Wednesday, December 29, 2021

2021 in Review (the WHOLE year)

Margot twinning with her friend, Gemma
Grandpa Marvin's birthday in CO
Lucy's first cheer competition ever
Monopoly game night
At Montanya in Crested Butte
Drinks at Montanya, our favorite rum bar in Crested Butte
Pizza at The Secret Stash
The Sustrs and Reids at Secret Stash
Break from snowboarding for some cookie baking
Crested Butte
Leaving the condo
Margot's 8th birthday party, we rented a theater
Birthday girl
The whole family enjoyed the movie
International Dining: German at Helga's
Kiddie beer
Real beer
More beer
Wiener Schnitzel
Dessert is always the best
Goofing off
Because we matched today
Margot's big girl bike
Happy 8th birthday!
March snow
Spring break staycation.  This was the best coffee shop around.
First customer
National Ravioli Day, March 20
Another spring break business
National Melba Toast day, March 23
Manicures/pedicures
Girl bonding
Keystone
Cheer portraits
The flyers
Lucy and Haydyn
Heel stretch
International Dining: Vietnamese 
Spring rolls
Boba
At work, principal took a picture of me during a teacher observation-just never get to see me at work
Dying Eggs
More egg dying
We really took our time this year!
Happy Easter
Happy Easter
Never too old to hunt for eggs
Margot "Le Frenchie"
Playing with our Easter gifts
International Dining: American Indian
Margot loves this prairie dress
Lucy snowboarding
At Playa bowls, downtown Littleton
One of the only events at school for the entire 20-21 school year
Field Day 2021
Brian hugging his favorite bush
5th grade girls at Field Day
Movie night
The Orange Giraffes
End of school year tradition-Melting Pot
Last day of 2nd grade
Last day of 5th grade
Continuation Ceremony
Lucy with her 5th grade teacher, Mr. Priester
5th grade "graduates"
Goodbye elementary school, hello middle school!
Orange Giraffes
Ready to drive to Iowa
Playing cards with Grandma
We went to a Cider brewery with these adorable goats
Marshmallow toasting with Colin
Arthur wasn't having it but everyone else was!
Quick stop at the Wards, we drank wine from our Napa trip
Kristy and Brian at 3 Bartley Lane, last time
Grandma Marvin's tub
Socks and Margot
Love these cute moments
Hiking in RMNP
New car!
Happy Father's Day
Night one of the Reids/Smiths in Colorado
Garden of the Gods
Smiths
The whole gang
Jim's kids
The Reids
Andrew holding up the rock
Jim's celebration of life
Vandalism is okay when it's in memorandum
Budweiser/Coke cheers to Jim
Pike's Peak Railway
Siblings
At the arcade in Colorado Springs
Carson and Margot feeding the giraffes
Andrew and the giraffes
Lucy, the Parakeet Whisperer
Finding out if we weighed as much as a hippo
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Happy 20th birthday, AJ!
Steamboat Lake 
Practicing for cheer . . . anywhere
Best camping trip ever!
Celebrating Father's Day (late) with a whiskey tasting tour at Stranahan's
Amber and Eden in CO
Painting pottery
Black Widow
Mini golf
Hazel, always smiling
Fun at the pool with Elizabeth
Reading to Hazel
Lucy was SO excited to get her birthday gift early
Sushi for Brian's birthday
We recreated the same photo from the year before-Key Lime Pie
International Dining: Korean
Princess Bride at Film on the Rocks, Red Rocks
Nailing the big bike
Cookie
Andrea, Michelle and Susan-book club friends for 18 years
Just Margot being cute
Sushi for Cheryl's birthday, with Natalie
1st day of 3rd grade
Middle School ready!
Cupcake tasting 
Sushi date for our anniversary
Margot and Elizabeth at High Tea
Pinky up
Western Welcome Week
Elizabeth and Margot
Fun at the park
Annual Rockie's Game-September 
Enjoying Andrea's new toy
Margot and Brian came to cheer on the event I put on-the Littleton Public Schools Community Resource Fair
Serious Game faces
National Pancake Day, September 26
Cider Fest
Christmas Card photo
Celebrating LJ's birthday
Dragon Dash
3rd place girl
Winner's Podium
Grandma & Grandpa got to see it
Dragon Dash memories
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
View from our patio
Lots of selfies when you travel as just a couple
Our resort
Our daily digs
So many towel sculptures
Covid testing
The beach was incredible!
More towel sculptures
More selfies
The view from our backyard-no filters!
Margot's musical: Aladdin
Margot with her friend Charis who played Jasmine
Djinn-the magical spirit of the lamp
Halloween at the Botanical Gardens
Largest Colorado Pumpkin
Pumpkin carving
Not fans of the pumpkin guts
Our final masterpieces
Alice in Wonderland
Lucy and Sofie-Peanut Butter & Jelly
The candy sort
At Jim Gaffigan
Final team celebration-the Dragons
Our soccer star
Veteran's Day
Margot and Gemma at Lucy's birthday
Happy 12th birthday!
Rebecca, Sofie, Lucy and Haydyn
Birthday gifts
Mom and Dad's 50th wedding anniversary (celebrating in DC)
Eden's visit in November-Sushirama
Meow Wolf 
The strangest museum but so fun
Sleepover at the Matteson's-breakfast cookie making 
Happy Thanksgiving
Just the 4 of us
Lighting of Downtown Littleton
Before ornament shopping
Did our own gingerbread houses this year
Deep concentration
Lucy's work of art-less is more
Margot's work of art-more is more
Out of order-Brian and Jay in matching yeti shirts-Christmas at the Ellsmores
Teaching Colin to play cards
So patient with her cousins
Lucy with Arthur
Christmas in Chariton-Margot and Eden 
December-Mike Birbiglia comedy show
Shaggy Hazel
Margot spotted Alice, the elf
Brian hard at work
Snuggles
Pretzel dipping
Christmas lights at the Botanical Gardens
Santa Brunch looks-brunch with Kendra and Elizabeth
Lucy's first cheer competition of the season
Frost Cats
Margot preferred reading in the very loud auditorium during Lucy's cheer competition 
Elf themed tour at our mini vacation at the Gaylord Hotel-Hi Mr. Narwhal
Designing a Christmas Cookie
Our cookie's appeared on the screen in the oven
ice skating
Warm enough to swim outside in December
Hudson Gardens Christmas lights
Family Movie night
Cookies for Santa
Christmas morning
New pajamas/robes for all
Lucy modeling her new Christmas shoes
New Christmas jammies

2021 in Review (the WHOLE year)

Margot twinning with her friend, Gemma Grandpa Marvin's birthday in CO Lucy's first cheer competition ever Monopoly game night At Mo...