breck with lil’s family (and pics of her nephew graeme) • 07.14.11

we shot out to breckenridge for a quick weekend trip with lil’s family. 2.5 days was kind of short, but we got to do lots of fun stuff, and Lil finally got to see the little nephew (Graeme) who she had been dying to see (and Facebook stalking) for 6 months.

Jonathon had been a rafting guide with Noah’s Ark out there, and took us out on his river. It was a blast, although the water was freezing. I learned that lesson pretty well about 2 seconds after this picture. : )

lots of pretty flowers outside our house. the house was just above the topmost lodge on the mountain there. there were beautiful views all around. bright sun, lots of flowers, but snowcapped mountains standing behind. just gorgeous.

here is lil with graeme (in his chariot) and nola. we were out for a morning walk

one of the aforementioned gorgeous views.

and another. this is the house that was next door to us (at sunset)

graeme and i are both very handsome, we both have awesome shades, and both of our favorite parts about biking Vail Pass was that we started at the top and so i think i pedalled about 12 times during the 13 mile bike ride.

here are lil and i right before we set out

and here’s the whole group a few miles in.

this is kind of what Lil looks like all the time anyway : )

ok, some pictures of the subject of lil’s adoration.

this was his first time having solid foods. he did not find it to be a pleasant experience

luckily, with nola’s help, they found an easy method of cleaning him : )

here are lil and her dad

and here are my two girls after a short hike to a waterfall

this is lil’s whole family just before we pulled out of breck

and one of me and the princess.

having only been to breck in the winter before, i was very impressed with summer there. just gorgeous, and the town is really neat and has so much going on. it wouldn’t be a bad place to spend a month : ) there’s a bunch more pics here if you care. thanks!

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Christmas in Dixie • 12.25.06

well, it was a bit of a rough Christmas as my family passed a virus back and forth around the household. actual quote from my dad, “if that’s what a virus feels like, then i’ve never had a virus before in my life.” i had to step in and read the Christmas story due to his inability to perform on Christmas eve.
everybody did feel ok Christmas morn, though, and i did get a flexible keyboard and a cow that sings “tis the season” entirely in moos. later ronnie, katrina and madison showed up and we got to have our annual football punting competition in the backyard. i was able to take ronnie and jeremy out, one of my proudest sports moments.
anyway, the highlight was that ronnie received a remote control airplane. This is the story of that plane. The video tracks the planes from its nascent begginings where we learn that two heads are better than one and that i’d rather video tape them putting the plane together than help them put it together(“where’s the fuselage?”), through flight training (determining the launch angle), on to its first timid steps at flight, to its untimely demise (“land it, land it!!”).
ronnie was pretty bummed afterwards so we bought him some fireworks to cheer him up. those we proceeded to shoot off in the backyard (again this is Christmas night) for an hour or so (and no todd, there was no breaking of sticks). i am just bummed that i somehow didn’t capture video of our firework tank races. oh well, next time. a highlight of the video is jeremy setting the backyard on fire and having to take off to put it out. good times. and that’s Christmas in satsuma, Christmas in dixie.

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