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View from our bedroom this am.

February 16, 2013February 24, 2013

Snowboarding

Last night was GMans final snowboarding lesson. As usual I got to the mountain early and snagged a few tables. The place was quite so I got in many no lift line runs.

The kids showed up at 4 and after lessons we had appetizers from the resturant to round out another successful lesson season.

GMan and I went back out and continued boarding till 9:30. All in all it was a great afternoon/evening.

GMan in the Cider Shack

Polar stack

How many years apart are these?

February 16, 2013February 16, 2013

Glow bowling

How do you put a new twist on a old game? Simple, turn out the overheads, turn on the blue lights and add a little neon paint.

GMan getting ready for a strike

Me and my better 1/2

JMan

February 8, 2013May 26, 2014

GMan and I made a mad dash to Wachusetts for some New England powder boarding. Conditions were great but the wind was so strong GMan had a real issue getting up a head of steam. I on the other hand had gravity on my side so I was carving up a storm.

Unfortunately the governor of this fine state is clearly not into shredding and pulled the plug on our fun! The mountain closed at 4pm, as the gov closed the roads, just four runs after we arrived. No worries it was still worth it.

January 27, 2013January 28, 2013

Suited for Space

We visited the Suited for Space exhibit at the American Textile History Museum yesterday. Here’s a link.

The kids had a great time running around and looking at everything and JMan was really impressed with the airplane on the second floor.

We also tried on a space suit! It took hours to get into it…..just kidding, it was one of those stand behind ones!

GMan goes orbital.

I wonder if these gloves would be good for snowboarding!

Luke I’m really your aunt! Hello, any one home. Look real hard and you’ll see Jess.

GMan and JMan trying to life a 250lb bale of cotton.

JMan ringing the work bell. It was used to call and dismiss mill worker.

Before we left we all made paper rockets.

JMan at the Launch Pad.

JMan blasts off and GMan gets ready.

After a few minutes of shooting at the real targets (photos of planets) all of us decided that blasting each other was more fun. So for 20 minutes we all ran around and blew off some steam! I’m sure they were happy to see us leave as the collateral head count was increasing by the minute!

January 25, 2013February 24, 2013

JMan carving up the slopes

JMan and I hit the slopes today. This was a future I never figured on, but I’m very happy it’s here. I can’t imagine Jimmy Quinn doing this but it was a different world when I was five years old!

All geared up