Sunday, May 3, 2009

The Neighbors You Wish You Never Had...

What would you think if you saw the following going on in your neighbor's garage / yard?






So the secret is out:  We have a die-hard skateboarder in our family! Now all the neighbors know it, like it or not!  Actually, Jaron has been doing an amazing job putting together his "mini-ramp" in some of his spare moments. I'm proud of how well he's done, having drawn up the plans, gathered all the materials and thrown this thing together so well (it's even level on our sloped lawn!).  He's had a little help from some fellow high-school boarders (or do they still call them "thrashers"?), and from our buddy Aaron who lives in a home nearby for persons with Downs. I'll have to have Jaron write more later about his first-hand experiences with the ramp, but I think he's had lots of fun building it (he prefers it to post-call sleep most days!). 

Our boys also love the ramp, especially in this "skeleton" stage.  They have a blast climbing on it, and in this picture I think they're "fishing" off it with the neighbor kids.

9 comments:

Emily said...

Oh man, that made me laugh out loud! That's seriously awesome.

Janene said...

WOW!!! That thing is HUGE! Seriously, who has time to do that as an intern? :) Good job Jaron!

Jaimie said...

That is soooo awesome!!! It's huge! I was surpised to see the pics and see how big it is. I bet Jaron has had a ball planning that out and building it. How fun!

Ruth said...

I have a hard time picturing Jaron as a die-hard skateboarder because it is such a bad thing here! Kudos to him for such an awesome ramp, though! Knock yourself out! (Not literally.)

steveandamybrossard said...

Holy cow! i had no idea Jaron had taken up skate boarding! That's AWESOME!

The Willers said...

Wow! That is pretty cool! I am impressed Jaron! I never did know you were so into skate boarding.

Carrie said...

John wants to know how Jaron expects to ride his Lemond on that thing???

Carrie said...

Oh, and we totally think it's too funny that someday when Jaron is the head of surgery at some hospital, all the other surgeons will drive big, expensive cars and Jaron will ride up on his skateboard and tuck it in his backpack as he strolls past all the other fancy cars.

Emily said...

Jaron has been "die hard" into skateboarding as of 1.5 years ago. But, like everything else in his life, Jaron has gone all-out with this hobby, as you can see...a quality in him that I'm madly in love with!