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New Job - ProBuild

Monday, March 31st, 2008

My contract at Oppenheimer Funds wrapped up at the end of January, so after 5 quick months it was time to find a new job. I truly enjoyed my time at Oppenheimer and made some great new friends in my short time there. I also feel fortunate in that I had an opportunity to work with [...]

Father/Son Breakfasts

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

Father/Son Breakfast
Originally uploaded by aswitzer.

Thanks to some McDonald’s coupons received in the mail, Tobey and I ventured out three weeks ago to have a Saturday morning breakfast. Three weeks later, it has become a fun and welcome way to start the weekend.
Tobey and I are breakfast people. We both are ready to eat something just [...]

Happy Holidays!

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

The Twizzler’s 5th annual online holiday newsletter is ready for reading!
You will find updates on our children - Ashley and Tobey, our chocolate lab Twizzler, Carrie and I, and a few added bonuses, like a downloadable holiday song/MP3!
If you have any comments about the holiday newsletter - please leave them here!
Happy Holidays to all!

Halloween Bash 2007

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Tobey is Raphael, TMNT!
Originally uploaded by aswitzer.

This past weekend Carrie and I hosted our first annual Halloween Party - hopefully just the first of many. If you didn’t already know, Halloween is one of Carrie’s favorite holidays, and Tobey and I feed off her enthusiasm. Ashley, Tobey and I have gotten Carrie many Halloween [...]

Rocktober!

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Go Colorado Rockies!
Originally uploaded by aswitzer.

If you haven’t heard about the Colorado Rockies run for the ages… one of the all-time greatest winning stretches in ANY sport, then you haven’t been to ESPN.com, watched a sports show in any part of the country, or even read the past few posts of this blog!
Winning  21 of their [...]

Thank you Rockies!

Monday, October 1st, 2007

Go Rockies!
Originally uploaded by aswitzer.

Denver’s Major League baseball team has provided a memorable summer and fall for myself and many other Coloradoans. On Sunday afternoon they put themselves in position for a chance for postseason glory, for the first time in 12 years.
It has been a wild and thrilling ride since June, with the Rockies [...]

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!