We had a great Thanksgiving up in Bailey! We went up on Wednesday and had a fun dinner at Anne, Mark, and Emily's house. Emily was our chauffeur for the evening. :) Thursday was a great day of cooking, laughs, and celebration. We picked up our Christmas tree (from the bin at Home Depot...how I miss getting trees from the Santa Cruz mountains!!) that weekend and have been enjoying it ever since. We have docorations from the late 1970s all the way through 2008 (we buy a new ornament for ourselves each year), so it is fun to decorate and have all the memories with us as we trim the tree. Zack just watches from the stairs and awaits the garland...that we didn't put up this year since he crews it and it just can not be good for him. He is still looking for it.
At the DCB rehearsal the following Monday I was "recruited" to play with the Lone Tree Symphony Orchestra (percussionists are in high demand in the community band world!), so I rehearsed with them twice that week, followed by a concert on Friday night. The concert went great and us rowdy percussionists surprised Jacinda, our conductor, with Santa hats for the encore! I went to a cookie exchange at Jenna's house on Saturday which was really fun (and yummy....!). Sunday we went up to Tarah's house with the other Nellis siblings to help Tarah put up her tree. We had her famous overnight casserole and french toast. Yummy!! The weather was great that afternoon to get our lights up outside!
This week was busy with a DCB concert, so we had two rehearsals this week. The Northern Trust holiday party was a bowling party at the Denver Athletic Club on Thursday, and it was fun to "let loose" as this has been quite a year in our industry. The concert went great yesterday. I had a challenging part on chimes in one piece and jingled the sleigh bells on a few pieces as well.
Today we attended a baptismal class at Michael and Carrie's church as we have been given the great honor of becoming Sofia's godparents. Father Ken (a childhood friend of Suanne's) presented the details beyond the rite and Sofia practiced her cries for the ceremony a bit once the class was all done! :)
It is really cold here in Colorado (well below zero tonight), so we are in the holiday spirit. We should get some more snow tonight, so I'll watch the commute from the comfort of the light rail. I have a 7 mile drive to the train, but it is good to ride in for the last 2/3s of the drive! Cheers!
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