So many of our family's best times have been made all the better by you, Nina.  Truly, our kids (as well as we) can't get enough of you, or your pancakes, your ice cream assortment, or your willingness to be our concierge three times or so a year that we come up to visit.  Not only that, when we hit the road it often turns out  that  you've planned our vacations.  Whether it's camping somewhere beautiful or going to fancy restaurants (with excellent cookies!) in Aspen, you're there in the midst of our best memories.  Plus, we do a lot for you too.  We're willing to sacrifice ourselves and be your excuse for clearing off the dining room table when it is necessary, and changing the pillows on the sofa when they are too disgusting to even allow the Koetters to sit on them.  We know that means they were getting really bad and you needed someone to come along and get you to change them.  You are also the main source of our family's photographs.  Only you know how many of the pictures we've posted here are from your camera... I bet it's most of them.  We're not organized enough of a family to ever have the camera there for the photo, with a charged battery.  But you are always willing to send us the pictures that we never take. We are so lucky that you and Doug are such great friends to us and your kids to our kids.  Thanks for all the good times and here's to the better times.