Fishing report

Chris and my brother Monte went fishing on the Yampa River near Steamboat Spring, CO. Chris just got home and here's their photo results. they've had quite the dry spell so this weekend and the lucky fishing was a soul lifter.

Birthdays and stuff

Life is busy and here's some highlights.

Max turned 1 on May 5th. Went to the Denver Aquarium the weekend before his b-day and it was one of the tiger's birthday. Had a low key celebration at home. His current favorite thing is playing the the water.














We went to Nine Inch Nails/ Jane's Addiction (NIN/JA tour) On May 26th in Denver with Gregg. Great show and it's NIN last tour (wave goodbye)! Then on the 27th (my birthday) we went and saw No Doubt for Chris b-day present (June 8). That was a very fun concert. The Sounds and Paramour open for ND.

Here's all of our No Doubt photos




My mom Lana and I hosted a "Otto & Georgia Ludeke Family Reunion" on June 6 in Oxford, Nebraska at Mort's Lodge. Highly recommend Mort's Lodge! We toasted the family later at Thelma Lou's.

My cousin Pat Ludeke created a family history scavenger hunt where we had to go to different significant places (from the stories) and take photos or our team. Everyone had a great time.

And then we forgot to take a family photo - doh!

Chris is fly fishing before his class starts Monday.
I wanted to sleep in until Max woke up but the cats wouldn't hear of it. At 6 a.m. Friday morning I went to let them into the backyard after 30 minute of relentless meowing, licking, kneading, etc. The morning turned a bit brighter as the sun shown brightly through a hazy sky as it's been raining here for about 2 weeks. Made my coffee, was headed out to sit on the porch and sit to enjoy the morning when Max woke up .

We have a couple weekends of "Misc" gearing up for 4 full weekend of vists and visiting in July. There should be a lot to post then.

Has it been a year?

Went to Frozen Dead Guy Day in Nederlands, CO on Saturday and the snow was beautiful. Max got cold so we didn't stay for the coffin races.


Some photos of Max and what we saw in Nederlands.

We are off to Phoenix this week to see Gregg and upon returning onto my cousin Dustin and his fiancee Autumn's wedding.

I should really post photos from our San Francisco trip in November. I'm so behind.

a lot has happened

Since May we have a new son, Maxwell "Max" born on 5/5/08 at 4:04 a.m. We got a call from the adoption agency and were told to come get him and ended up staying in the hospital overnight to bond with him. by 2 p.m. the next day we were home being parents - finally. His adoption has become final.

In his first 12 weeks we had had 8 weekends of company and 2 weeks of travel pretty much all revolving around him. Now life has slowed and we are finally adjusting.

Max is happy, funny, hyper and, amazingly, looks like Chris.

Other than than, not much is new for Chris and I, but I believe that adjustment is enough.

Frozen Dead Guy Day - Happy St. Patrick's Day

On March 8, Chris and I headed to Nederland, CO for Frozen Dead Guy Days for the parade and coffin races (our photos). Next year we hope to be there for the entire weekend.

The next night at Geeks who Drink, the Frosted team was MIA. I played with the Booty team and here's our tribute to the Frozen Dead Guy Days at the quiz.

On March 15 I saw the Bellydance Superstars at the Lincoln Center. Excellent show! they did a great job of covering different genres of belly dancing.

Not much has gone one since. Chris is off fishing so hopefully there will be some nice photos to share from that.

new shoes

I have spina bifida occulta which also has lead to some foot problems. I had a club foot (left) as a child which was straighted to the best of abilities in the late 70's. In my late teens and through my late 20's I had a traveling staph infection in my right foot and had some toes and bones removed. In summary I have beat up, ugly feet.
My pursuit for the last 12 years has been to find a pair of shoes or inserts or SOMETHING that doesn't make my feet hurt. Pretty impressive quest, huh? If your feet hurt, every part of your body can be affected. Plus, I am a busy body and sore feet get in the way of my being busy, dammit.
My mom has good posture for the first time in I don't know how long thanks to Z-coils. She has Plantar Fasciitis which is the opposite of my foot problems. She is nearly pain free (still healing). My dad, Chris and I went and got fitted for a pair (takes about 1-2 hours per person for a fitting). After 3 days my hips are straight and my feet haven't hurt. Must recommend them.
Cripes, after being diagnosed with hypothyroidism and getting medicine, quitting smoking, going on South Beach diet with Chris to help his cholesterol, going back to my wheat free diet (slipped the last couple of years) and now finding the shoes you'd think I would feel great, but my body is still in transition.
Now what should my quest be?
I do need to fix my bike. Now that daylight savings time is coming, I should start riding again and saving money.
Haven't been taking photos lately, so let me see if I can dig up something old... Oh here's a couple of photos I took at torrey Pines State Park in San Diego when I went there on business in early February.

What the ef have we been doing for 2 months?

Being cold, having parties, having company, starting school, and playing Geeks Who Drink!
Chris and I hosted our own Geeks Who Drink Party in December followed by our Nebraska friends coming out for the New Year. What a great time on both accounts!

Now we both have classes this sememster at CSU and we are back to out "regularly scheduled programming".