Saturday, January 31, 2009

Christmas morning and beyond






Can't beat The Office board game.
Or a puzzle of the leg lamp from The Christmas Story.
How about a gift certificate to the Metropolitan Dance Center for ballroom lessons -- from Corinne to Allan.  And then Corinne opened her gift from Allan...more ballroom lessons! At least we know we still think alike!
A big Christmas 26th morning at the Broadbents!
It only took 4.5 years, but we finally put together our wedding book and gave it to our parents.
Corinne taught an Apple Pie class to Heidi and the girls, and to Jake. The pies were yummy.
Jake was very precise in his pie-making techniques, with teacher Corinne carefully monitoring the process.

Good stirring Natalie! The girls loved it too.


Allan and his sweet little niece Emory became fast friends. Corinne and Julie loved spending time together.
So we decided to take a trip to the place of our engagement - 5 year anniversary. We hiked out to the spot to find that the trail was closed about .5 mile short of Summit Rock because of...
Some darned falcons nesting. What a disappointment!
On New Year's Eve, we all went to the Phantom of The Opera in San Francisco. A very memorable experience for the last day of 2008!
Yay for Phantom! The performance was spectacular. 

4 comments:

Paga and Baga said...

Sweet memories! Making and eating pies was the best. The girls still talk about it. Love, Momm

JANE said...

Uh, hello. That was so obviously a sign from God that you guys are supposed to be nesting too! We are all our own endangered species my dear. Hehehehehh, or not, whatever, no pressure or anything. ;)

Katie C Kirkham said...

Ok first...you look yum in that sweet lookin coat you wore to Phantom of the Opera.

Two....your pies are amazing.

Three...you give the best gifts ever.

Four....we miss you.

Five....Christmas was awesome.

Six....Emmy loves loves loves loves loves you guys!

Love the posts!

Seven.....my verification word was "RUBMETU" ha ha ha.

a Tom said...

When it comes to romantic locations, I always knew Alan had something in common with the falcons.

At the beach in San Francisco

At the beach in San Francisco
During our Christmas visit to CA, we went to Baker's beach to take some photos and enjoy the beautiful scenery.

Welcome...

Yes, yes, we realize we're jumping on a bandwagon....but come on, it's just so much fun! How else can you turn yourself or your family into instant celebrities?! Or make everyone else think you have a perfect life...

Anyway, welcome to our newest addition! It doesn't cry or need attention. And no diaper changing. Whatever we tell it to do, it does (until the computer crashes). And we can sleep in on Saturday.

Well, life is good. We live in Connnecticut. You know, the place about which Glenn Close's character in the Stepford Wives said, "Where in America could a whole town of robots go unnoticed? Connecticut!"

Allan is working as a Landscape Designer and Corinne is working as a Singer/Dancer/Actress! We have the greatest church ward this side of the Mississippi - lots of big active families and our chapel is only 2 miles away. Allan serves as the 11 year old primary teacher and Blazer leader, and Corinne is the YW Personal Progress Leader. There are hundreds of young people in our ward, so it's busy!

Browse our recently added pictures, slideshows, and posts. We'll do our best to keep it updated.

The parade!

The parade!
There is a big balloon parade put on by UBS, and they set everything up just outside our balcony -- cool!

The big parade

The big parade
Corinne getting some new friends in Connecticut.

Trip to Washington DC Aug 2007

Trip to Kauai May 2006