Ed, Tom and Buddy Guy

Santa was in a "blue" mood this year and during a silent auction, won a "date" with a local radio station DJ, Tom Marker from WXRT - Tom is the host of the 'XRT show, Blues Breakers. Ed met Tom at Buddy Guys Legends, shared drinks and dinner, then Ed was taken to Buddys dressing room for a private meeting, can you imagine the conversation? Buddy regaled Ed with stories of Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, Jeff Beck, etc. Ed was in Blues Heaven!

Rock Star

A Very Merry Christmas

We were lucky this year to share 3 wonderful Christmases! The first was just us exchanging gifts and preparing a delicious Christmas Frittata. Then we were off to the Terry Murphys to share Christmas with the Murphys, Mom, the Coopers, the Williamses, and the Bayolas from Hawaii. Even sweet little Kelsey and her mom and dad were able to join us. After a wonderful meal, we all gathered around to exchange gifts, the most for Kelsey and Benjamin!
On Saturday, we packed Santas sled and headed off to Minnesota for a Schmitt Christmas. All we can say is thank goodness we have a SUV or we would have been in big trouble! It was packed to the gills but thanks to the "Master Packer" (Ed) we got all the goodies in with a little room for our luggage. Sunday morning was our Christmas morning with the Schmitts. I think it was successful, the biggest hits were the kitchen set and guitar with microphone for Benjamin. See the video, I think there might be a career in music for this little man! Santa brought a sled for Benjamin and we all took turns going down the hill, reminded me of all the times Mark and I went to Swan Pond with Dad.
We'd like to wish everyone a very happy, healthy and successful 2008! Look for details of our exciting new adventure for 2008. Love Chris and Ed

Happy Holidays

Just in case you forgot what this time of the year is all about - look at the happy smiling faces of these two characters -

Warm holiday wishes from Ed & Chris!

Acoustics

Thanksgiving

Whew! What a jam packed weekend! From yoga class to wine tasting and everything in between! Once again, our fav Minnesotians drove down to spend the holiday with us. While Ahmpa watched Benjamin, Mike & Jessica joined in on my yoga class, probably to limber up for all the eating on Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving day dawned cold and snowy but that didn't stop Jessica and Mike from participating in an 8K race at Lincoln Park Zoo - brave souls! Dinner was shared with some Coopers, Mary, Roland and Brad as well as Aunt Arlene.

Saturday, Benjamin spent some quality time with the "Big Guy" at breakfast with Santa. He was a little shy and apprehensive at first, but quickly warmed up and soon they were the best of buddies!

We all had to go back to work on Monday just to rest!

Check out the video of Benjamin testing out the acoustics!!

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