Hello and Happy Holidays! Whew – it seems like the years are flying by at warp speed! As you can see by the photos – we did a little bit of traveling in 2005. Highlights include an African safari and lots of quality time outside enjoying our beautiful Colorado surroundings with friends and family. We had a pretty active year with an abundance of skiing, snowshoeing, camping, hiking, biking and spelunking.

Speaking of sports – we’ve been playing on a recreational softball team sponsored by Mary’s company. We finished our summer season UNDEFEATED and received cool t-shirts and a huge trophy! Woohoo!! Mary is a complete softball STUD muffin – chalking up a few grand slams and saving many close games! Me? I’m just learning the rules and having a great time out there. J

All of that running almost came in handy on our vacation. I’ve been joking with Mary that I wanted to do an African Safari before I was too old to outrun an elephant. Little did I know elephants can hit speeds up to 40 mph - and we did have one relatively close call with one that charged our jeep! To celebrate our 10 year wedding anniversary, we spent 10 days in South Africa on a photo safari. It was amazing to be up close & personal with Africa’s “Big 5”. We enjoyed some of the most luxurious accommodations Botswana has to offer and grew particularly fond of Mambo Camp! Feel free to peruse incredible wildlife photos and relive our experiences via our travel journal on our website: www.tigerwright.com

On the work front, both Mary and I experienced quite a bit of change this year. Mary’s company was bought out by General Electric and officially transitioned in February. It has been a bit of an adjustment for her to get used to a more bureaucratic environment. But perseverance is her middle name and Mary continues to thrive in her job! In 2005, she took on an additional role to provide support and service for all of the analytical instruments in the Colorado region. This has allowed Mary to meet many of her customers, gain tons of technical experience and make her even more successful at managing her Field Service organization.

HP continues to be a place of growth and opportunity for me. I made a bold decision (leaving my team and manager of 3 years) to accept a new position in October focused on marketing and communications for HP’s trade customer accounts. It’s a whole new world working with “real” customers. I’m loving it and know that it can only lead to even more incredible success!

On the family front, we had a wonderful year of visits from dear friends and family. Our furrkids are doing very well. We learned that we have a son! All this time, we thought Fox was a girl but a visit from the vet confirmed that he is actually a boy – and a rather rare one at that. Turns out that little spec of black on his orange fur is a unique DNA marker (male cats do not normally have black and orange). So rare that he’s about 1 in 100,000 kitties with an XXY chromosome. He seems to strut around proudly with this additional discovery!

Stay tuned - we have lots of fun adventures planned for 2006. Here’s wishing you the best year ever!

All our love,

The Tigerwright Clan:

Kandy, Mary, Jelly, Jam, Maddy & Fox