Some of the places we have been so far on are trip.

Our Home!  1620 Casey Key Road Nokomis Florida.  A classic old Florida Beach House. The front yard is the Gulf and the back yard is the Intercoastal.

We haven't done any roadtrips yet.  But we have gone out to eat twice.  Both are favorites from over the years.

Mi Pueblo is always our first stop.  As anyone who loves Mexican Food and lives in The White Mountains can understand.

The boys are enjoying the wonders of Florida nature, both flora and fauna. (At Least That's What We Are Telling The Teachers.)

  Time to get away from the grey snow and soak in the sun!

We have taken our annual trek to CASEY KEY Island on the Gulf Coast of FLA!

The boys lost their head!

This old REALTOR is getting too old to be skiing with sixth graders!

This Tuesday is the last day of the Eastern Slope Ski Club's school skiing program.  "SNOW DAY"

Every child in the Mount Washington Valley is given an opportunity to ski for 10 days a season as PE class.  How cool is that!  Go to school, check in to homeroom, grab a quick lunch and the next day's assignments and then you are off to Attitash on a school bus for 3 hours of skiing.

This year the snow is just hanging on for Snow Day!  The base is still 15 - 20 inches on the mountain, temps are to be in the high forties, bright blue skies and 300 pre-teen ski bums!

This is the seventh year Valerie and I have volunteered as coaches.  This is my crew with my coaching partner Bill. 

No matter how cold the weather, how steep the run, or how sore my back gets, this is the best day of the week for me!

That is "Big Air" Peter in the green helmet & "Tuck & Run" Emmet in the Black Helmet & Green Jacket!

Well the weather has been crazy this year.  Too cold, too warm, too much snow, and finally not enough snow.

Well you just have to make the best of it.

Here is the family on a XC ski in Jackson NH. 

Every day on the trails is a blessing!

The Two Newest Stars Of New Hampshire Theater!

These two guys had the chance to perform in A Christmas Carol this year and WOW what an experience.  The whole family ended up getting involved and everyone had a great time.  Emmet was the narrator and was on stage from the first scene to the final bows.  He set up the scenes with readings from the original text, pretending to be a modern boy reading Dickens in bed on a cold winter's night. Everyone commented on how such a young boy could handle such an important part.

Peter played Old Man Fezziewig, Scrooge's first boss.  He danced a jig, toasted the assembled party with boisterous speeches and was the life of the party!  In the next act he donned a somber costume and played Peter Cratchit, the eldest son of Bob Cratchit.  Peter made both characters believable.  He was really great!

Mom and Dad pitched in as needed, Valerie helped with props & staging, ran the smoke machine, gave cues, and was the official stage right house mother, keeping the kids in-line and on their marks.  Paul sold & designed advertising for the playbill and then was all around "helper" on show nights, vacuuming the theater, taking tickets, handing out playbills and selling cupcakes!   The truth is we wouldn't have missed a performance for anything.

My definition of cross country skiing used to be getting from the lodge to the chairlift! 

But, over the years I have grown to love XC Skiing.  This year the snow was great in December and we got in some early skiing at Jackson, NH Ski Touring on the Wave Trail.

The boys are both doing great.  This year Peter has really advanced.  He can beat his old man but still has to hustle to keep up with The Vallie Bear!

Every Year the Inns of the White Mountains put on a great cookie tour and Gingerbread House competition.

For the third year, the Mayer family has baked, built and decorated a gingerbread house and donated it to support The MS Society.

This year the boys really helped out.  We made "The Jackson Covered Bridge", as part of the theme A NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAY.

I am proud to announce that for the third year we had a ton of fun and didn't win a single award.

Well there is always, next year! 

Well it had to happen sometime!

The good news is that both Peter and Emmet had very mild cases with no real complications.

 Peter had a high fever and felt beat up for three days.  Emmet started a day later, & still has the fever, aches and cough

The bad news is that I think dad might have caught it too!

The weather has been beautiful this Fall, in North Conway. 

After a wet Spring and an on and off Summer, the Fall Foliage was perfect and the last fall has been warm & balmy.

So, off for one of our favorite walks.  Pudding Pond.  First we pick up Emmet's buddy Ryan.

On the mountain bike trail we found a neat rock ramp, then came across beautiful red dragon flys, and lots of fresh beaver meals.

Finally we made it around to the pond and found a new beaver dam.