Holiday newsletter and a view of the Season, 2006

Happy Holidays to one and all! Thank you for visiting our website, and we hope you will browse through the galleries while you are here. This year Marilyn retired [see retirement gallery], ...

nobody@smugmug.com (marilynandbob) — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 12:06:01 -0800

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Happy Holidays to one and all! Thank you for visiting our website, and we hope you will browse through the galleries while you are here. This year Marilyn retired [see retirement gallery], ...

Welcome to our house! Rafiki is here to escort our guests to the party.

nobody@smugmug.com (marilynandbob) — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 20:16:26 -0800

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Welcome to our house! Rafiki is here to escort our guests to the party.

Our annual Holiday party portrait, 2006. Always a good time to have friends over for some holiday cheer. In addition to goodies to eat, we served some Hot Buttered Rum (a big hit) and some o ...

nobody@smugmug.com (marilynandbob) — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 20:15:10 -0800

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Our annual Holiday party portrait, 2006. Always a good time to have friends over for some holiday cheer. In addition to goodies to eat, we served some Hot Buttered Rum (a big hit) and some o ...

Our friends, Julie Hartman and Jim Forleo, and the Buche de Noel (Yule Log) they brought to the party.

nobody@smugmug.com (marilynandbob) — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 20:17:28 -0800

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Our friends, Julie Hartman and Jim Forleo, and the Buche de Noel (Yule Log) they brought to the party.

Wally White and Laura Godfrey- That's Wally on the left, with the antlers. A corny joke could occur here, but that's up to you.

nobody@smugmug.com (marilynandbob) — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 20:19:07 -0800

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Wally White and Laura Godfrey- That's Wally on the left, with the antlers. A corny joke could occur here, but that's up to you.

On Tuesday, December 19, we had a huge blizzard; snowed all day and into the night. We had around a foot and a half of snow at our house. This system moved east, and shut down most of the fr ...

nobody@smugmug.com (marilynandbob) — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 20:16:46 -0800

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On Tuesday, December 19, we had a huge blizzard; snowed all day and into the night. We had around a foot and a half of snow at our house. This system moved east, and shut down most of the fr ...

Bob applying the snowthrower. He's not only decorative, he's useful, too.

nobody@smugmug.com (marilynandbob) — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 20:15:26 -0800

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Bob applying the snowthrower. He's not only decorative, he's useful, too.

When the snow cleared, on Wednesday, this was our sunset from the deck of our house. Well, somebody's got to live here...

nobody@smugmug.com (marilynandbob) — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 20:18:16 -0800

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When the snow cleared, on Wednesday, this was our sunset from the deck of our house. Well, somebody's got to live here...

We drove to Crested Butte to get together with Melissa, her kids Jackson and Celine, and their dad, Mickey. Here's Mickey's tree with some of the presents.

nobody@smugmug.com (marilynandbob) — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 20:18:01 -0800

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We drove to Crested Butte to get together with Melissa, her kids Jackson and Celine, and their dad, Mickey. Here's Mickey's tree with some of the presents.

Jackson was home from his second year at University of Colorado. He played in the annual Alumnae Hockey game- former members of the Crested Butte High School Hockey team play the current HS ...

nobody@smugmug.com (marilynandbob) — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 20:17:02 -0800

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Jackson was home from his second year at University of Colorado. He played in the annual Alumnae Hockey game- former members of the Crested Butte High School Hockey team play the current HS ...

"Santa, Baby..." ~ Celine and Marilyn are two of a kind when it comes to being eager to dress up in costume. We handed out Christmas gifts to the family. This is Celine's last year in Air Ac ...

nobody@smugmug.com (marilynandbob) — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 20:36:03 -0800

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"Santa, Baby..." ~ Celine and Marilyn are two of a kind when it comes to being eager to dress up in costume. We handed out Christmas gifts to the family. This is Celine's last year in Air Ac ...

In Tucson for Christmas. We stayed at the Catalina State Park, not far from The Fountains, where Bob's mother, Florence lives. Here are Bob's family- his sister Barbara who flew in from Okla ...

nobody@smugmug.com (marilynandbob) — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:51:36 -0800

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In Tucson for Christmas. We stayed at the Catalina State Park, not far from The Fountains, where Bob's mother, Florence lives. Here are Bob's family- his sister Barbara who flew in from Okla ...

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nobody@smugmug.com (marilynandbob) — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:51:02 -0800

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Barbara, Florence and Phyllis with the scarves that Marilyn knitted for them for Christmas. Phyllis is also wearing a necklace Bob brought her from Kenya, Africa.

nobody@smugmug.com (marilynandbob) — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:52:00 -0800

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Barbara, Florence and Phyllis with the scarves that Marilyn knitted for them for Christmas. Phyllis is also wearing a necklace Bob brought her from Kenya, Africa.

In the beautifully-decorated lobby of The Fountains, the retirement community where Florence lives.

nobody@smugmug.com (marilynandbob) — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:52:43 -0800

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In the beautifully-decorated lobby of The Fountains, the retirement community where Florence lives.

On a lovely hike up to some ruins in Catalina State Park.

nobody@smugmug.com (marilynandbob) — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:51:21 -0800

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On a lovely hike up to some ruins in Catalina State Park.

Marilyn and Rafiki on the hike up to the ruins above Catalina State Park. An overcast and cool day, but we still enjoyed ourselves immensely.

nobody@smugmug.com (marilynandbob) — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:53:02 -0800

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Marilyn and Rafiki on the hike up to the ruins above Catalina State Park. An overcast and cool day, but we still enjoyed ourselves immensely.

For New Year's Eve, we drove to Phoenix to visit with Jytte Methman, Marilyn's roommate in graduate school, Tallahassee, Florida, back in 1973. It was a fantastic reunion and lovely way to b ...

nobody@smugmug.com (marilynandbob) — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:52:24 -0800

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For New Year's Eve, we drove to Phoenix to visit with Jytte Methman, Marilyn's roommate in graduate school, Tallahassee, Florida, back in 1973. It was a fantastic reunion and lovely way to b ...