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The Switzer 2009 Holiday
Newsletter
Welcome to the 7th installment of our online
holiday newsletters,
to go with the creative photo cards that Carrie puts together every
year.
If you didn't find your way here
because of the photo card, you can see a picture from it below in the family
section of this newsletter.
Stick around for a bit, check out the pictures... maybe
you'll see some snow falling! If you are viewing this site with Firefox ,
roll over a few of the photos for a fun effect.
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Ashley is our 21 year old University
of Colorado senior with a major in Economics. I'm having a hard time
wrapping my head around the fact that Ashley is about to enter her
final semester as the calendar turns. We're extremely proud of her.
Ashley continues to work on campus part-time as an office assistant,
as she has for the past couple of years.
When Ashley drops in sometimes on the weekend, one
of our favorite things to do is play Rock Band - something all four
of us can do together. Ashley has a beautiful voice so the rest of
us usually just grab an instrument.
This coming May, friends and family will gather
in Boulder to watch Ashley march in cap and gown as she receives her
Bachelor's Degree.
Father-Daughter
Bowl #4
Thanksgiving
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Tobey is our
six year old first grader.
He now goes to High Plains Elementary
for the day and then over to "Growing to Greatness" for a
few hours in the afternoon. Big accomplishments for the year were learning
how to ride his bike (although not too keen on it yet), jumping off
the diving board at A-Lakes, and recently learning how to tie his shoes.
At the beginning of the school year he also joined Cub Scouts Pack
354, with his Papa as one of the Tiger Cubs den leaders. Tobey loves
to play video games on his DS, PS2, or computer, and has recently become
an avid reader - on our Florida vacation he read the entire Diary of
a Wimpy Kid series.
Weblog entries involving Tobey in the past year:
My week with George
Boys Weekend II
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Twizzler is our 12 year old
chocolate labrador retriever. We affectionately call her the "old
lady"
of the house, but you wouldn't really know it when she's out on her
daily stroll.
If you'd like to spend some time with Twizzler the
next time you see her, she'll be happy to sit near you as you scratch
her ears. A peanut butter sandwhich wouldn't hurt either!
Twizzler
turns 12
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A look back on 2009
for Carrie
and Alan begins with a few of the highlights and trips from
the past year in our family weblog or Flickr photosets:
Broncos/Chargers Game
October Florida Trip
Avery's Wedding in California
Carrie started a new job in August as a consultant
at Comcast. They like her there a lot - she was recently extended
thru all of 2010, which is great news. This summer she redecorated
Tobey's room in
a "Denver Nuggets" motif. In late July,
Carrie went to MI
to visit her family.
We've been in our house in Englewood now for 12+ years, and we know
we'll be in it for a bit longer with Tobey going thru the Cherry
Creek schools, so after re-painting the exterior, updating the carpeting
and master bedroom furniture, we feel like we are walking around
in a new house!
I'm nearing my second year at ProBuild, working
with a great team in their IT department. This
past summer I ran the BolderBoulder
with my sister. After turning
40 (wow, how did that happen?) a few weeks before the 10K, I
set a goal of running faster than 50 minutes. I ran it in 48:37,
proving to myself that I'm not quite ready to admit I'm over the
hill. :) Over the July 4th weekend I went to CA to attend the Switzer
Reunion with my folks.
As you may know, we are long-time Denver Nuggets
fans. This past April and May the Nuggets had their best
postseason in 24 years. We enjoyed the ride and were able to
be at the clinching games in rounds 1 and 2 before they finally bowed
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| Twizzler's
2009 Family Photo |
Wishing you a happy and safe holiday season,
The Twizzlers
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