Patrick & Alexandria Dew: Our Belated Christmas in Denver

Pat was not allowed to take off for Christmas this year, so we waited until his four-day weekend, last weekend, and went to Denver and celebrated a "belated Christmas" with all of the Gotberg's together. Pat was also not allowed to take off last Christmas so this was the first time he saw my parents and Rae in over a year & a half; as you can imagine there was alot of catching up to do! We all had a great time while we were there. The whole weekend was jam-packed. Here is a re-cap of our trip:

Shopping at the Outlet Malls where my Mom & Rae work

They were cutting down the tree while we were there; I guess that means Christmas is officially over:(

The whole family and Nick, Rae's boyfriend, all went to the University of Denver vs. Alaska Hockey Game Saturday night. Alaska was undefeated so this was a very exciting game. But in the last 38 seconds Denver scored and won the game! This was Sophie and my very first hockey game and I loved it! Pat and I are now talking about going up to Canada and going to a hockey game there, or maybe to Boston; apparently New York is huge fans of hockey so we have plenty of options; however, I will have to say, all the fighting is very tacky...

After the game back at my parent's house during charades

Sunday night we had our big Christmas dinner and did the presents. After dinner Nick and my parent's good friends and neighbors, Paul and Barbara, came over for dessert and coffee. Paul and Barb are actually from Buffalo so they gave us many pointers on New York!

Everyone helping cook (well except Rae)

Pat really wanted to see the Air Force Academy so my dad, Pat and I all went to Fort Collins all day Sunday. The Academy is absolutely beautiful. We toured the campus and watched a short movie about the school and what all it has to offer. We also found out that there is a Nuclear Weapons Reactor near Denver Pat can work at once he gets out of the Navy.