Merry Christmas to everyone.
I just quickly want to share a few Christmas memories with you.
No matter what you celebrate, I hope you were surrounded by the people that matter the most and the best food and the jolliest laughs were shared by all.
Christmas Eve is celebrated on my Moms side of the family at my Grandpa Doug's house. You can bet that there will be a good rum and coke or rum and nog waiting for you when you get there. This is tradition people, my Uncle Rick is always there with his partner Rich, my Grandpa and step-grandmother Martia, my Dad, Mom and Brother are all together. This time of the year is truly magical. You may say that there is a good, warming, full vibe that seems to come around this time of the year. No matter the amount of presents, the time spent with the family is forever priceless.
Christmas Day was always about waking up to the smokey smell and crackling of the fireplace, fresh almond/cherry kringle and the Charley Brown Christmas album resinating throughout the house. After presents, a good scrambled egg and bacon breakfast cooked by Dad was eaten to settle the grumbling from all the sweets previously. This was the one day of the year that I remembered eating sugar first thing in the morning! This was also the one day of the year that there were no worries. No worries to be had, anywhere. We didn't have something to do or places to go, we just enjoyed being home by a warm fire and good food.
My brother Max is working for Oakcliff Sailing School in Oyster Bay, NY on Long Island for at least the next year and flew home for Christmas. He is also a snowboarder and my Dad is a ski patroller at Wilmot Mountain so naturally I had to switch mental gears. Biking season is over even though the weather is quite balmy, so it was time to dust off the ole one plank. We headed for the hills on a beautiful 40° sunny Christmas day and slush surfed for the rest of the day. Having a Dad and Brother that ski and snowboard is absolutely the coolest thing ever. Theres no one more that I would rather hit the slopes with than these two guys. Needless to say we had an awesome but wet day. Couldn't have spent this day any better.
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| My brother Max shralping |
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| Max grabbin wood |
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| Pickin some nose |
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| Missed the grab! |
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| Tweakin hard |
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| Duo dude jump. |
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| Slush surfin'. |
I love my entire family and am so thankful for everyones good health, I don't know what I would do without you guys.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
