Tuesday, January 02, 2007

What a great way to start off the new year!! Is anyone else amazed that it is already 2007?!? I feel like the last year just flew bye....I guess that is just the way It goes when you are having so much fun. I was able to spent part of the holidays at a wonderful dinner hosted by Craig and Trisha Fisher (Sp?) in Issaquah where we were able to spend time with Trish's extended family which included her parents Byron and Janet (My beloved Godparents!!) and older sister Denise with husband Rob and daughters Temmi and Skylar. Great to see three generations of ladies all together as we poured over scrapbooks and told childhood stories well into the evening. They cooked up some southwest favorites including tamales and enchiladas...yum!! A great extended family pic topped off the evening that we will talk about several meetings from now I am sure. Then my parents were here to celebrate the new year with a sonics basketball game and fireworks from the roof of John's condo in Belltown of Seattle. We started the night with a little dinner with food from the Seattle Center Food Pavilion and followed up with some cheap seats in the rafters which made the night very low key as there are really no bad seats in Key Arena. We watched as they squeaked out a win over the hapless Boston Celtics. A few beers, some creative cheering and a quick visit from friend Sally topped off the event. From there it was on to John's as we opened up some late X-mas gifts from the parents an to the parents. I got some nice new cooking gear, shirt, hat and $$$ towards some new car tires which the old Jeep really needs. I also was able to give John his B-day gift which was a Madman Volleyball hat along with a video presentation I had made for him with old pics, clips, and a soundtrack. It turned out quite well and we ended just in time to rush up the stairs and welcome in the new year with fireworks from the Space Needle a few kisses with snuggled loved-ones on the clear night. A memorable one to be sure and great to spend with family and friends. Now it is on to another season of indoor v-ball and maybe even some soccer action as we crank up the new year. Here's to great one!!

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