Archive for September, 2007

My NL ROY – Troy Tulowitzki

Friday, September 21st, 2007

I’ve had a long-standing passion for baseball.
I have fond memories of going to Cubs games while growing up in Illinois – having several birthday parties at Wrigley Field.
Much like my beloved Nuggets went thru in the 90’s – the Rockies have had a long stretch of losing, empty seasons. The last time the made the [...]

Welcome to the world – Bryce Shipman!

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Bryce Paul Shipman was born August 31st, to parents (and newlyweds!) Paul and Tracy.
Here are a few photos from our visit with them when Bryce was 9 days old, which also just happened to be his first Broncos game!

Watching the Endeavour Launch

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Evidence of Endeavour
Originally uploaded by aswitzer.

In early August, Carrie and Tobey and I headed to Florida for our annual trip to check on our condo and enjoy a family vacation. What made this trip special was that we also planned it around the NASA Space Shuttle Mission – STS -118 – a day launch [...]

Father-Daughter Bowl #2 (CSU vs. CU)

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

This photo shows Ashley “settling up” for my winning bet from last year’s game.
Next year’s game will be a different story, and will show a different participant wearing a different color. CSU lost to CU in the 2007 Rocky Mtn Showdown after a FG in overtime ended a great game – 28-31. CSU outplayed their [...]

New Job at Oppenheimer Funds

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

My summer contract position with Thomson Healthcare has already come to an end, after just 3 short months. The project I worked on was successfully launched, which was very rewarding, but unfortunately they don’t have any budget to keep any of their contractors further.
It was just a few months ago that I went thru this [...]

Kaelina’s Baptism in Redstone

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

Happy Kaelina
Originally uploaded by aswitzer.

In August, Tobey and I represented the Twizzler clan and attended Kaelina Matthews’ Baptism in Redstone Colorado. Tobey and I also stood up during the ceremony, along with Brad and Erin, as we represented Kaelina’s godparents.
Carrie unfortunately couldn’t join us as she was attending her Grandfather’s funeral in Michigan at the [...]