Nov-Dec, 2010/ Snowmass, CO

The Majumdars bucked Thanksgiving tradition this year and hosted Rajjina’s brothers and their extended families here in Florida. It was a bit of a house-warming party and gave everyone a much needed respite from the brutal northern Winter.  It was fun having all the cousins in Florida, and we may have started a new Thanksgiving tradition.  Eventually everyone becomes a snowbird…..

Shaun finished out his Cross Country season with one of his best races at States.  The team was competing all year for the overall state championship, but ended up finishing a disappointing 6th place.  It still was a great season, and Shaun is hoping to continue his improvement through the upcoming track season and next year’s cross country season.  That may position him to run in college in 2 years.  Rowan got his first taste of school athletics by competing on the Middle School Soccer Team.  It was a special season for him to have a lot of his closest friends on the same team.  It should be a good core of players that will be together for another 6 years.

We celebrated Christmas on Christmas Eve at home with our 8th annual Santa Hunt.  It’s actually been a rarity for us (only two other times since Rowan was born) to celebrate Christmas at home in Florida, but it was fun this year, and we still got a White Christmas, as we flew out for Snowmass on Christmas Day.   It was a great family vacation.  We listened to a very moving book on tape on the drive to and from Denver to Snowmass. It was called The Last Lecture by Randy Pautsch.    If you have an hour, it is well worth listening to the lecture itself on You Tube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo).

Snowmass was a perfect family resort: good skiing for all, great food on the mountain, mammoth family Scrabble and Hearts games, great restaurants in town, and perfect weather the week we were there.   It is the perfect venue for families, and we can highly recommend it.

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