Amy and I hope your holidays were filled laughter and love. We were blessed with having almost two weeks of "family holiday fun" as Amy's sister and husband from Florida (Lance and Barbara) and her brother Tony and his family from Virginia (wife Patsy and children Jacob and Angie) all were able to join the rest of the Reed-Morales-Martin-Jacobson family for the last few weeks of December.
With so many family members here.....there were many outings (Granny Dances to a Holiday Drum (we got to see Suzanne perform....she's so awesome!!!) , seeing the new movie Avitar, dinner at the Aurora Summit Restaurant, hearing the Kantorei Choir at St. John's Cathedral in Denver, pizza and the micro brewery beer samplers at Amica's in Salida, snow shoeing in the mountains near Salida followed by soaking in hot mineral springs at Cotton Hot Springs Resort above Buenva Vista, "youth of America" night out at Bensons in Salida, and lots and lots of good food and drink over the two week holiday period (dinner for 16 was a regular event at our house).
The holiday weeks flew by.....and though it all Amy and I felt so fortunate to have our house and our lives filled with so many loving family members. It was a perfect way to end the year and begin the next.
Love to everyone in our extended families!
Greg
Dinner at El Tejado (a "Reed family tradition")
Barbara, Jack (old friend of Lance) and Lance
Cousins on Christmas Eve
Polly, Fritz, and Estelle
Christmas Eve dinner group
Amy showing her mother the Christmas tree ornaments
Christmas Day dinner with Joe and Raquel
Christmas dinner
Amy, Jacob, Amber, Angie, Tony
Christmas dinner at the "cool table!"
Josh, Joe, Julie, Angie, Jacob, Amber
Christmas eve dinner
Joe, Jack, Lance, Barbar, Julie, Aunt Barbie
Angie showing her father and brother her engagement ring at the Christmas Dinner table
(she's getting married in July!!!)
The gang snow shoeing near Salida
Greg, Patsy, Angie, Amy, Julie, Joe, Tony, Jacob
Stopping to rest along the trail
Snow angels (Angie and Julie)
Visiting the art galleries in Salida
The "youth of America" on the bridge
over the Arkansas River in Salida
The gang having lunch at Bongo Billies
Salida Cafe
Big horn sheep along the road home as we left Salida.
3 comments:
Suegros, That sure was a very special family time, and the pictures are really good. You two are "Terminators" when it comes to hosting a dinner for 18 or 2 people. It was nice to be able to spend time with Amy's brother and his beautiful family. Thank you for having us over for X-mas Day Dinner before we left for Mexico City. The pleasure was all ours. !Muchas Gracias!
Hey Guys! Thanks for hosting soo many events over the holiday! It was great to see everyone again and to get to know Tony and family so well! Such a rare opportunity to do something like that.
Now back to the grind. Happy 2010 everybody!
I sure loved being with you guys! Thank you for capturing the fun, Greg.
xoxo
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