Much needed break last night today.. turned work off (mostly) for nearly 8 hours and recharged  some.   Last night Gabe, Dylan and I went out for sushi… Gylan ate a plum sized wad of wasabi.  I know I  mentioned it last night.. but.. here’s proof.

He won’t forget that.. I’m pretty sure..

This morning we woke late and headed to Stowe. Today was a photoshoot for Gabe’s MMSC team..for some bizzarre reason that meant jumping over a Mercedes .  I don’t know how they have the guts to do stuff like that.. Gabe loked good.

Hey dylan  ?

I had some down time there..  so I did a little snow art.

After Stowe…. we headed up to Bolton for pond skimming.. It’s an annual thing.. folks come down on snowboards and skiis and try to get across a 33 degree pond without getting wet… or not.. depends.   We’ve done it every year since Sam’s passing. I always toss in a Sam stone at the end.

we weren’t planning on skimming.. but I had my union suite.. (actually max’s union suit)  on just in case..

We ran into Ivy !

There goes Jack,,

Krisitnm Sydney and crew were going down on sleds.. but at the last minute they said ‘no sleds’.. so they ran..

I ran right after them !  (Thanks so much to friend Joanne for her great pictures !)

I remembered to toss the sam stones.. this time.. 2 years ago.. I got out and realized I still had them.. tossed them in afterwords.

It was a great scence afterwards. lots of wet cold happy people..

Then back home.. Kristin, Gabe and I cooked a feat.. now we’re watching a movie.. This is the day I needed..

Gnite all.. gnite sam
-jc

ps. My friend Joe C. wrote me to tell me that the Essex high robotics club cane in 3rd place in the region first competition in Feb.. they also came in 1st in ‘community connection’ because  of their fund raising.. which I helped with !  Look.. they had a samstone on their robot !!!