Sean, Nicolette and Stuart

Whistler. Spring break

Sean Ryan — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:55:43 +0000

Happy Birthday Junior

Sean Ryan — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:53:34 +0000

Beautiful winters day and my beautiful wife practicing with her camera.

Sean Ryan — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:44:33 +0000

What an awesome day walking by the river with the family.

Sun River – Oregon

Sean Ryan — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 02:10:40 +0000

Raining, raining raining, Same old story in Portland and everyone kept telling us that it was going to stop on the 4th of July as that’s when summer starts. We decided anyway in anticipation that we would take Alfred to Sun River for a few days as we spent some time there in 2007 when doing the Hood to Coast and it was spectacular.

Well we were not disappointed again. We took an easy drive up on Friday with the rest of the hoards departing Portland for the Independence day long weekend. Five hours later we arrived at our magnificent “Dog Friendly ” lodge deep in the Sun River village. Awesome because we took young Zak with us for the first time and it was very nice for him not having to go to the dog sitter or kennels. He definitely loves me more for it.

Anyway we immediately pumped the wheels of the bikes in the garage (part of the deal) and here are the guinea pigs test driving the modern day bikes (fixed cogs ) doing a lap around the cul de sac with Zak in tow.

Empire State Building

Sean Ryan — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 23:08:51 +0000

First stop was the Empire State Building. Alfred was a little jet lagged and also did not have a very good flight even though he got bumped to Business Class. He though it would not be fair to take food off the plane with him so he politely left it on board in the passengers along side him’s pillow Anyway I digress, we left him to have a little sleep and ventured out to take Stuart to the top of the Empire State building. Nicolette and I had been there last in 1996 and off course security now intact, the process was a little different. It was a sunny but windy day and a little fresh on top. Still the views as always magnificent in all directions as far as the eye can see. Nicolette with her recently acquired birthday present was attempting all kinds of photographs. She will need to do a course I do believe but still the pic are great.

Check out the photos under New York Jun_2010

New York for a long Week End

Sean Ryan — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:00:35 +0000

Nicolette’s dad Alfred is coming to Portland to visit us for 6 weeks. Since he is flying in from South Africa via New York we decided that we would take the opportunity to spend a few days in the big apple with him. So its off the NY we go. We booked on Jet Blue and I was not looking forward to the Red Eye from PDX to JFK. However I must say that the experience on Jet Blue was truly amazing and far better than any other airline I have flown in the USA. Loads of leg room and excellent service from the air hostesses. So we arrived in JFK about 40 minutes before Alf. Scooted from T5 to T4 and waited for Alf. He arrived and we headed of to our hotel via the train system. It was crowded but eventually Alf got a seat and we had an uneventful 45min subway ride to downtown NY. Day 1 had started.

Braai on the Weber

Sean Ryan — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 01:58:42 +0000

Well eventually here in the USA the weather is looking up and it was decided that since Alfred was visiting a small purchase was required to make sure he felt at home and also to revitalize the old traditional Braai with charcoal v BBQ with GAS experience we had become accustom to in Australia. Its not that we could not make a wood or charcoal BBQ but with fire bans a regular event in the decent Aussie weather it was better just to use the GAS and have an instant BBQ. Well now we have a Weber again and here are the pics of the trial run on Nicolette’s birthday. Man it was good and the meat tasted fantastic. Needless to say there will be a lot more of these in the coming weeks …….

Yummm! Yummmm!!!!

Lighting.....

Waiting...

Ready....

Cooking...

Go Stuart…..

Sean Ryan — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:47:21 +0000

Stuart got his second trimester report card this week. Wow !! he really did well. He also got an Honor Roll for his accomplishments as you can see.

Well Done big guy !! We are proud of you.

Stuart_Report_Grade5 Term2

Stuart’s first public Recital

Sean Ryan — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 23:08:13 +0000

Here is the young Maestro doing his first public recital. It’s amazing to see all the young talent. Stuart is coming on very nicely with his violin. Have a listen…….

Skiing in Ischgl

Sean Ryan — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:42:28 +0000

Well we are just back from Skiing in Austria so I can update my Blog. Wow!!!! What a time we had? meeting up with Bouchie, Suzi and the SAFA gang of old and some new mates was terific. There was a lot of alchohol consumpsion, I must say but nothing that was not expected. Have a look at our Photo Album under Ischgl 2011 for some photos of the trip. Here is a video of Stuart (Aka The Green Mamba) as I followed him down a slope. Sorry for the quality but you’ll get the idea and I am on skiis :)