Chris and I actually pulled it together to send out a Christmas letter this year. We had a great time looking back on the year (using the blog was a great reminder) and putting a few of the highlights into our letter. Chris was the writer and I was the formatter for the layout and pictures - I have no talent in putting up the format in PDF here though. Following is our letter with a few of my favorite pictures from 2011.
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| Here we are at our friends wedding in January 2011 |
2011: A year of firsts. The year started off right: our close friends -- L&M -- were married, under the stars, in Carmel on the 1st of January.
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Chris and I on a Tucson desert run in February
(three weeks in to our low carb diet lifestyle change) |
February found us in Tucson with Deb and Bob. Chris caused his usually-irreparable damage, upsetting the Harrison-Blackett Hacienda with yet another gadget. This time, he helped Bob install a new TV antenna on the roof. Summer and Debbie -- oblivious to the disruption -- spent a ‘mother-daughter week,’ together.
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Chris at SCU exploring the campus with me one day before the start
of his classes for his Master's degree. |
March saw Chris taking his first classes in pursuit of a Master’s Degree in Computer Science and Engineering at Santa Clara University (being a full-time student, he expects to be graduating by the end of 2013).
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| Chris at Maker Fair 2011 - teaching the joys of HAM Radio |
May brought the Maker Faire, in which Chris was deeply involved with the Amateur Radio Booth. That same weekend, Chris officiated his first wedding, joining S&S, under the sun in Mountain View. Summer gave up her Birthday Weekend to all of this, so Chris organized a surprise birthday party breakfast with friends the weekend before.
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| At Balboa Park with Dad |
In June Summer spent a long Father's Day weekend with her Dad Bruce and Grandmother in San Diego enjoying the weather and several museums in Balboa Park.
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Chris' SF Birthday Weekend, enjoying some Chai tea and reading
before going to the movies at the I-max |
July and August were, comparatively, slow. Chris got good a swimming, biking, and running. Summer got better than Chris in the running department. In July there was a vague remembrance of a Birthday Party with TONS of FRIENDS and BEER joined at a real Beer Garden.... but no one seems to want to admit that anything actually happened. Summer abducted Chris, whisking him away for a Birthday Weekend in San Francisco (which he does remember).
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| Our view of the Deep Sea Exhibit and it's glorious Sun Fish |
August was also a 7th Anniversary Celebration for us, entirely spent in front of the newly-refurbished Deep Sea Exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
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| Chris' first triathlon - he loves this photo cause he looks bad-a** in it! |
Chris finished his first Sprint Triathlon at his old Stomping Grounds in October, (Scott Tinley's Adventures, Lopez Lake, CA). As soon as he was on his bicycle, he was like a salmon swimming up-stream... he used to ride with friends up Lopez Canyon all the time, soon after he left the Army and moved home.
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| Me after finishing my 1st 10k in SF |
Summer finished her first 10k run in November, completing the San Francisco Mermaid Run in 70 minutes.
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Us at a wedding in November 2011
(we've lost over 100 Lbs together since the first picture in this post taken in January) |
And, no, we have NO idea what kind of 'firsts' will be able to top all of this year's, come next.
1 comment:
You two are SO inspirational!!!
Here's to more of all good things in 2012.
Deb (aka Mummy) and Bob
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