Christmas 2011

We had a great Christmas weekend spending time with family and eating and drinking till we were full.

We headed North to the Hanke farm on Sat morning and watched the Patriots game with Rich and Belinda. Then we headed over to Erich, Julia and Wyatt's house for a turkey dinner with Julia's parents, John and Judy, and her sister Kristina and her husband Justin. Tucker got to meet Daisy, Kristina and Justin's new dog and they all played out back while we ate. After a gift exchange, we headed back to the farm and awoke Sunday morning to blue skies and warm weather.

Belinda made tasty apple pancakes that we enjoyed with bloody's and mimosas. We opened gifts with Erich, Julia and Wyatt. Then later in the afternoon, Rich, Belinda, Melissa and I took a two plus mile snowshoe out back. It was a beautiful afternoon and it worked up our appetite for a New England style Christmas dinner in Colorado. Mussels, little necks and lobster were on the menu!

See photos from the weekend HERE

Christmas Tree at the Smith's

Melissa gets a new ski helmet from Marsha and Mark

Time for a snowshoe out on the back 40 at the Hanke farm

See photos from the weekend HERE
or see the slide show below

Tucker Smith

Welcome to the family Tucker!!

• Named after Tuckerman Ravine on Mt. Washington in N.H.
  
• 2 months old (DOB ~ 12/23/10)
• Mountain Dog mix (we think Swiss Mountain Dog - shorter hair, but will still be big)
• We got him from the Colorado Puppy Rescue on Saturday. He was found with an abandoned litter in a culvert in New Mexico.

He is very calm and already going to the bathroom outside the majority of the time. Only a few #1 incidents inside so far and he recognizes when we say it's wrong. We are looking forward to taking him hiking and camping with us this summer!