Book Mountain

This snow-ball fight got a little out of hand

Pfarrkirche Gaming

How green is my valley

Laura and Brendan

Caitlin, Rob, Paul, Jon

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Paul, Rob, and Jon having an 'epic' moment

That is my home down there. I can see my bedroom window.

Liz taking it all in

Check out the aquaduct

Caitlin having one of those moments....

I am really happy

Diana left snow-angels like Gretl leaving breadcrumbs

Laura, Liz and Brendan take a little break.

Whiskey to warm the heart. And because it is cool.

Diana signing the Book Mountian Book. Look for my signature on November 23rd, 2008, if you ever go there.

That is a cell phone tower. Now zoom in to the top. That is two boys near the top. I started climbing and got about 1/3 of the way up, and I had enough of the view that I wanted. It doesn't look so bad, but then you get up there and realize it is icy and the wind is blowing like the dickens because it is completely unprotected, and I realized the only joy I would get from this is the ability to say that I could do it, which is not exactly worth it to me.

At the top of every peak, there is Cross.

Somewhere up there are Jon and Rob.

sliding down is always more fun than climbing up

What does snow inspire you to do?

Pray...preferably in old Carthusian Monasteries?

Make a snowman?

This one was built by the Cassidy boys before Mass. Quite apropriate that the mural on the wall behind reminds us of the time passing away. Remember your death, o man of snow. Life is short, and eternity long.

Pick Misteltoe?

All that for this little weed? You should have seen what we went through to get this little thing down from the tree.

Cook? Something like Chili, corn-bread, apple-cake, fried apples and onions, and home-made hard egg-nog?

Our Spar run: going down the recipe list to make sure we got it all.

Liz and Caitlin trying to figure out which one of these packets contains chili powder. If only one of us knew German.

Fight? A little case of cabin fever? already?

Study?

Swim? Okay, enough of that studying business...time for a jump in the creek.

A display and proof of manliness and super-hero powers, so I am told. I still have a lot to learn, I guess. To me it looks like a like a bunch of idiots running around in shorts in the snow. But amusing, of that I agree.

Winter Wonderland

Last night was one of those perfect nights. It started with everyone in the kitchen playing games and instruments and making cookies. It progressed into a wild snow-ball fight with the first snow of the year, and ended with a movie in the audi max on the big screen, snuggled up in blankets. Rob making his superhero cookies

John Paul trying to teach Paul the flutist's pout

Caitlin, Liz and I made Rob some cookies, and cookie dough. We normally wouldn't be so eager to do so, but this once Rob deserved it. We mentioned we wanted chocolate. Spar closed in 15 minutes. Rob up and sprinted, in the freezing falling snow, all the way to Spar and returned with a giant Milka bar. That is an unprecedented act of chivalry unknown to mankind thus far. He has earned himself a place in a history book as far as we are concerned

Liz repairs Rob's pants. Rob plays in the snow. Rob returns pants with a big hole. Liz fixes Rob's pants again.

Rob's cookies....noticing a theme?

Last night was the first snow of the year. We got some 3 inches. A glorious and quite vicious snow-ball fight naturally ensued.

Getting in the holiday mood

The creek that some boys have jumped in every single day that they have been here, and you can bet they will again today.

This is my HOUSE! My window is the third from the right on the roof.

The Professor kids playing in the snow....might have to borrow some sleds from them later.