W&L Parents' Weekend, 11.2.12Rugby

Rugby match against Hampden Sydney. Matt is #6.

Matt is just below the white square in the middle of the picture.

They won an exhausting match,....

Recapping some of the action after the game.

"At home" in Matt's room.

Shore Pre-Sandy

Friday Night - The edge of the front.

Saturday - new sand and boat beach 3 hours before high tide.

Saturday - Main Beach, new sand 3 hours before high tide.

Sunday am - high tide

Sunday am high tide at the Bosco's.

We'll see what Mother Nature has to offer! Hopefully, not too much landscaping and remodeling.

Giving Some Love Back to the Blog

Dad was over for dinner the other night and he mentioned that Julie has been faithfully updating the blog with some regularity. I realized that I've been terribly remiss in that regard, especially since I've been on Facebook. (I thought you were going to get on FB, Julie!)

Here's a whole bunch of photos and stuff that I have to share:

 Kate helped organize a fundraiser farm dinner for an organization, Invest in Kids, that she's been volunteering for. The dinner was fantastic and raised over $60,000!

 Reid joined me this year for the annual Kenosha Pass to Georgia Pass fall foliage Mt. Bike ride. It's a biggie with many thousand vertical feet of climbing in 20+ miles above 9,000 feet. He did great and had a good time.

 Fall has been gorgeous, but now we have several inches of melting snow. The cooler weather has been making Queso happy!

 We made our annual pilgrimage to Fruita for some riding and camping with  friends. Some rain early in the trip made the trails extra grippy. Boden missed out on this trip due to the nasty cough that's been moving through the family, but we'll get him out camping and riding in the spring.

As November approaches, we're looking forward to ski season and getting back down to Durango to visit the Bowers. A large portion of the day today was devoted to inventorying ski gear and chasing down missing items. The little ones are off the the Halloween Journey at Shining Mountain Waldorf School.

Parents' Weekend - Saratoga

Early morning on campus,....

Heading off to town for the Farmers' Market,

Stopping along the way,

The Skidmore Crew dock

and the boathouse.

September at Abbott's

You know the drill,......

a delicious lobster dinner with a spectacular sunset.

Bocce before dinner

with wine and nibbles.

Sarah Goes to Skidmore

We borrowed a bigger car to fit in all the stuff.

It fits!

Last minute Bananagrams on the newly empty dining room floor.

Ready to go, bike and all.

After Convocation,...freshmen all dressed in green.

Unpacked,....

After crashing at the Comfort Inn, we drove to the shore to see Elli and celebrate the Anniversary.

It was a long and festive celebration,...

After so many years together, Mom and Dad got each other the SAME CARD and the SAME GIFT!!!!