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Summer is coming to an end soon and we are thankfu

Summer is coming to an end soon and we are thankful that we were able to get out on the water. This isn't something typically we do, unstepping the mast and putting the boat onto the trailer. It's work though we all had a great time and an adventure. We could have used our son here!!

Love Maine. So looking forward to living here one day.

#Maine

A relaxing day here in Portland, Maine. Getting i

A relaxing day here in Portland, Maine.

Getting in a beach day at Kettle Cove and then a sunset sail on @portlandschoonerco, well it was a great day.

Heading up to Five Islands for the next couple of days.

#summer

Taking a short vacation in Maine for our 29th anni

Taking a short vacation in Maine for our 29th anniversary. Crazy thing is that our daughter has more of a social calendar up here than in NYC given she has friends she has made through the years from sailing here @sail_maine. This was the first summer in a while she didn't sail there though the community bond she made is indeed strong.

It is nice to be back to where we feel at home. One day we might be living here. Keeping fingers crossed we can make that happen. #familytime #anniversary #summer #firstofseptember

Oh. We need to give Credit to Nevada @nawadas_ for the photos of us.

Today is our 29th wedding anniversary & on our way

Today is our 29th wedding anniversary & on our way up to Maine we finally had the opportunity to meet with a long time virtual friend & one that we are a fan of big time. Thank you @surfskiweatherman for making time to meet with us Albas! This Winter we need to film you! #familyfun #summer #anniversary #albaadventures Be sure to check out TK's YouTube channel.. link will be below. #weather #weatherman

What a crazy couple of weeks it has been. Not much

What a crazy couple of weeks it has been. Not much travel though we did make it to Musikfest a couple of weeks back in Bethlehem Pa. Ray and I used to go every year and it had been a long pause for us. We saw some incredible bands, though one in particular stood out to us and that was @wearefoxroyale Fox Royale .. these guys had us cracking up and their music is solid.

Anyway, who knew that two weeks later our daughter would end up being their merch girl for their NY show and we would be able to see them again. A bonus, hosting them for the evening.

We know that a real bed beats sleeping on bus and a hot shower... What a great time, it made us feel in our 20s again. Our bodies though are taking recovery hard.

If you get the chance check them out on Spotify and see them live! You will enjoy it. #indiemusic #superindy

And just like that Sandro is officially in college

And just like that Sandro is officially in college. Where did time go? Even the last few days seemed to go by quicker than we had hoped though we still managed to have a wonderful time.

Mississippi State University campus is really pretty. A first class university and so far the people have all been super cool. Also the food in town is stellar. Seriously it was all good! We took the family out to Taste in Starkville and the food, service, staff and atmosphere are all incredible. It is a must. It was fun celebrating all together and for Karen to have her birthday cake.

We are going to miss our son, though we are excited for this next chapter of his life. Love you Sandro. It would be funny if you come back home over Thanksgiving with a Southern accent and eating BBQ meats!

When you get back, be ready to ski kid. We hope to get a few solid days with you on the hill.

#mississippi
#college
#familytime

We were like.. What the heck it that glass Pyramid

We were like.. What the heck it that glass Pyramid... Well we were totally impressed and blown away. For sure if you are in Memphis go see Bass Pro shop..

Taking the day to spend time with Sandro before ma

Taking the day to spend time with Sandro before making our way down to Mississippi.. Graceland was awesome!!! Also this place is great for Barbecue. Rendezvous is the place to eat too.

The whole Graceland experience was worth it! What an amazing person and family. Memphis is a cool town.

Next stop Mississippi.

#Graceland #memphis

Well the day has finally arrived where our son is

Well the day has finally arrived where our son is off to college. It is just hard to think that just a short while ago he was just a baby. Where did time go?

We are blessed to have this kid in our lives and certainly we hope his college experience will be remembered in a good way and we hope that these next years don't go fast. Also that Sandro doesn't forget about us lol.

Last night we were able to surprise him with a farewell dinner and luckily our daughter was able to find Sandro's friends to come. He had no clue!! Also we were lucky enough that his teacher Mr. Piel was able to come with us. Crazy thing, while talking to BJ Piel we learned that he is connected to us in more ways than Sandro's high school. He knows very close friends of ours that we consider family. Small world for sure.

Anyway, we are here at LGA and getting ready to head to Mississippi making a quick stop to Memphis to say hi to Elvis and Graceland before we move our son into his dorm.

We are going to cherish these next couple of days with him before we head home. It is going to be so odd to not hug him good night before we go to bed or to have dinners with him. We always eat together...

We will see him in a couple of months to ski. Going to cram many days in for sure..

#mississippi #college

Thank you @charleschesslerphotography for the photos today. So awesome to see you. Sandro says he plans to use that for his school iD.

This looks to be our last sail with our son for th

This looks to be our last sail with our son for the season as he is off to college in just a couple of days. We are not going to lie, we are going to miss him big time.

Our winds were light though regardless, like skiing, better to be sailing than not. We heard that the other day winds were gusting over 30 mph, which I am sure these catamarans can handle, though prefer being on a keel boat in those kinds of winds if you catch our drift. ;).

Sandro managed to convince his good friend, classmate and ironically born on the same day/year to come sailing with us -and from the look on his face, he enjoyed it. Expected nothing less ..

We will get a few more days sailing this season and through the fall (we hope), though it will just be the 3 of us and we hope some of Nevada's friends can join us.

All in all, a fun, fun day.

#connecticut #sailing #family #familysailing #getoutdoors #outdoors #funday

Day sailing. Though this time our son decided to h

Day sailing. Though this time our son decided to hang back leaving Dad & Nevada at the helm, with Nevada's friend taking the tiller - her first time sailing. Longshore Sailing School has catamarans & small dinghy vessels to rent - fun and reasonable @VisitCT check this. #sailing #summer

It has been sort of an odd summer for us since San

It has been sort of an odd summer for us since Sandro literally leaves in less than two weeks off to Mississippi for his 1st year of college. He has been trying to hang out with his friends these last few weekends which has meant that just three of us, Alicia, Ray and @nawadas_ to travel, so we have been trying to see friends we have not seen in a very long time.

While our son was camping with friends, at the last second we decided to take a drive up to Saratoga Springs to spend the night and had hoped to see great family friends of ours, that we also consider family and lucky for us, they were in town and invited us to their home on Lake George for an afternoon of boating again. The last time we did this with them was 4 years ago when we filmed our edit "Lake Day" - usually we are all together skiing.

With the last 2 and half years (almost) of not seeing them, it was so nice to be with them in person rather than over a video conference. Funny thing was that their son Daniel was out an about, maybe working and he too is off to college at UVM. Hopefully we will be able to see him this Winter when Sandro is on break from school. There isn't any skiing in Mississippi as you know.

We had a great day on the lake with them and we hope to see them again before summer is through. Certainly, we will see them this Winter at Killington or Pico.

Thanks Beth and Jeff for a great day again and for your love and friendship.

#lakeday #summer2022

It is crazy how our videos and film shorts have bo

It is crazy how our videos and film shorts have bonded us first to people and families virtually, then meeting in person and becoming seemingly lifelong friends. We met the Donnelly's over 6 years ago virtually, and finally in 2019 meeting with Shane Donnelly (the dude and dad) at Mad River Glen for the premier of our film short "Generations", later meeting their kids in the fall of 2019 and finally skiing with them on Feb 29 and March 1st 2020 - not knowing that would be the last time we would see them for some time.

We were surprised and happy to learn that the younglings, now legally driving age were going to come down to see us; our first time seeing them in over 2 years What a freaking treat! These kids are so cool and we regard them as family since we talk to them all the time. What a great week to have them - we probably enjoyed their company more than they enjoyed ours.

We gave them the NYC treatment, hitting all the free things with Times Square being first and on their last night we even scored some Broadway tickets.

We can't wait for the whole family to come back next time.It was great having you @_a_l_i_s_s_i_a__ & @darren_donnelly_
Next time bring the whole family@comebackshane71

Thanks @sandro_alba__ & @nawadas_ for being the tour guides on the days we had to work.

#timessquarenyc #nyc #washingtonsquarepark @nycgo @iloveny @timeoutnewyork @wecomefromaway #broadwaymusical @highlinenyc #touristinmyowncity
#statenislandferry #statueofliberty

We are excited to announce that our edit "The Ongs

We are excited to announce that our edit "The Ongs" has been accepted and will screen at "Maine Outdoor Film Festival" on July 31st evening at Deering Center in Portland, Maine.

This is our 3rd time getting into this awesome festival and if you haven't been to one of their events, then maybe this year is the year you attend as they have a full week plus planned to screen films all over Maine. It's super fun and awesome!

For more details visit https://maineoutdoorfilmfestival.com/ or their Facebook page at The Maine Outdoor Film Festival.

We hope to see you all there!

#film #filmfestival #Maine #portlandmaine #Portland #Deering #family #Summer #Winter

Finally got out to get some family sailing in this

Finally got out to get some family sailing in this year on a Hobie Cat. We really needed a sailing day this weekend and we hope to get a few more days in this summer before Sandro is off to college. The wind was perfect, the water warm and we sailed to Cockenoe Island.

Catamarans are great in light wind though are bit harder to point in our book though, we are not that experienced with them. These things fly and are so much fun. Great for a hot summer day.

So looking forward to our next day on the water together.

#sailing #longislandsound #connecticut #hobiecat #windpower #summer2022 #getoutside

That was a first- A standing ovation before the fi

That was a first- A standing ovation before the finale with the incredible voice of Tony Award Winning Actress in a Musical Joaquina Kalukango (Nelly O'Brien).

#paradisesquare
#broadwaymusical
#letitburn #tonyawards

It was not that long ago that our son Sandro was j

It was not that long ago that our son Sandro was just a baby and here we are now with a young man graduating High School. Where has time gone?

Needless to say, we are blessed to be so lucky to have Sandro in our lives. Today is a proud parent moment and we are savoring today and these moments for a lifetime.

Happy Graduation to you Sandro. The skies the limit, so aim high kid. Aim very high. We look forward to being part of your journey.

We love you big time and will do anything for you. Unconditionally and with all our love.

Happy Graduation.

Love,
Mom, Dad, Nevada and of course your big brother Rocky

#mcsm #classof2022

Nevada's first day on a skateboard. She had been b

Nevada's first day on a skateboard. She had been begging for a board all Spring and Ray just picked her up from school and surprised her by bringing her to Upper West Skates! They are awesome there, old school skaters from NYC that still have the skills. Go check them out on 106 on Broadway. We think Nevada did a great job on her first afternoon! Stoked to see her master this. #skate #upperwestskate

It is incredible to see Humpback Whales in NYC Har

It is incredible to see Humpback Whales in NYC Harbor. This is worth the activity. So fun & nice to know we can do this near home.
American Princess Cruises and Gotham Whale, thanks for all you do. We hope you like this video. #whaletail #NYC #Summer #Whales #whalewatching
@nycgo
#thingstodo #family

From seeing Too Gun on Friday to watching the Blue

From seeing Too Gun on Friday to watching the Blue Angels yesterday.. What a great weekend. The kids were stoked to see the Blue Angels fly. #TopGun #navy

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