Andy's Winter Wonderland Birthday

Well...we tried to only give him a birthDAY but it turned into a somewhat involved month of celebration :) We started with dinner at his favorite Zurich restaurant with some close friends....

Then threw a huge house party at our place...which got out of hand very quickly thanks to Lisa's signature cocktails...

And followed it up with a trip a month later (as our original trip on his real birthday was cancelled due to heavy snowfall!) to an igloo village in Zermatt for the night (complete with hottubbing under the Matterhorn, a midnight snowshoe, and fondue)...
Trekking to the igloo village:

Our cozy igloo bed:

The igloo bar:

The Matterhorn:

Happy 2008 from London

So for New Years we decided to take a last minute travel deal with our friends Braden and Anna to London :) We were there for two nights but we managed to see 3 shows (Spamalot, Wicked and Les Miz) and had a great time on NYE - found a super cute Mexican joint and had some tequila to ring in the New Year! Even got to see the fireworks off the London Eye...

New Years tequila shots!

We really did a lot more than just this :)

Braden and Anna gearing up:

Sight-seeing New Years Day:

The Real Christmas

I must admit, I had no idea anyone was even looking at this blog anymore until I got a few comments recently :) Turns out I'll have to start updating it! We have had a pretty busy winter so far...we started it off with a week in Ischgl, Austria in a ski chalet with our friends Braden & Anna, Kim & Nick (the Aussies), Bev & Steve (more Aussies) and Anna Zwei (another Aussie - we were outnumbered!). It was a pretty solid week all in all - the chalet was amazing and we had a great time boarding during the days, hitting the apres ski bars after the lifts closed and taking turns cooking dinner in the evenings. We even managed a delicious Christmas dinner and present exchange so we weren't all too homesick :)

The girls at Kim's Bday dinner:


Braden & Andy at Apres Ski:

Block Christmas

We celebrated Christmas a little early this year, since we're headed to Ischgl, Austria early tommorrow morning for a week long snowboard holiday with three other couples. Here are some photos from our Block Christmas :)
Thanks Vicki and Bruce for the great Pottery Barn dishes, the scarf and gloves for Andy, Grandma & Grandpa Boldman for the Stock Pot and Garlic press, and Grandma & Grandpa Maughan for the check! We miss you all and wish we were home :)
Oscar checkin out the presents...

Andy's new coat, scarf, and gloves :)

My new cappucino machine!

London

We don't often do trips alone anymore but a couple of weekends ago Andy was in London for work so Shannon flew down on Friday night to join him. It was pouring down rain the whole time, but it was beautiful and lots of fun to get out of town just the two of us!
On Saturday night we caught "Avenue Q" a show originally from off broadway - absolutely hilarious, very highly recommended :)