Saturday, December 19, 2009

Skate 2 Donate

After the last couple of months I have been collecting second hand skateboards(many donated by local Kirkland Skaters and residents ) to fix up and give away to kids in positions less fortunate than myself. I had 9 boards in total to give away. After I spoke to a guy named "Zach"(who was mad passionate about his work and super helpful) that works for a local Non-profit organization called the "Kirkland boys and girls club". We set up a time and place to give these boards away and at the same time give these kids a little lesson. 
We skated and hung out for about an hour in an undercover basketball area at a school. There were a total of 11 kids there some just watching. I really think that a few of them really got something out of it. As I got a lot out of it. I feel if I give the gift of skateboarding to one kid my job is done. Not that I will stop here I hope to take it further each time I do this.

Here is a couple of photo's of the time we had together....
























If you ever feel like donating to this cause hit me up...

Matty

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Happy Holiday Spirit

Hello Everyone,
Tis the season and We should know, because Jillian and I have had 2 xmas parties already and with 3 more. 
Jillian had her work xmas party the Monday straight after our weekend away to Whistler. I have mentioned before that Jillian works at the headquarters of a very large company. So at Jillian's work party all the big wig's were there, about 50 people in total. Jillian's work colleagues were super friendly and that made all the x-mas games super fun. It was held a delicious restaurant. Here is Jillian and , Not to be corny but Jillian was absolutely beautiful that night. 













On Friday night was my work party. I was so excited as I have only been working there for 6 weeks or so. It was a fantastic night. It was at my boss David's house. All the staff were there, it was a great night with many laughs had. My boss's gave everyone a gift and what a gift it was. We all received a alarm clock radio. I know you are thinking a clock radio what ever. But this one connects to the internet, so I can connect to Triple J (Australian radio station). connect to my computer and play music through there and I can connect to flickr and have my pictures scroll through the screen that is on it . Wow I was so stoked. Especially since I have only been there for 6 weeks and potentially only another 6. But between you me and the rest of the people reading this, I would love to stay on it is a great atmosphere there.

Here is a pic of me and my work crew at the xmas party














We did a lot on the weekend. Saturday Jillian went xmas shopping with her mum, I hung out with Jillian's Grandma, I skated and got a sneak peak into a new  indoor park before it's grand opening this Saturday. On Sat night Jillian and I went our separate ways, Jillian went to an Xmas partyin Seattle and my friend kenny came over and we went to a friend of his x-mas party.
One of the most exciting things though was seeing Savanna (if you do not know who that is by now then you have to back and read some past posts) acting and singing in a play that was sold out in a few days. We had to stand in the below 0 degrees celsius on standby for tickets. It was worth every second. Savanna was amazing and we got to go have a hot chocolate after the show. What a fun filled weekend.
And this weekend coming up looking fuller than the last. 
Well that's it for now.
Much Love 
Matty and Team Mitchell

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Once again a huge week for Team Mitchell

Well I left you all last week with taste of the of the show I was helping put on and a whisper of Whistler.
I will fill you all in on the show first. I spent Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday working on the show. There was printing, painting, hanging, Keg, food, putting up vinyl decals, cutting boards, measuring, lighting, paint touch ups and  whole lot more. We were all busy little bee's right up until the start of the show. The first hour or so of the show is just like the start of anything else pretty slow. People trickled in and out, but once it hit 7:01pm was like a we were giving a away free beer. Oh We were, but people didn't know that until they walk in. The night went great there was a great vibe, the artist were happy and most important my boss's were.   
Below you will see pictures of how the art is placed and to top it off. We separated out all the candy as representation of the grand colors in the artwork.           




























The next day Jillian and I joined Natalie and Kevin (Brother and sister in law) in a trip to Whistler Canada. We stayed at the the four seasons, I know Lad di da. But Natalie won it from a work function last year. I thought it was a motel 6 or something. I am that classy I don't even now what the four seasons are. The weekend was great, it is such a beautiful place. WOW!!
Since Natalie is pregnant Kevin chose to be a great husband and Spend a beautiful day in Whistler. While Jillian and I spent the day on the Blackcombe mountain. It is so big I never realized it could be so big. The snow was not the best, very icy. but it was a great time. After snowboarding We went back to room and Jillian I had a bath. In one we both could actually fit in. We caught up with Natalie and Kevin a little bit later and cooked dinner and spent the night hanging out playing cards. It was such a pleasure to hang out with Natalie and Kevin.
















I think that is enough for now.
I hope all is well with everyone.
Matty