January 2010

Our January started off amongst a group of friends at a bar in Broad Ripple that was offering free drinks and food for a good price. We enjoyed ourselves with the Bassetts, Steffeys, Lawton and Beth. We partied until about 2AM and then had to call it quits. We hosted a small gathering beforehand to get warmed up with some cocktails and food. As you can see from these pictures, we had a good time! New Year’s Day we were off to West Lafayette for a basketball game between Purdue and West Virginia. These 2 schools don’t play often, so it was quite a battle for bragging rights in our house. Beth, Pete, Kathy and Bob (Keith’s parents) came along for the game and let’s just say it was a good day to be a Boilermaker. Purdue beat WV and as you can see from these pictures our little photographer (Deb) stopped taking pictures shortly after tip-off! She must have decided she had enough early in the first half! We stopped at Harry’s beforehand and met up with the Watkins and enjoyed some cheap college beer and lunch. We celebrated Pete (Laura’s husband) and my birthday at my parent’s house. We enjoyed some Papa Murphy’s pizza and I received a gift certificate to Beef and Boards (restaurant here in Indy), a Dave Matthews CD, and some new shirts from my family. I received a new sport coat from the Cyphers and Julie gave me a ski boot bag. Deb gave me a shirt and tie, a few new shirts, some ski socks, a pair of Purdue basketball shorts and ski jacket! I made out really well on my birthday and we ended up going out to Barley Island for a beer and dinner and we were met out by Jeff and Tom. Beth and Laura were out with some friends and stopped by for a beer. I was lucky to have received some nice gifts and had such a good time!

We went on our annual Davis ski trip during the last weekend in January. Tom and Ben came along this year and we got some good snow for the first time in a few years. We had 3 great days of skiing and even had better times afterwards eating good food and enjoying some drinks! Kathy, Mary Ellen and Daisy came for the weekend and we had a great steak dinner over at Kathy’s on Saturday night. Deb did a great job being “in-charge” of the 3 guys and kept us in line (most of the time!). As you can see by these pictures, good friends and snow is all that is needed for a fun skiing weekend at the Cyphers! The Colts continued their great season by making it to the AFC Championship game(against the Jets) and we were fortunate enough to be in attendance! They won the game and it wasn’t as nerve-racking as some games have been this season. The Colts are off to Miami for the Superbowl…. and Deb and I are going to the Superbowl! We hope to celebrate a Colts win, but making it to the Superbowl is going to be a great experience.




A few more items from this month:
• Grace Vandervaart’s Baptism was on January 23rd. It was a great ceremony and everyone was able to be there.
• I went to a Butler Game with Ben Lawton.
• We enjoyed dinner twice over at the Watkins’ house.
• I have started my alumni basketball league at Chatard and also joined a league with some guys from work on Tuesday evenings, all while training for the Mini.
• Deb has continued to gain interest in yoga along with her usual workout routine.