Another Nuggets Game

One advantage of having a roommate that works with spinal cord injuries is finding out about events like these. There was a wheel chair basketball tournament at Colorado Christian University with teams from all over the country. We watched the Denver - Dallas game, and it was really entertaining. These guys are really good. There was one Nugget that was hitting a bunch of threes and had some sweet finger rolls as well. The Nuggets came up a bit short in the end, but it was entertaining nonetheless.

We also had our demo walk for the house. It looks great and we are really excited to close on it Wednesday. We are getting our fridge on Thursday and hopefully our garage door opener as well. We won't move all of our stuff down until President's Day weekend (weather permitting of course!).
We got another inch of snow yesterday, that's six straight weekends for those counting, so needless to say we are excited for the 60s and 70s of California this weekend. See some of you soon!!!!

Denver Nuggets

So, this past weekend we had the chance to go a Denver Nuggets game thanks to Tracie's work. It was the first we had been to since moving here and the seats were great. The Nuggets played against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The game was good especially since the Nuggets won.

We're coming close to closing on our house. Sorry we don't have any pictures to post. You'll just have to wait and see it in person!!! We can't believe that the day is finally almost here. Hopefully the weather will stay nice so we can actually move. This last Friday was the first Friday in 5 weeks that it hadn't snowed. And tempuratures this week may even reach the high 40s. We're making progress!!!

Only 17 more days!!!!!!

Until our house is done!!!!! Technically it is done but we have to wait 17 more days until it is officially ours!!!! We are very excited and it will be hard to not just move in right away. Our plan is to take stuff done little by little and have sometime in the middle of February our official moving day. 6 months have gone by quickly and it has been amazing to see how quick it was to build our house.Yesterday, we went and saw We Are Marshall. It was a pretty good movie and had us in tears from the beginning. We didn't realize that the movie would be so emotional from the beginning. The weather has been ridiculously cold. The past few days, we're lucky if we made into the double digits. It isn't too bad when the sun is out but when it's not, oh man, it's cold. Good thing this wasn't our first winter here.
Robyn, Tracie's old roommate, has been here officially for a week and a half. We think she's liking it here even though she's living with an old married couple!!!

Sledding

Yesterday we went sledding with Becky and Robyn at the Acres Green Elementary School. We found a run that we liked, and Becky snapped the pictures. Tracie and I enjoyed going down together and making funny faces. It was a lot of fun, even after many facefuls of snow. At least we got some use of the snow for the third straight Friday. We also noticed today strings of semis heading into Bible Park near our apartment. They were dumping tons of snow, probably from streets and parking lots around the Metro area. If you want to see it, you better hurry, it will probably be melted by sometime in June!!!

Happy New Year

We were wishing for a white New Year, and we certainly got one. We received another 7-9 inches on Thursday, which meant Tracie stayed home on Friday, and Troy worked from home that day. It also meant that we had plenty of time to stay inside and keep ourselves entertained. It's a good thing we got a sports trivia game for Christmas! (213-163). The storm didn't turn out as bad as originally anticipated, so we were able to get out on Saturday and see the house. The big addition was the carpet and some of the lighting. It is exciting to see, and realize how close we are. Our New Year's Eve was fun, we went over to our friend's house at dinner, popped open a bottle of Martinelli's at 9:15, and left their place at 10. We actually made to midnight (of course we had been in bed for almost an hour, but nonetheless!!!) We also made some New Year's resolutions. Here they are in no particular order.
Get out of this apartment!
Move into a house!
Melt the snow!!!

Have a Happy New year!!

Merry Christmas Eve!!!!!!

We survived the Denver Blizzard of 2006. According to the news, this was the 4th worst storm ever recorded in the history of the Mile High City!!!! Even as we type this, Mother Nature still continues to bless us with snow. Well, at least we can say that a white Christmas is guaranteed. :) We were able to get out of the house on Friday and Saturday. We spent Friday finishing off the last-minute Christmas shopping that had been delayed a few days (we're not procrastinators). We also went to the movies and saw The Pursuit of Happyness. It was pretty good. Tracie even drew a tear or two. The highlight (if you can say that) of the day was when we stopped to get gas at Costco and sat in the parking lot for 1 1/4 hours waiting to get out. Obviously, everyone had cabin fever that day.

Saturday, we ventured out again to take a look at the house. Surprisingly enough, stuff had been done. Apparently the blizzard didn't scare off everybody. We were happy to see that the wood floors had been stained, the kitchen counters and sink had been installed, and the shelves in the closet hade been put in. We also, finally, have a mostly complete exterior part of the house (we're still missing our side garage door). We can't believe that the house will be complete in a matter of a few weeks.

Besides our expeditions out, we have had a very pleasant stay indoors. As you can see, the blizzard hasn't even affected Lexie! We're excited to leave for Utah tomorrow and have a change of scenery. We wish you all a wonderful Christmas and an awesome New Year!!!!!!!!!!!

Blizzard Cont.

So we got out enough to check out the damage. Can you find the cars?? Luckily we had Robyn's Tahoe, so the four wheel drive came in handy. And our building blocked a lot of the wind, so the drifts weren't to high next to our cars. The sun is started peaking out of the clouds just after one today, and by now the skies are blue and we are in for a chilly night. The major roads aren't too bad, but side streets are still buried. We will be sitting at home for the rest of the night, and we may try and venture out to the mall tomorrow to finish up our last minute Christmas shopping.

Blizzard!!

So as you have heard, we are buried here in Denver!! The first pictures were taken yesterday as the snow started. The ones on this post are from this morning! It has been snowing since about 4 a.m. yesterday morning, and as we speak, at 9:15 a.m. it is still snowing. The roads themselves aren't too bad, since it is a dry snow, but once you get off the main road, you become like this car, and you just get stuck. Luckily, Tracie and I were both home safe and sound by 2 in the afternoon. Hopefully we don't get cabin fever today, since there is little chance of leaving again today. This is easily the worst storm we have ever been in, with totals this morning of at least 22 inches!!! At least it will be a white Christmas here in Denver!!!!!

Blizzard!!!!

Merry Christmas

This will probably be our last post before Christmas, so to those who we won't see this holiday season, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. See the rest of you soon! Our early Christmas present was visiting the house and seeing that they had painted and added cabinets. We had yet to see the kitchen with the island, so it was cool to see how that would fit in. We also did a little decorating to make it feel a bit more festive around our apartment. We sprung for one of the biggest trees that they had at Lowe's. We feel that it is quite fitting. We didn't even need to pose Lexie for the Christmas picture. Robyn drove out to drop off her stuff, and spend a couple of days with us and her friend Emily. The highlight of their short trip was our time at Blossoms of Light at the Denver Botanical Gardens. The lights were cool, and we enjoyed the music from Evergreen High School, and the United Methodist Church. (Jesus is the light of the world, is the light of the world, is the light of the world!) You can buy these glasses that make all the lights look like snowmen or snowflakes. They are kind of cool to look through once, and might keep the kids entertained, but the lady in front of us was probably in her 50s, and she was wildly amused the entire time! She was much more entertaining than the glasess.

Gettup on your dance floor!!!

Look what we have...floors!!!! Except for the carpet; that's usually one of the last things to be installed. We headed down this afternoon but after the sun had started to set. We weren't able to see much but were very excited to find that the wood and vinyl floors had been installed. The walls have been textured and are ready to be painted. Cabinets are ready to be installed too. We can't believe so much has happened in 2 months.
Robyn, Tracie's old roommate, will be coming this Wednesday to move in with us for the next few months. We're excited to have her and hopefully we'll be able to convince her to stay in the Mile High City.

Hong Kong

Here are some more pictures from Hong Kong. One is the IFC building, the tallest in Hong Kong at over 400 stories. Then there is a picture of the Bank of China building with Will and Kristin, and then a picture of us on the Tram.

Home for the holidays

This is what happens to a house in two weeks! It looks like a real home! We have a garage door and finally a driveway. The inside is all drywalled, and it is cool to see all of the seperate rooms. I think after the get the roof tiles up and finish that last side of siding, most of the exterior work will be done. We are getting excited, and only a couple more months!

Nee How (hello)

After 27 hours on a plane, walking 25 miles, eating tons of food, and spending lots of money...WE'RE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Our trip to Hong Kong was absolutely Ahhhhh-mazing. We enjoyed the time that we were able to spend with Tracie's family especially our little nephew Jason. (Hello baby - that one's for you Kristin). Once we arrived in Hong Kong, we were on the go. Most days were spent scouring the city for bargains, aided by Joanna's mad bargaining skills. We also took a tour around Hong Kong. We saw a Buddhist temple, the largest floating restaurant in the world (maybe), the sun twice, Victoria Peak, and Stanley Market. At Stanley Market, Tracie's mom helped to get the whole gang the best bargain ever. If you want to know details...email us. We must say that Jason was the hit of the whole trip. Everywhere we went people would stop to tell the group how cute Jason is. We whole-heartedly agree. Good work, Will and Kristin. All in all, we had a wonderful trip. We've finally become adjusted to Denver time after a few nights waking up at 3 in the morning ready to go for the day.