Dave on December 28th, 2009

Every year, these three families get together between Christmas and New Years.  This tradition started about 10 years ago, with about 20 people in total.  It gets a little more chaotic each year, as more and more children and spouses are added to the mix.  If every member of every family attended, there’d be over [...]

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Dave on December 28th, 2009

A few of our triathlon friends have birthday workout traditions. They usually start at age 40. There is Chris’s annual Stealthman competition that involves swimming, biking, running and eating lots of donuts.  Yesterday was Eduard’s 3rd annual “birthday 400’s” celebration. This year he is 42, so we ran 42 times 1/4 mile (400m) on the [...]

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Dave on December 28th, 2009

  This morning Kevin and Dad drove up the mountain to Castle Rock State Park. We decided to go climb on some rocks and do a little hiking.  Kevin brought one of his motorcycles (one with bumpy tires for the mud) in hopes of finding some good mud to play in.  He had a great [...]

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