May/June updates

Uncle Frank passed away recently so Jamie and the boys traveled to San Francisco for the memorial.   

Jamie went through boxes of her old things and found her rollerblades.  Lookin' good, Hon.

And found this old picture.  Yes that's Jamie. . . out in a field. . .wearing a cowboy hat.

Always good to see Grandma.

And Bachan.  (Did someone bribe Justin into smiling?)

And Jichan.

Jamie and the boys finally got to meet Lori's new boyfriend, Joey.  Sorry, but this is the only picture I have of him.

Thanks for hosting, Bachan and Jichan.  And thanks for making all of the arrangements.  We'll all miss Uncle Frank.

The boys and I managed to get out for a couple more hikes.  This is Brandywine Falls in Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

Their favorite activity in the woods is climbing hills.  Fortunately, this is a good hill for them.  However, when they get older I don't think this will be big enough for them.

They also enjoy playing in any water.  It was about 50 degrees out this day and that water wasn't much warmer.

Aunt Natalie came in for Sarah's first communion a couple weeks ago.

The twins stayed at our house one night along with Nate.  In the morning they volunteered to do hair.  

Good job girls.

I buzzed Justin's head.

Justin sang in his Kindergarten musical.  He did a great job.  It was a really good performance by everyone.

And he's still swimming.  Getting better every week.

Colin and Justin both finished their school year.  This is Justin with his teacher, Mrs. Bomback.  

And with his friends.

Justin quit doing Taekwon-Do.  He's been busy with soccer (which just finished for the season), swimming and flag football starts this Sunday.  

Colin is still doing Taekwon-Do and has been doing great.

He just got his blue striped belt.

And Colin's teacher, Master Marr, just received his 7 dan black belt from his teacher, Grandmaster Kim.

And after 22 years at Perlmuter/St.Ives/Angstrom Graphics I have decided to quit my job.  It's been a couple of weeks now and we are still getting adjusted but it is going well.  

See ya soon.

April 2016

Happy Easter.

We hosted again this year.  Had a blast with all of the kids.  My honey baked ham turned out perfect.  Haha.  Thankfully, mom brought all of the sides.  Thanks mom.

The easter egg hunt was a hit...and got the kids outside for a while.

Rock climbing at Lifetime.

Justin is becoming very stylish.

Colin too.

Jamie is still making bunt cakes.

Colin performed in his classes concert.  He did really well.  Jamie has videos.  Someday I'll figure out how to link them.

Some saturday afternoon veg time.

I gave Justin a buzz cut but I don't have a picture of it.  You'll have to wait til next week.

See you soon.

March update

It's been a busy month.

Jamie is still loving Progressive.

The weather has been nice so the boys have been getting outside more.

We managed to go on a couple hikes in Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

This is Kendall Lake in Peninsula.  We did a one mile loop around the lake.  The boys had a blast climbing hills and playing in streams and puddles.  I was excited to see a kingfisher.

About a week after that hike we drove a little further south to West Branch State Park.  The trail was very muddy.  Be sure to ask Justin about it when you see him.

Justin is reading a lot.

He's getting really good.  He loves the Magic Tree House books.

Jamie has been making cakes.  We hope she continues this hobby.

The boys had wacky wednesday at school so they used gel to make their hair goofy.

Colin got one of his paintings in an art show.

Good job Colin.

We finally talked (bribed) the boys into getting haircuts.  Justin went with a faux hawk again.  Colin got the bare minimum cut off.

Cake and Rubik's Cube.  Life is good.

Happy Birthday Uncle David.

Colin lost a tooth.

Colin had a taekwon-do tournament.

Patterns.

And board breaking.

He got a 1st and a 2nd place.  Good job Colin.

Spring is here.

So photogenic.

Or not.

Cheers.