Happy Birthday, Abbie!
Our awesome daughter, Abbie, turns 20 today! She's a sophomore at the University of Colorado in Boulder and lives in her sorority house this year. There are around 100 girls living in the house, and...
View ArticleCelebrating Love in the Philippines
About a year ago, our friends Aris and Jen mentioned they were going to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary in the Philippines. Trish and I said "we'll go!" before they even invited us. Not only...
View Article2022 - A Year in Review
When 2022 started, I was excited to start traveling again. We started things off with a trip to Mexico and worked remotely from the Cabo San Lucas marina for a couple of weeks. In March, the kids and...
View ArticleFarewell to the 2022-2023 Ski Season
You can tell your Spring is a whirlwind when you don't have time to write your end-of-ski-season post until July! My ski season started way back in October, on Halloween at A-Basin, to be precise. It...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Jack!
Today is a monumental day in the life of Jack Raible. Not only is today his 19th birthday, but it's also his first day of classes at the University of Colorado. He moved in last week and had a week to...
View ArticleSummer 2023: Colorado, Montana, and Cape Cod
I've been remiss in writing about my month-long summer vacation. Mostly because life moves pretty fast with Jack heading off to college, things getting busy at work, and lots of wonderful weekends...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Abbie!
Our oldest child turned 21 today! She's a junior at the University of Colorado in Boulder, living in an apartment with three roommates. Abbie is a joy to be around because she's always smiling and...
View ArticleGoodbye, DU House. Thanks for all the memories!
On the weekend before I joined Stormpath as a full-time employee in 2016, we bought a house in the countryside and moved out of the city. We'd been looking for a while and finally found a place we...
View Article2023 - A Year in Review
2023 started with a celebration of love in the Philippines. Trish and I traveled with friends to El Nido and Manila to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. It was a two-week trip that filled our...
View ArticleFunemployment 2024
On February 1, I woke up to an unexpected email from my employer."Today, Okta made the decision to eliminate a number of positions across multiple organizations. Unfortunately, your position has been...
View ArticleFarewell to the 2023-2024 Ski Season
This year's ski season was delightful! This was largely due to our acquisition of a new condo in the mountains, lots of free time to ski, and some epic powder days with friends. I achieved 30 days of...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Jack!
Jack is growing up fast and today marks his 20th birthday. He's a sophomore at CU and loves to play basketball. In early July, we made a trip to Montana where he learned how to wakeboard and took a...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Abbie!
Abbie turns 22 today and is thriving through her senior at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Happy Birthday, kiddo! 🥳She's enjoying the Coach Prime Era and has even secured a job after she...
View ArticleLife Update: New Job, Same House, and Same Awesome Family!
It's been over eight years since I wrote a life update blog post. At that time (2016), we'd just moved into the "Raible Ranch", the bus was finished, and the kids were in high school. I'd just started...
View Article2024 - A Year in Review
Last year brought a few challenges and misfortunes. From changing companies to broken bones, Trish and I learned more about ourselves and our abilities than we ever anticipated. I had seven months off...
View ArticleParadise in Puerto Rico
My parents live in northwestern Montana, where the winters are cold, and seldom does the sun shine. To combat the winter doldrums, they have an affection for "chasing the sun" trips in mid-winter....
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