Happy Anniversary Marissa!
I can’t begin to say how excited I am to have been married for the last three years to Marissa. It is far eclipsed by how thrilled I am to experience the years ahead. I could never imagine meeting anyone as intelligent, beautiful, engaging, caring, and simply amazing as you are!
Let there be more skiing, sailing, biking, running, and just about everything else.
Love you babe!
A Brave New World
Marissa and I are thrilled to be hosting some friends in our home for the week. Chris, Tanya and their almost two year old Chase are in from Hawaii and adjusting to the cold weather and lack of sunshine… They are a lot of fun and a big help. I was able to convince Chris to help me move the chicken coop and to build a new chicken run… Little did he know that we were moving them to right outside their bedroom window.
The big news of the weekend was the baby bonanza that we hosted at our house on Saturday. This was our first experience of having 12 adults, 9 children, 3 chickens and one trip the Emergency Room all in one night. It may take some getting used to, but I think this is now becoming our world. As our friends start to have kids and more kids and in some cases even more kids, we will have to expand our worldview.
It was a lot of fun, especially watching the kids chase the chickens around the yard and essentially tackle them. The chickens of course, were less than amused.
Spiced Rum Recipe
I am looking for a spiced rum recipe. I have the starter rum, but need some ideas for how to spice it up 
Any suggestions?
Another Hobby
Marissa and I have decided to take up Telemark Skiing, because what we need is another expensive hobby… We have been fortunate enough to have friends lone us their skiis so that definitely saves some money and we just bought boots at 45% off.
That being said, now we need to learn. And learning to tele simply isn’t easy. This site has some great instructional videos for getting started.
Wish us well, because having tried it two times, my thighs are still burning! Also, one suggestion to other newbies; don’t attempt the diamon or double diamond runs with your friends on your second day. Give it some time to get used to not having your heal attached.
It will be back to the green and blue runs for you!