Ski Time

Last week it was time once again for our yearly ski trip. We were blessed to spend six wonderful days in snowy Frisco, CO skiing at Copper Mountain. This year the same ole ski junkies tagged along--Alex and Bernice, Ronnie and Jessica, Dad, Curt and Sandy... plus a couple of newbies, too. Mornings were crisp at around 11-12 degrees F, but the afternoons warmed up into the 30's, which gets pretty hot when you're bundled up in all your ski gear.

Most of the week was uneventful. I banged my head pretty hard in a wipe out and decided to ski with a helmet from now on. Ronnie and Bernice have decided to become snowboarding punks. All of us probably spent too much money end of season ski sales.







Aeva's first glipse of snow was on this trip.





Talk about fortunate! Jessica's aunt Madeline spent the weekend with us and you know what that meant??? That always means lots and lots and REALLY good food!










Aeva had a blast this trip (at least during the day time). She has turned into a real social butterfly, and has become an accomplished flirt. I'm pretty sure this little girl has acquire her mama's social disposition.










Way to go Ronnie! He's a married man this year, as well as a new snowboarding fanatic.

Dad is a real trooper. If there is snow, he'll be around with a set of skiis, even if it mean he has to hang out with a bunch of young folks.

Isreal clearly receiving Jessica's highly prized romantic advice with eager anticipation.

Jessica's uncle Gaby broke his left wrist on the first run of the first day. Curt and I offered to assist him with a needed surgery... can you believe he refused?

No broken bones for Curt this year!

Isreal and his girlfriend Stacy were with us half the week. Fortuantely, Stacy is wonderful with children and made fast friends with Aeva, who found her uterly fasciating.

This was Aeva's longest trip away from home, and she wasn't too keen on having Daddy give her baths in the sink. Seems Aeva wasn't too keen on the altitude either. Most nights she woke up crying every hour on the hour to keep Mom and Dad company (how considerate), which made for a very long and tiring week for her parents. Jessica was sick by Thursday and both of us had racoon eyes before the week was out.

Single Car Family

Looks like the Korzyniowski's might be down to a single car for a while. Remember that recent post about me fixing my car myself? Unfortunately that was only the tip of the iceberg. Turns out the damage from a minor collision (No, no other cars involved) was more extensive than first perceived. The real trick right now is trying to get insurance to cough up---anything! In the mean time Aeva and her Mami are taking great care of the one car we now are sharing.

Food, Food, and More Food!

Aeva is really getting into this eating business. She loves to eat apples and sweet potatoes, not to crazy about peas or bananas. However being the good parents that we are she still gets of taste of peas everyday to see if she will learn to like foods we don't like. Thankfully, since Aeva is not eating a little more solid food she is sleeping much better at night, not all night, that would be too easy, but much better.

First Bites

Young miss Korzyniowski made great gains yesterday, taking her first bites of solid food. It may not look like much. In fact, it doesn't taste like much... but there it is. Today rice cereal, tomorrow the world!

"Inanimate objects are classified scientifically into three major categories - those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost. "

Russell BakerUS columnist & journalist (1925 - )


Undoubtedly I'm not the only person in the world who feels like this. As my wife reminded me just a few days ago, while I was (joyfully and with pleasant language) replacing the coolant reservoir in my car, there are those days when it seems like "everything in this house is broken." It may be however, that broken cars, defunct computers, and peeling trim, are sprinkled into our lives so that we men may feel manly once we've fixed them. I keep telling myself that one. So... anyone feel like bringing their tools over and feeling manly???

Cutest Baby on the Block!

Aeva is finally four months, still not sleeping as we would dream of, but she is so cute that it is okay. Hard to let this little doll cry at all since she is so adorable. We are not partial at all......

Christmas Joy

Oh Happy Christmas! This year was my first... and boy was it a good one. I got tons of cool new toys that I have no idea what to do with yet. Best of all, though, Abuela and Papi went all out and bought me this cool bouncy chair. Not only can I jump up and down in it, but it makes all sorts of neat animal noises, lights up, and dangles all kinds of colorful bobble just within my reach. And by the way, now I actually can grab those bobbles and stick them in my slobbery mouth. Think that's cool? Check this one out: on New Years Day I started rolling over onto my tummy! Whoa! Now that's a lot of fun.