The Rest of 2006 in Pictures

Rather than rambling too much since it's been far to long since I've posted, I figured I'd just say it in pictures and captions. So, here goes the Chastain's life in pictures since September(ish).
We have managed to squeeze in only one real hike since our return and this is it-a favorite of mine, Lily Mountain. The summit has such beautiful views and its only 4 miles round trip. Just right for someone still in their first trimester :0)
In October we were able to visit Blayne's folks in California. Here's Mom and me at a lovely winery (no, I didn't have a glass). Blayne and his dad were working on web stuff, so we took off for a fun day of shopping and dining. We had a wonderful visit, but sadly, didn't take many pictures. Doh!
Jan is the first of our Ireland friends to come and visit (the first of many I do hope-hint, hint). Here he is seated between Kathy & Garrett as they enjoyed one of our favorite Greeley observances-margaritas at the Rio!
We subjected Jan to the craziness of our friends before getting away for a little mountain retreat. Here's Natalie and Blayne still at the Rio being a little silly. Its amazing, in only one sip she's "drunk Natalie" :0) Not really, but sort of.
Next up was the trip to Alabama for Thanksgiving. We celebrated Christmas as well with all of my family-and extended family too! My Aunt, Uncle and cousins came for dinner and Red (my sister in law's) dad and step mom were there too. The next few pics are from then.
Here's Blayne playing with my sisters sons, Bennett & Wilson-they are hilarious and so much fun! They are so full of energy and have such different personalities. We had tons of fun playing at the park and on the oh so cool jeep and most of all just playing in the dirt.
Here's my sister with her youngest-Mae. Isn't she a sweetie!
Here's me and my pregnant belly back on November 24th. I promise to do a more recent one soon :0) I'm sure we'll take a few this coming weekend and now that we have a computer set up to use for our pictures (mine was not handling the thousands of pictures well on it's little 30 gig hard drive-hmmmm, imagine that). I know, you've heard me say I'll be better about blogging, but hopefully time will prove me sincere this time around.
Here's my family! In back, my sister Carol, her husband Chris, my Dad holding little Mae, my Mom, and down front that's Wilson and Bennett on my brother David's lap, David's wife Redonna, and of course, me and then Blayne. It was so good to all be together. It had been a while.

Blayne's folks were able to come here for Christmas. They timed it just right between a blizzard and another winter storm. (more on that later). It was wonderful to have them in town and to celebrate the holiday and enjoy our winter wonderland.
Here's our Christmas dinner table-Kathy, Blayne, Greg, Mom & Dad
Here's the other end of the table-Cheryl, Chuck, Jen, Eric & Melody. I really was there-I'm taking the picture. We stuffed our faces and had a lovely time. Though I didn't get any hashbrown caserole leftovers because this baby isn't giving me much room and I still wasn't hungry enough for dinner leftovers. Doh!
Here we are out in the snow. We've had a interesting winter so far. Back about 6 weeks ago it hit -18 (that's -28 celsius) which was rediculously cold. Then we had a blizzard that dumped 20 inches of snow (that's 50.8 cm) on our little town here and 6 days later we had another 6 inches added to that. Darcy loves playing in the snow (as you can tell in this picture).

After setting off some fireworks in the freezing cold at the Mash's New Year's Party some of us got stuck in the stairwell enjoying our party favors a bit too much :0)
Well, if you've stayed with me this long, "good on ya" (as the Irish say). Or "well done" as Ron Burgundy would have it. Hope you all have a very Happy New Year. We're off this weekend to a wedding, and our baby is due in 7 weeks. Time flies. Love you lots!