April and May - in no particular order

Colin got his artwork chosen to be displayed at the Community Center.  

So did Justin.  However, Justin's was too high for him to be in the picture with it.  Good job boys.

'Reagan and Brook were in Magnificat's performance of "A Mid Summer's Night Dream".  They both played fairies and did an excellent job.  

Beachwood High School hosted a STEM fair called "Noise".  The highlight was a performance by Apollo Robbins which was amazing.  However, this is the only picture I took while we were there.  It's one of the food trucks that was in the parking lot.  I thought all of the Kunihara's would like it.  Haha.

Our biggest event lately was our vacation to New Orleans for spring break.  This is us at City Park.

This is an 800 year old tree in the park.

Gradma and I went to the Botanical Gardens which was also in City Park.

It was great but nothing like Cleveland's according to Grandma.

Colin found himself a girlfriend.

The art museum and a statue garden were in the park.  The piece was titled "Bachi".  Not sure why though.

The french quarter was amazing.

That's where the beignet's are.  They're delicious French doughnuts with powdered sugar on them.  

We took a carriage ride around the French Quarter. 

Sunset over the mighty Mississippi.

This is Audobon Park.  We went here a few time.  This track goes in a big circle all the way around the park so we came here for morning exercise a couple times.  

One of the highlights of the trip was the swamp tour.  

We saw a bunch of Alligators and a bald eagle.

And they had a small one on the boat that everyone could hold.

On the way home we stopped at Diamond Caverns in Kentucky.  It was a great trip.  I would do it again.

Colin got a "Spinney" award for D.I. and his math scores.  Here he is with Yonathan, Lorena and Sahana from the Disco Dancing Babies.

Uncle Matt and crew were in for Easter.  Here's the boys with their cousins.

We managed to get out fishing one warm Sunday.

Didn't catch enough for dinner, though.  Maybe next time.

In Beachwood, all fourth and fifth graders have to choose between band and orchestra and choose and instrument.  Colin chose orchestra and the violin.  It just happens that one of our tenants plays violin for the Cleveland Orchestra.  This is her $60,000 violin.  Luckily Beachwood supplies the instruments.  Haha.

See you soon.

Summer Updates

The boys and I took a day trip to Kelly's Island.  Put put was a big hit.  We played two rounds.

After put put and lunch we went to the beach next to the camp ground.  The boys had a blast for about an hour then got bored and wanted to move on.

We drove around the island making a few stops here and there.  I wanted to go for a hike.  The boys didn't want to hike far.  I found a small park on the map that just had one trail leading to the lake.  We decided to check it out.  The trail was beautiful.  After about a ten minute hike, it led to this beach.  We were the only ones there.  The boys loved it.

We ended the trip with dinner at this restaurant.  Can't wait to go back.

  

My uncle bill turned 70.  Aunt Caroline threw a party at the Irish Club in North Ridgeville for him.  Happy Birthday Uncle Bill.

Aunt Natalie volunteered to take Colin, Reagan and Brooke to DC for a week.

We met at Ohiopyle State Park in PA.  While we were there we did some hiking.  This was taken along the Youghagheny River.

The girls enjoyed stealing my phone to take selfies.  Much better than what the boys do when they steal my phone.

Natalie and the kids all said they had a blast.  They went to museums, rode horses, went hiking and swimming and all kinds of other things.  

While Colin was in DC, we took a trip to Cedar Point.

The "All Wheels Extreme" show was amazing.

As were the funnel fries.

Justin always enjoys driving the cars.

Justin and I both tried to make it up this rope ladder.

Neither of us made it.

Justin didn't want to sleep alone in his room, so this is where he slept.  He loved it.

Justin had his summer camp lip sync concert.  It was a lot of fun.  The kids did great.

That's it for now.  See you soon.