First Orchestra Concert

Erin had her first orchestra concert last night. I was really impressed how all the kids played together and in unison. It was great to hear the progress she has made. It's amazing how these kids can learn something so quickly. After only 4 months of playing, I was amazed.

ACA Awards Party

Last night was the ACA Year end awards party. It was held at Great Divide Brewery in Denver. We pictured a brewery type restaurant/bar with seating and food-right?? NO, it was literally a brewery where they make the beer. We walked in and it was like a huge garage, with the distilleries and it smelled bad-like a beer brewery would...Interesting, but we still had a good time. There were lots of people and free beer. The winners of each category were announced in a rather fast manner. Nobody was really paying attention to anything the announcers were saying. Did I mention that Doug was one of the announcers??? Needless to say, we picked up our awards, took some photo's, said hi to lots of our friends and headed off to dinner with some teammates. It was a fun evening all in all. However, I'm still trying to figure out why anyone would actually try to achieve any of these awards, they don't seem to mean much! Doug's team won the BAT or Best All Around Team and my ladies won the BAT for SW 1-2's. I took home the honor of Best All Around Rider for 2008 in the SW 1-2. Rachel was 2nd in the Best All Around CX Rider for the 35+ ladies! We had a good year over all, hopefully we can have another good one in 2009.

Cheerleading/Basketball Season

Cheerleading and basketball season have arrived. For 2 months out of the year, the girls add yet another sport into their already hectic lives, and make the days and week ever so exciting. Meghan loves to cheer on her sister and Erin loves to attempt the game of basketball. Actually Erin is really quick on her feet and loves to play defense. If we could just get her to realize that this is not football! Meghan loves to go out and do her round off back handsprings and wow the crowd. It's about the outfit for Meghan, and of course the pom poms!! It's fun to watch them both as they each love what they do.

New Years Day Resolution Ride

We had a great team ride on New Years Day that started in Parker with a core group. We rode to Cherry Creek Reservoir and met up with several other teammates. It was a gorgeous day for Jan. 1 and it was fun to see the group after a Christmas hiatus.