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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!

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

Chapter Two of the annual father-daughter football rivalry was this past weekend.
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 [...]

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 [...]