January has flown and here it is February already. It seems like just yesterday we were enjoying all of the Christmas festivities.....why is it that time seems to go by more quickly as we age??? Oh well, thank goodness Joe created the Daily Avocado where we can all keep in touch with family and share memories and news from our busy lives.
Sooooo........here's a quick update on what Amy and I have been up to this past month.
January 8th was Amber's birthday.....while she has grown into a beautiful accomplished young woman....she will always be our favorite "first born" daughter (inside joke between my children and me;-)
Amber now....and when she was four.......
January 15th Amy and I took our parents to the rodeo. Estelle (Amy's mother) grew up in small town Colorado and while I grew up in Denver....but as "westerners"....going to the rodeo every year was an annual event in both of our homes. We had a wonderful time watching all of the events and we topped off the day with dinner at El Tejado's Restaurant....a Reed family favorite!
On January 22nd, Julie and Joe took Amy and I out (it was our Christmas present) for some great food (at Park Burger on Pearl Street) and music (we heard Antje Duvekot at Swallow Hill Concert Hall)...she was great! But the real treat of the evening was just spending time with Julie and Joe!!!!
January 25th was Amy's birthday....and we enjoyed having family (Fritz was sick so he and Estelle couldn't come) over for dinner on the 24th ....and on her "real" birthday.....we enjoyed a movie (Broken Embraces) and dinner at Fruition Restaurant. We would highly recommend both the movie (Penelope Cruz was great) and the restaurant!!!
Amy now.......................................and when I met her and fell in love (she was 18)
Amber and my mom on Amy's birthday
Julie and Joe at Amy's birthday
On our way down to Salida last weekend....we stopped by Breckenridge to see the Ice Sculptures being created at Breckenridge's annual Ice Sculpture contest. The artists were hard at work creating their sculptures and it was fun to watch them as they worked under a beautiful blue (but cold) Colorado sky.
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The Ice Scupture team from Mexico!
Finally, we were able to get to Salida twice during the month of January..... once in early January when there wasn't much snow on the mountain sides (so we hiked) 
and then last weekend, we drove down again as there had been a big snow early in the week which made for perfect snow shoeing conditions. In the evenings, we enjoyed great live music at the Salida Cafe seeing Chuck Pyle on Friday night and a pretty good jazz/swing/ folk/blue-grass band on Saturday (they were all over the place musically so it's hard to categorize their music/style).
As we drove back to town....we couldn't resist taking a few pictures of the beautiful long horned cattle on ranch just outside the Salida city limits!
We hope this posting finds everyone in our families healthy and happy!!!
Love,
Greg and Amy
Love,
Greg and Amy
PS---> Joe, I've got to learn how to space things better on the blog....when I create them...they look fine....and when I preview them...they look fine.....but when I post the blog...the spacing is never right.
2 comments:
Thanks for the pics Suegro. That sure sounds like a very, very busy January filled with FUN activities. Snow shoeing looks like an incredible work out. How far do you normally go, round trip ?
Happy Birthday to all the January Babies !
Hey Greg. Man that's a busy life - but fun! Can't believe Jan flew by already but in some ways it seems that it lasted a year if you count all the stuff that has happened.
I don't know why the spacing comes out like that.. I've noticed it's a bit quirky though.. Next time I'm over maybe I can hover while you post something to see if we can figure it out.. Maybe there's a setting I can change..
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