in our wonderful families.

Love, Amy and Greg