Brad and Katie from Wish for Wheels treated the Slice of Lime team to lunch at The Rio. This was to thank us for creating their new website. Founded in 2004, Wish for Wheels is determined to make a difference for children by providing new bikes and helmets to kindergarten kids. At their first giveaway, it became clear to them that the bikes do bring health and happiness into these children’s lives.

We’re also looking forward to volunteering on May 14th and seeing the expressions on the kid’s faces when they see their brand new bikes.

Wish for Wheels is currently accepting volunteers and donations.

We started the morning off right with a sugar-filled “Madagascar” cake in celebration of our Lead Web Developer Richard’s birthday. The ensuing sugar rush afterwords was better than cup of coffee we’ve ever had. Perhaps we should have cake every morning?

Happy 30th, Richard!

It’s a Slice of Lime tradition to cue up the live performance of Europe playing “The Final Countdown” and to crank the volume whenever a new site launches. We just played two in a row today for Wish for Wheels and Premier Athletic Supply.

Something about that song (and the cheesy video) that puts a smile on your face. Congrats everyone!

It’s a pleasure to welcome our newest employee, Mack the Fish, to the team. Mack has setup his office inside of the frame of an old Macintosh Classic computer. He turned down our benefits package and instead is only requesting fresh water and fish flakes for compensation.

Welcome to the team, Mack!

Kevin and Jeff spent the day before Venture Capital in the Rockies (an event Slice of Lime sponsors every year) doing their “offsite meeting” in Beaver Creek. We reflected on the past year and what’s to come in 2008. This picture shows the magnificent view from our room as we worked through numbers and goals all day. Not a bad backdrop.

We’d like to thank all of our past and present clients for your business. We’re having a blast.

Our CEO, Kevin, celebrated his birthday today in Slice of Lime style by heading to the Rio for lunch and finishing off with a surprise giant cookie. By the time this picture was taken, all that was left on the cookie was “Happy Birth…”, which is still more or less to the point.

The Slice of Lime team had some fun this afternoon doing a video shoot for Zenie Bottle. We’ll be talking a lot more about Zenie Bottles (our latest client) on the blog soon, but one of their coolest features is how they swirl inside when you shake them.

Mike and Kevin had fun setting up the shot with the perfect lighting while trying not to be spotted in the reflection of the glass.

View more pictures of the shoot here.

Our newest web designer, Travis, turned 24 today. We celebrated his birthday in style with a “Cars” birthday cake. If you look closely in the top right hand corner of this picture, you’ll see Mike running towards the cake at full speed.

Happy Birthday, Travis!

We kicked off our first Slice of Lime “Show and Tell” today. This was an internal event designed to allow people to share what they’ve been working on at Slice of Lime. There have been several projects that have come and gone without other people in our company even knowing about them.

We all grabbed burritos from Illegal Pete’s and sat back as the keyboard and mouse was passed around the table. It was pretty neat to review all of the great work that has been going on this past year. We’re looking forward to making this a regular tradition at Slice of Lime.

Slice of Lime hosted its Holiday Party at Zengo in Denver this year. An excellent time was had by all as we looked back on all of the projects we worked on this year (44) and ahead to 2008. We even got to march in the Parade of Lights for a breif period of time!

You can view pictures from the evening here.

On a sunny Boulder afternoon, we took a break to play Frisbee Golf and celebrate a birthday. The stakes were high, a $50 gift certificate to iTunes. Unsuspecting citizens ran as bright colored frisbees flew at their heads.

You can view pictures of the day here.

Slice of Lime took an amazing trip down the Royal Gorge in Cotapaxi, Colorado. We spent a full day going down some serious rapids and miraculously came out in one piece. Kevin’s sister served as our trusted guide down the river, often yelling “Forward!” as seen in the photo above. Pizza and beer was devoured later.

You can view pictures from the day here.

This week, we decided to bring back some abandoned shuffleboard courts along the Boulder Creek. We purchased a bunch of “cues” and “pucks” and practiced the fine art of shuffleboarding for an hour or so. Very random and fun.

You can check out pictures of the day here.

Slice of Lime sponsored Venture Capital in the Rockies this year. We took the team to Beaver Creek for some excellent skiing after the conference.

You can view pictures from the weekend here.