My Wild and Crazy Weekend in California

Almost immediately after we entered the Wild Animal Park, a zookeeper stepped out and announced loudly that he was about to walk a cheetah through the park (with a dog escort) and that we were all to stay at least 10 feet away. It was awesome!


Some of the animals were pretty lazy...

But this cub was very playful!



Me, Nanny, and Mom at Judy and Ron's engagement party:

Judy, Nanny, and the boys:

Judy and Ron, the bride- and groom-to-be:

Sarah's funny little dog Samson:

Photos from Trip to Maine/Boston

Just a couple of highlights from my recent travels...

One of the best parts of the trip was seeing my nephew Kieran, who's about 21 months old, enjoying the first Christmas he was really old enough to understand (if by understanding you mean playing with the stuffed Santas and snowmen around the house).


This picture is from Christmas Day down at Five Islands:


Outside the famous L.L. Bean store there is a live 40' Christmas tree. This year, they decorated the tree with Nalgene bottles, and it was possibly the MOST beautiful Christmas tree I've ever seen! These pictures really don't do it justice.




On my last full day of vacation, my parents and I went to Boston and checked out the new ICA museum. The "art" was a little contemporary for my taste, but the modern building was spectacular! After the museum, we drove through Boston, past Fenway Park (!) and into Cambridge, where we walked around the Harvard campus, had a lovely dinner, and met up with my college friend Sarah for dessert!

Thankful

We had an awesome Thanksgiving dinner at Julie and Chris's house on Thursday. Some highlights included:

Fenway and Bosco (Mara and Frank's new Boston Terrier) had a great time playing together. Livy is an excellent dog trainer.




Chris cooked a delicious bird, while most of us just relaxed and played with the dogs.




During dinner, we all said what/who we were thankful for. I was #1 on Livy's list!!

The Crazy Weather Here in Boulder, Colorado

These two photos were taken only 48 hours apart:


Sunday was a beautiful, sunny, blue skies kinda day, so warm that I had to wear a tank top! And today (Tuesday) it's snowed about 3 inches.

A Beautiful Wedding

I spent the weekend in Golden, Colorado, for the wedding of Mara and Frank. It was a really special wedding, seeing as Mara has been my sister's best friend since junior high, and our family has known her for most of our lives, so we are all so happy to see her so happy! The ceremony was pretty short and sweet, followed by a reception with food, [quite emotional] toasts, cake (made by Julie - yum!), music, and all the usual wedding stuff! I even ALMOST caught the bouquet! I wonder if that means I'll be the second-to-next to get married?