The Real "Winning" Egg

Michelle's Winning Egg '07 (left). Eileen's egg '08 (right).

In the last several years Eileen has liked to challenge me in a little Easter egg decorating contest. Unfortunately for her...it is no contest. This year she was going to win by my forfeit because I did not believe I would be partaking in any decorating. Eileen boldly sent me an picture of the susposed "winning egg", pictured here, which she calls "Easter Egg Hunt Among the Gardens in March" (which does remind me a little of my egg from last year...)

However, in an unexpected twist - there is no forfeit...may I present 2 eggs for the this year's title.
Egg #1 titled "Bunny" and Egg #2 titled "There are so many colors on that egg how did she do it?"

The answer to the number of colors on the second egg is that in a hurry Joan grabbed a different kind of decorating kit - you put the egg in a tiny plastic bag and put a couple of drops of color in then swosh it around till it looks like tie-die. Our eggs didn't quite turn out like the pictures on the package, but this was one of the best. I still think my egg from last year beats them all. Here are all of Joan's, Ellen's and my eggs for this year. Happy Easter!

Copper Mountain and Frisco

Uncle Fred and Aunt Vicki took their annual trip to Copper Mountain. My aunt Ellen and I joined them for a few days. At Copper I snowboarded on Friday and Saturday; unbelievably it was the first time I had been up this season. I was curious how bad I might have been since it had been a year, but I hadn't forgotten anything and didn't fall down once. I still was wearing my volleyball kneepads though just in case. Joan drove up on Saturday and joined us for dinner at the Blue Spruce Inn.

On Sunday, we tried classic cross-country skiing at the Nordic Center in Frisco. I really enjoyed the cross-country skiing and would definitely do it again. The boots are comfortable compared to ski boots (they lace up and only come to your ankles). And the skis are smaller and light-weight compared to downhills skis. It's an excellent workout; you pretty much can follow the tracks (see the tracks in right-hand corner of the picture with Ellen and Vicki ahead of me). There is also something called 'skating' that looks like someone on rollerblades.You can also see the skating tracks on the main center part of the trail.

Vicki, Ellen and I then had lunch at the Butterhorn Bakery in Frisco.

Opera Shorts!

Megan and I went to an Opera Shorts event. It was put on by the Central City Opera. It's wine, appetizers, and bits from the operas that they are putting on this summer. It was a quick, fun event to fit in right before my law class.

Birthday

I went to my friend Mythili's daughter's 5th birthday. She also has a 3mo old. In this pic, I'm in the background, and Mythili's friend to her left is holding the baby.

Mythili's daughter, Ananya, is the one on the left smiling.