pascoe christmas letter | 2011

8/3/2019 Pascoe Christmas Letter | 2011

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It’s hard to believe that two-

thousand and eleven is already in

the record books. Fortunately, we

forged many memories to look 

back on.

 January 2011 was the first month

Mike hasn’t been in school since

the year 1987! He traded his

casual grad student blue jeans for a white lab coat as he

 joined the faculty of the Physical Therapy Program in the

Univ of Colorado School of Medicine. There Mike is a co-

instructor of anatomy for PT, PA, MD, & DDS students.

In February, we visited New Orleans for the first time to

attend a physical therapy conference. Mike watched with

pride as Stephanie was recognized for completing her

orthopedic physical therapy specialization (OCS).

For Spring Break we explored the non-contiguous

United States by taking a vacation in Oahu, Hawaii. Wehad our first ride in a helicopter and cannot wait to do it

again.

After many months of searching, we finally found a

great house in a great neighborhood in Lafayette, CO and

made initial arrangements to purchase our first home.

May of course meant time for the Bolder Boulder 10K

on Memorial Day. It was a great race that marked Mike’s

10th finish and the 6th time for Stephanie (who beat Mike

by mere seconds).

 We closed on our new home

on June 13 and had tons of 

help moving in that

following weekend. For the

rest of the summer we

enjoyed exploring our new

neighborhood, enjoying 

many runs along Coal Creek 

with Maia as well as sampling 

the many farmer’s markets in

the surrounding towns. We

managed to get away to

Minnesota for the wedding of 

our dear friend Nina.

Landscaping the backyard

had been looming all summer

and in mid-September we

finally broke ground with our first rototilling experience.

Twenty tons of river rock, two

palates of sod, four trees, twenty

shrubs, and several man-hours of 

labor later our yard was finished!

It was physically exhausting but a

fun experience at the same time.

The highlights of Fall included;

Stephanie surprising Mike with a birthday dinner at the

restaurant overlooking right field at Coors Field, learning 

some swing dancing and foxtrot moves, and getting lost in a

spooky corn field maze at Halloween.

In December we visited family in

 Arizona, where Stephanie caught her

first fish! We will be celebrating 

Christmas with family in Denver and

rounding out the year with a 60th

birthday celebration for Mike’s Dad.

We are truly blessed and wish you happy holidays and

all the best for 2012!

Love,

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Seasons greetings family and friends,