{"id":1437,"date":"2010-12-30T16:54:57","date_gmt":"2010-12-30T23:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/?p=1437"},"modified":"2022-03-07T10:48:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T15:48:26","slug":"nov-dec-2010-snowmass-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/?p=1437","title":{"rendered":"Nov-Dec, 2010\/ Snowmass, CO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1437 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=1439'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Cousins-in-Florida-for-Thanksgiving-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1439\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1439'>\n\t\t\t\tCousins in Florida for Thanksgiving\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=1440'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Anil-and-Louisa-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1440\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1440'>\n\t\t\t\tAnil  and Louisa\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=1441'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Ranjit-Mary-Beth-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1441\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1441'>\n\t\t\t\tRanjit and Mary Beth\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=1442'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Dick-Marianne-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1442\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1442'>\n\t\t\t\tDick and Marianne\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=1443'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Ping-Pong-Diplomacy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1443\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1443'>\n\t\t\t\tPing Pong Diplomacy\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=1444'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Boys-Outgrowing-Papi-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1444\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1444'>\n\t\t\t\tBoys Outgrowing Papi\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=1445'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Cats-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1445\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1445'>\n\t\t\t\tCats\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1449\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1449'>\n\t\t\t\tProud Buccaneer\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=1450'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/8th-Annual-Santa-Hunt-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1450\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1450'>\n\t\t\t\t8th Annual Santa Hunt\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=1451'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Opening-the-Fatboy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1451\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1451'>\n\t\t\t\tOpening the Fatboy\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=1452'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Fatboys-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1452\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1452'>\n\t\t\t\tFatboys\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=1453'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Moms-Christmas-Treat-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1453\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1453'>\n\t\t\t\tMom&#8217;s Christmas Treat\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=1454'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Majestic-Snowmass-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1454\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1454'>\n\t\t\t\tMajestic Snowmass\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=1455'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Shaun-Scaling-the-Wall-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1455\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1455'>\n\t\t\t\tShaun Scaling the Wall\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=1456'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Styling-in-Snowmass-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1456\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1456'>\n\t\t\t\tStyling in Snowmass\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=1457'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Mom-and-the-Boys-at-Top-of-Big-Burn-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1457\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1457'>\n\t\t\t\tMom and the Boys at Top of Big Burn\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=1458'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Tres-Amigos-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1458\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1458'>\n\t\t\t\tTres Amigos\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The Majumdars bucked Thanksgiving tradition this year and hosted Rajjina\u2019s 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.\u00a0 It was fun having all the cousins in Florida, and we may have started a new Thanksgiving tradition.\u00a0 Eventually everyone becomes a snowbird\u2026..<\/p>\n<p>Shaun finished out his Cross Country season with one of his best races at States.\u00a0 The team was competing all year for the overall state championship, but ended up finishing a disappointing 6th place.\u00a0 It still was a great season, and Shaun is hoping to continue his improvement through the upcoming track season and next year\u2019s cross country season.\u00a0 That may position him to run in college in 2 years.\u00a0 Rowan got his first taste of school athletics by competing on the Middle School Soccer Team.\u00a0 It was a special season for him to have a lot of his closest friends on the same team.\u00a0 It should be a good core of players that will be together for another 6 years.<\/p>\n<p>We celebrated Christmas on Christmas Eve at home with our 8th annual Santa Hunt.\u00a0 It\u2019s 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.\u00a0\u00a0 It was a great family vacation.\u00a0 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.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If you have an hour, it is well worth listening to the lecture itself on You Tube (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>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.\u00a0\u00a0 It is the perfect venue for families, and we can highly recommend it.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in Touch,<\/p>\n<p>The Majumdars<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Majumdars bucked Thanksgiving tradition this year and hosted Rajjina\u2019s 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.\u00a0 It was fun having all the cousins in Florida, and we may have started a new Thanksgiving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-60","category-colorado"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1437"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2028,"href":"https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437\/revisions\/2028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.majumdar.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}