Go Cavs - Happy Birthday to me

Cleveland finally did it.  The Cavs won the NBA Championship.  They beat Golden State (sorry Bachan) in seven games after being down 3-1.

The following Wednesday, there was a parade downtown to celebrate.  Denny came into town from Pheonix for it.  Over a million people were there.  The boys and I considered going but after watching the news we chickened out.

After picking up Denny from the parade we all went to Melt in Cleveland Heights.  It was good to catch up.  Denny hasn't been back to Cleveland since he got married.  

We're still hanging out at the pool a lot.  Colin is getting good at diving.  He can even dive off of the high dive.  

Justin is becoming a betting swimmer also and he told me that he is just starting to learn how to dive in camp.  

And he's still the stylish one in the family.

  

Bachan and Jichan are models now.

We took a trip to Cedar Point.  This is Justin on the Ferris Wheel.  He loved it.  

But not as much as the bumper cars.  I think we rode these a dozen times.

He was really into all the cars.  He also got to ride a lot of the big roller coaster because he is over 48" now.  He rode the Gemini about ten times.  He also rode the Magnum which is over 200 feet tall.  The new coaster this year is the Valravyn.  Colin was tall enough to ride it and he loved it.  

Justin told me that Colin lets him sleep in his bed on Friday nights.  How cute.

The boys and I spent the day at Mentor Headlands beach last Saturday.  We took a hike out to the lighthouse.  It was a near perfect day.  Hot and sunny all day and the water was very refreshing.

Colin tried teaching himself how to shave.  It didn't work out too well.

For my birthday we went to Baypoint and hung out on the beach.  Nick, Tammi, Brook, Reagan, Matt, Ana, Alex, Danny and Grandma were all there.  Thanks for a great day.

See ya soon.

Summer's finally here

This is a baby robin.  The nest is on the front of our house.  Poor thing thought the camera was it's mom back with a worm.  

Justin is still causing trouble.

The boys signed up for a summer football program and I volunteered to be a parent coach.  They are having a great time.  The practices are an hour and a half.  The first half is drills and the second half is a scrimmage.  Justin scored three touchdowns last week.  I think he might have to move up to the older kids group.

We met aunt Natalie in Ohiopyle, PA. for a camping trip.  

We did a lot of hiking, swimming, eating, drinking, etc.  We even managed to get the Cavs game on the radio (they lost though).  Luckily the mosquitoes weren't too bad.  However, the cicadas were everywhere.  The first day they were so loud it was hard to have a conversation.  

One of our hikes took us on this bridge over the Youghiogheny river.  

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.