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and moving on to New Year' Eve! the boys decided to head to a local thrift-store to buy two-dollar tweed blazors to wear out; that's right, it only took 10 bucks to dress these dapper gents and obviously, it was worth every penny. and in honor and respect for alex, our buddy-in-florida-but-that-didn't-stop-us-from-partying-at-his-house buddy, we made sure to take a picture in front of the family portrait. you were there in spirit, you platinum-haired wild man! 

we made sure to look good... 

welcome to the beer/snow olympics 2006! this year's eve day, we donned 80's-style snow gear and headed to a local middle-school with about 50 beers; don't get the wrong idea now, school is still out and we brought cups to mask our carousal. the games included three-legged races and drinking beer; an egg-toss and drinking more beer; the carry-the-egg-on-a-spoon relay-race and drinking even more beer; sledding and drinking a lot of beer (the most dangerous event); and my personal favorite, the chug 'n tumble (aka yak and roll). this inauspicious event required athletes to chug a beer at the bottom of the sledding hill, run to the top, drink another, and roll down...what a day! 

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but finally, the sun came back 

the scene at night... 

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we were hit with two pretty massive storms. the biggest problem was, and still is in some places, getting around. 

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holy snow. as some of you may have heard, colorado's front range received a little snow recently; here is what the ol' neighborhood looked like...