2010 in review

This past year has been one of tremendous growth and opportunity, for which we're so thankful. Here's a brief recap.

January
Snow in Atlanta!



February
Home improvements, like painting, took lots of our time (and we're still not done with our list of projects).



March
Lucky turned 39 AND she flew a helicopter. Minnesota completed her first half-marathon.








April
A business trip to New York for Minnesota and Lucky tagged along for fun. We also attended the annual Dogwood Festival in Piedmont Park.





May
Minnesota spent six weeks in Hong Kong for on a business trip. This month also marks the one-year anniversary of the purchase of our home.









June
Lucky visits Minnesota in Hong Kong.









July
Minnesota turned 37. To celebrate, we went hang-gliding in the mountains outside of Chattanooga.









August
We joined Minnesota's family on a trip to northern Minnesota.










September
We enjoyed a Georgia Tech football game. Also, Li'l e visited and we ate our way around Atlanta.







October
Lucky had a conference in Minneapolis and Minnesota was able to tag along. Also, Minnesota spent three weeks in mainland China on a recruiting trip to Beijing, Dalian, Xi'an, Shanghai, Chengdu and Kunming.











November
On Thanksgiving Day, Minnesota completed her second half-marathon of the year and Lucky completed the 5K.





December
The first white Christmas in Atlanta in more than 100 years was beautiful.





We resolve to post more often in 2011. As always, we're sending lots of love and hugs across the miles...the girlz

Happy Thanksgiving!

(Sorry we've been lax about posting lately. No excuses....)

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Here are a few things we're thankful for:
*life
*love
*happiness
*joy
*compassion
*health
*friends and family
*laughter
*our home
*our jobs
*each other

Sending lots of love and hugs across the miles...the girlz

Maggie's grace

Here's video of our niece, Maggie, and her mom, Ruthie. Maggie didn't finish her dinner, so she wasn't allowed to have any ice cream...but as you'll see on the video, she's rewarded for good behavior.

Over the river and through the woods

We had a wonderful time in Minnesota with family! Our trip involved traveling to northern Minnesota (about 30 miles from the Canadian border) to spend time with loved ones at a mountain retreat.

This, unfortunately, wasn't our sweet ride, but check out the number of bikes on the back of this RV!


Some highlights included sledding down the Alpine Slide in Lutsen. This involved riding a ski lift up to the top of the mountain and, using a special sled, twisting and weaving one's way back down via a concrete track.




View from the top - notice all of the people with their yellow sleds lined up behind us




Waiting to get the go ahead to let loose!


Woohoo, that was fun!


A visit to Grand Marais, MN, included a visit to the World's Best Donut Shop and Sven and Ole's Pizza - both were good eats.




Mmmm, donuts


Grand Marais is a picturesque little town right on the edge of Lake Superior.




We also headed to the beach where our niece loved playing with the rocks.


Hiking














Skipping rocks


Gooseberry Falls


Most importantly, we enjoyed laughing and sharing stories and spending time with family.





Shucking sweet corn


The motley crew


We're looking forward to next year's adventures! As always, we're sending lots of love and hugs across the miles...the girlz