December 8, 2012: Merry Christmas everyone. We are working on getting the home decorated and prepped for the holidays. The kids are very excited and helping mom and dad get things put together. They are all trying to finish up the fall semester strong so that we all can enjoy some good days skiing. It’s been a little warm and dry for our liking but a big storm is supposed to be coming as I write this, so keep your fingers crossed that Santa delivers a little snow for Christmas.
April 11, 2011:
A visit from the Kurths, a visit from Granny and Papa and Connor’s birthday – a busy couple of months since I last posted. Allan, Andrew and Alex made it out to ski for a few days this spring and we all had a good time. The conditions were variable to say the least but we all had fun skiing with each other. We were even able to make it down the Whale’s Tail in a near white out. The nicest day, of course, came on the day the Kurths left. Some video of the day is here.
Granny and Papa cam out for a short visit with the family and we all had a good time as well. We had a chance to see a lacrosse game, do some shopping, and play a rousing game of poker. Beware Cam. He is a shark. He was down to almost nothing and ended up cleaning us all out in the end.
Finally, Con had a good birthday. He had one of his buddies over for a night of movies and horsing around and was able to sample a couple of birthday cakes. With some of the money he received, he was very pleased with himself over the purchase of a new longboard and helmet… smiles from ear to ear.
Lacrosse season has started with a vengeance. Looking forward to some fast action from the Mahoneys.
February 10, 2011:
The ski trip celebrating Bo’s birthday was fun. All of the old farts were able to make it out to both Vail and Beaver Creek. Kevin was sick for the first day and managed to give his sickness to me by coughing all over me during a lunch. Thankfully, I’m on the mend now. The entire 3 days were freezing cold. We topped out at about -1 for the first 2 days with the highlight being told at the top of the first lift on the first day in Beaver creek, “welcome to the top, we are looking at a balmy -14 degrees.” The cold only meant we had to stop a few extra times to warm up. We were graced with some fresh snow that made for some fun glade skiing. And yes, I did make it down the Birds of Prey (video here).
January 28, 2011:
Headed back up to Breckenridge and then Beaver Creek to ski and celebrate Bo’s birthday. I plan to rock the Birds of Prey. All of my little brothers seem to have problems keeping up with me, especially as they get older… ha.
Breck is hosting the annual International Snow Sculpture Championships this weekend and we should get a chance to see some of the creations (here are some pictures from two years ago). I’m looking forward to practicing some more with the helmet cam to capture all of the little shavers skiing. I think the next skill I need to work on is my video editing. I’m still a little sketchy on putting good clips together for a compelling mini-movie, but I’m working on it.
February 25, 2010:
Uncle Kevin was on TV recently and I have to say, he couldn’t resist his inner urge to mock the fool doc who stabbed a nurse and committed various other indiscretions (see video) for… wearing a Hawaiian shirt and cowboy boots. Nice dig. Con and Cam loved the clip because of the reference to a scrotum – couldn’t stop giggling.
The snow is still coming down!
So far, I would guess just under 2 feet of it. The snow is almost to the top of Duke’s back as he romps through it.
The kids have had school canceled for the last 2 days and are loving it.
Jen actually had to go into work yesterday but they let her come home early and canceled all of the appointments for today. So… everyone home today.
The kids are playing outside with the rest of the neighborhood and I have been busy shoveling. I’m sure I have a couple of more shoveling sessions before this evening. It’s good for burning off some of those beer calories.
I think tonight will be a good night for some warm dinner and a fire. We are all expected back at work/school tomorrow.
Con, Cam and I spent the day at Mile High Stadium at the Outlaws “Mini Lax Jam”.
It was fun. Even the parents got to play a little ‘mini lax’. Connor and some of his lacrosse team buddies, Sawyer and Russel entered the jam as a team called, Panthers CRS (Connor, Russel, Sawyer). They had a great time playing on the same field as the professionals use (Outlaws for lacrosse and Broncos for football).
We ended the evening with some thunder showers and then professional lacrosse. The Outlaws played the Long Island Lizards. The Lizards can boast a few Duke Lacrosse players, Zach Greer, Matt Zash and Matt Danowski – who the boys idolize. We even met Danowski, who spotted Cam wearing his #40 Duke college jersey. He loved it. He called out to Cam, “Nice jersey” and walked over and gave Cam some knuckles. Cam and Con both were all smiles…
