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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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!
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]