Oh, where to begin

When I last wrote I had just gotten back from my WDW Marathon experience. It's now December and my, oh my, how time has flown!! A lot of things have happened in the last 8 months. Not even sure where to begin, so I think I'll start with the yearly timeline and fill in details from there...

1/9 - Orlando bound for the WDW Marathon
1/11 - WDW Marathon
1/12 - Character Breakfast at the Grand Floridian, dinner with the Guzdar's (traditional Chinese cooked by Angie's mom)
1/13 - WDW Epcot Center
1/14 - Universal Studios, Lobster Feast night with the Guzdar's
1/15 - WDW Magic Kingdom
1/16 - Universal Studios Islands of Adventure
1/17 - WDW Hollywood Studios
1/24 - National Western Stockshow with the Guzdar's - their first rodeo
1/25 - Girls luncheon at The Market downtown - Jami, Kelly, Kay, Rachel
1/30 - Chad VanKeuren visits Denver - snowboarding ensues
2/8-2/14 - Brian in Panama
2/20-2/22 - Valentine's make-up rendezvous/Anniversary Celebration at Vail Cascade Resort & Spa; Jami and Patrick joined us for a day of skiing and dinner at the resort
3/1 - Winter Park for the Wells Fargo Cup and a day of skiing
3/5 - Kevin Taylor's at the Opera House followed by Phantom of the Opera
3/6 - Girls Night Out at Beta - went with Leigh, Monica, Katie...Monica's friends drank all of our vodka :( Brian was in Tahoe for Mike Ross' bachelor party weekend
3/20-3/22 - Beaver Creek Weekend - rented a condo with friends and skied Beaver Creek Resort...this is the weekend that Brian tricked me into going down Birds of Prey (black diamond run, very scary!!)
3/24 - Called in sick to work to take advantage of a great powder day at Vail
3/29-4/4 - Brian in Panama
4/16 - Ludacris concert in Pueblo with Steph and Maria
4/18 - Jami's Bachelorette Party at Beatrice & Woodsley
4/24-4/26 - Mike and Jaquelyn's wedding weekend in Laguna Beach, California
4/25 - San Diego Zoo, Brian's birthday dinner at Oceanaire and Rain: A Beatles Tribute
5/1 - One Eyed Jacks to see a show with Monica, ran into Jake and MaryBeth there
5/2 - Birthday party at Tony and Angie's house
5/3 - Birthday Party at Danielle's
5/8-5/9 - Jami and Patrick's Wedding Festivities
5/8 - drove to Sedona, AZ and met up with everyone for drinks pre-wedding
5/9 - Visited Sliderock Park with Nick and Rachel; visited a vortex; attended J & P's wedding at Tlaquepaque Village
5/10 -5/13 - Grand Canyon Camping Expedition
5/14 - drove to St. George Utah, visited Pipe Spring National Monument and Brigham Young's Summer Home
5/14 - Zion National Park, drove to campsite
5/15 - Bryce National Park and then back to Denver
5/17-5/29 - Brian left for Panama
5/22-5/25 - Panama for Shea!
5/27 - No Doubt at Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre with Leigh, Steph and Monica, ran into Jami and Patrick at the show
6/5 - Katie's Birthday Party
6/15 - Brian signed the paperwork for our NEW HOUSE!
6/19-6/21 - Rapid City Central High School Class of 1999 10 Year Reunion; Shedeed Family Reunion in Hermosa, SD
6/27 - White water rafting trip with Brian, Jami, Patrick, Dave, Emily, Trent, Kelly and Ty
6/28 - Volleyball Tourney with Corey, Leigh and Matt - took 2nd place
7/3 - Rockie's Baseball Game with fireworks!
7/4 - 2nd Annual O'Gorkie's BBQ
7/18-7/25 - Brian's parents (David and Mindy) visited from New York
7/18 - Indian Tacos night with Tony and Angie
7/19 - Royal Gorge Train ride and Royal Gorge visit
7/22 - Rockie's Game
7/24 - Black Hawk with Mindy while Brian and Dave worked on house stuff
7/25 - Arc Angels at the Bluebird Theatre with Rosie and Rylan
8/1 - Camping near Berthoud Pass with Kona and Tabbie
8/15 - Adopted Petra from the Western Border Collie Rescue (wbcrescue.org)
8/16 - Muddy Buddy in Boulder
8/22 - Brian and Shea's Housewarming Party!
8/25 - Nickelback at Fiddler's with Brian and Leigh
8/28 - Kelly's birthday party game night
8/29 - Date Night with Brian
9/9 - Killers at Red Rocks with Brian
9/12 - Emily Rein's birthday party at The Irish Snug
9/13 - Volleyball Tourney at Lowry Sports Complex
9/14 - Bowlero bowling league begins, teammates are Brian, Monica and Greg
9/19 - Brian and Daria's wedding at Cheesman Park, reception at The Aquarium
9/23 - Av's game with Steph
9/25 - Rockie's game with Brian and his friends Paul and Kay
9/29 - Hot Air Balloon Ride with Brian, finally!!
10/1-10/4 - Canyonlands Camping Trip with Brian, Amy, Eric, Tony, Angie, Jeff, Barbara, Megan, Ben, Todd, Deanna, Matt x2, Misty and the Puccio bros.
10/3 - Tate James Uchitel is born, my first nephew
10/8 - Cecilia Bain's birthday bbq party
10/9 - Drag Queen Bingo with Steph
10/17 - Kay's 40th birthday party at Wash Park Grille, also celebrated Danielle's 32nd bday
10/18 - Field of Corpses with Steph and friends
10/19 - Rusted Root at the Ogden Theatre with Brian, Angie, Matt S., Megan and Barbara
10/20 - Nuggets pre-season game with Brian and Steph
10/24 - Couples date day at Chatfield Corn Maze followed by Pumpkin Carving Party with Jami, Patrick, Ashlee, Chris, Trent, Kelly, Brian, Daria, Korkie and Deirdra
10/31 - Howloween dog party for Boris Henry's bday; Bassnectar at the Fillmore
11/5 - My 29th Birthday; celebrated by going to sushi with Brian, followed by a surprise candle making party at The Healing Glow studios with 7 of my closest friends: Leigh, Katie, Steph, Megan, Daria, Ashlee, Monica...I have the best boyfriend for organizing as we all had a great time!
11/13 - Nuggets vs. Lakers game
11/14 - Matt Duran's Bowling Fundraiser for this brother
11/25-11/29 - Thanksgiving in South Dakota
12/9 - Dinner at Katie and Gene's house
12/10 - Girls Night In with Kelly, Danielle, Kay and Jami
12/14 - last night of bowling league, took 2nd place out of 20 teams
12/19 - Bobbie Jiminez and Jen Stipe's birthday buffet and gambling in Black Hawk
12/25 - Xmas at home with Brian and the pups