Countdown to Christmas - Song Style (Dec 5)

Steve & Edydie - love 'em!  (And incidentally, it IS cold outside, baby ... 3 degrees when we woke up this morning!)

Countdown to Christmas - Song Style (Dec 4)

I love this hymn, and it's no secret that I love the MoTab.  As an added bonus today, there's a little somethin' from Lloyd Newell.  Score!

Birds [of Prey] Watching

Spent the morning at Beaver Creek watching the men's Super G races (Day 2 of the Audi Birds of Prey Men’s Alpine World Cup).  And ... it snowed! Fun day.

Just playing with the camera around Beaver Creek Village
while Gregg took a few runs.

Fresh snow! It's been a while around here ...

Hanging out at the grandstands at Red Tail Camp before the
races started.  Notice the eagle on the screen is a real, live
eagle being filmed in the bottom left corner of the photo.

Crowds starting to form. Still waiting for Gregg to show up.

USA Ski Team member Bode Miller. In the flesh. He ended up in
the 20s for this race, but yesterday he won gold on
the Men's Downhill (which we didn't get to see - bummer).

Freezing, but still smiling.

Countdown to Christmas - Song Style (Dec 3)

Today's song is dedicated to my brother, Nate, because for some reason whenever I hear it (which actually is not very often, shockingly) I think of him:

Countdown to Christmas - Song Style (Dec 2)

Day 2: Gotta love Home Alone.

Countdown to Christmas - Song Style (Dec 1)

Last year I did a little "Song-a-Day Countdown to Christmas" on Facebook.  I figured there is at least one person who reads this blog who is not my friend on Facebook and I didn't want to leave anyone out of the Christmas cheer this year.  (So, sorry if you follow both - you'll feel a little deja vu for the month.)  At any rate, I hope you enjoy!  I admit I started listening to Christmas music long before today.  I love this time of year - and I love the spirit that comes with Christmas music (whether it's technically "spiritual" or not).  Here goes, Dec 1:

We Don't Volunteer, We Pose

A couple weeks ago our branch took part in an annual tradition at Avon Elementary where the community helps fill Thanksgiving boxes for families in the valley. Not ones to simply do things out of the goodness of our hearts, we wanted some glory for all the effort we had put into driving nearly 5 miles to volunteer. Kim had been trying all morning to sneak into a photo, with no luck. Finally, as she placed a can of green beans into her box at just the right moment, she got the timing spot on and glory was hers. This shot appeared on the cover of Vail Daily the next day.