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Happy birthday Spencer!

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Black forest cherry cake from Das Meyer bakery

Black forest cherry cake from Das Meyer bakery

Clare helps Spencer blow out the candle

Clare helps Spencer blow out the candle

Spencer turned one year old yesterday. We had a little party, which was a lot of fun. Here are a few pictures from the party, and a little video of Spencer opening a present. As is often the case with first birthdays, he was only interested in the first present. The first present also happened to be a car, so that might have played a role. After people left, he thoroughly inspected the rest of his loot though. Thanks to everyone who made it. We had a great time!

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Snow sculpture festival

Monday, February 8th, 2010
Clare, Rob, and Spencer in Breckenridge

Clare, Rob, and Spencer in Breckenridge

Snow sculpture with lots of snow removed

Snow sculpture with lots of snow removed

The last weekend in January we went to Breckenridge with our friends Greg and Mekayla to see the International Snow Sculpture Festival. Greg and Mekayla went up Thursday and went skiing on Friday; we went up Friday afternoon. We met them at the snow sculptures around 4 p.m., at which time we could still see the sculptors at work. They had some interesting tools. Some of the tools were very ordinary tools you would find at a hardware store like scrapers, but some of them were home made combinations of large curved wood with handles, with some sort of metal mesh attached, kind of like a rasp plane. It was quite fun to watch them work. We also went back on Saturday morning when they were finished. There was a pretty big difference in many of the sculptures, even though they had been working on them for 3 or 4 days. Unfortunately we don’t have any pictures from Saturday, because we left the camera in the car Friday night, and the cold drained the battery.

Saturday afternoon we took a nice hike with Greg, Mekayla, Anne (Mekayla’s mom), and her dog Lucy. Greg and Mekayla let us borrow these crampons that are basically like little spikes that slide over your boots, providing some great traction. We might have to get some of those. After a nice dinner of squash, corn, and bean stew, Anne volunteered to stay with Spencer to let us young folk go out on the town, which was a real treat for Clare and me. Thanks again Greg, Mekayla, and Anne for a great time!

View from I-70 looking south
View from I-70 looking south
View from I-70 looking southeast (near Frisco)
View from I-70 looking southeast (near Frisco)
Snow sculptor on scaffolding
Snow sculptor on scaffolding
Snow sculptures in progress
Snow sculptures in progress
The Föhn
The Föhn
String Theory (man playing violin)
String Theory (man playing violin)
Frog snow sculpture
Frog snow sculpture
Chinese head snow sculpture
Chinese head snow sculpture
Hunting snow sculpture
Hunting snow sculpture
Rob and Spencer at the snow sculpture festival
Rob and Spencer at the snow sculpture festival
Bowling snow sculpture
Bowling snow sculpture
Peace
Peace

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Like father, like son

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

Spencer and Rob in their cords and plaid

Spencer and Rob in their cords and plaid

Spencer and Rob playing in their cords and plaid

Spencer and Rob playing in their cords and plaid

Dwight and Patti got Spencer a really cute outfit for Christmas. I am not sure if they did this on purpose, but it happens to be something very similar to what I frequently wear – corduroys and a plaid shirt. Actually, before Spencer came along, I tended to wear slacks and dress shirts, but those don’t see much use these days, since they don’t resist stains as much as cords and flannel. Here are a few pictures of Spencer and me in our cool duds. Thanks Dwight and Patti!

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Bearable

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Spencer the bear ready for a walk

Spencer the bear ready for a walk

Spencer the bear playing with his tabletop toy

Spencer the bear playing with his tabletop toy

Spencer and Rob ready for a hike

Spencer and Rob ready for a hike

Paul and April got Spencer some really cute clothes for Christmas, including a sweatshirt that is bear-like. It is super fuzzy and has a hood with little bear ears. It just happens to fit perfectly right now, and the hood fits great too, which is hard to find. Some of Spencer’s clothes with hoods tend to either not cover his ears very well, or block his view. Spencer the bear and I have been enjoying quite a few walks lately.

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A Dibble Christmas

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

The greater Dibble Family - 23 in total

The greater Dibble Family - 23 in total


We had a great time at Christmas in New York, in spite of our delay getting there. The total head count this year on Christmas was 23. Every one enjoyed meeting Spencer, and he seemed to have a great time too. There were of course some presents given, but the best gift was simply everyone’s presence.

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