July 4th Party

Everything went off without a hitch. Better parking, better setup, better organization. After ten years of doing this we're finally starting to figure it out!

The Whole Nine Years

Jordan had his friends sleep over after his birthday party. Man, you're getting big, Buddy. Rain and I sat by the fire and just listened for a while. The things they come up with are something else. As they say, boys will be boys.

Welcome to the lake, memories made here

Still a bit early in the year for swimming, but no one cares at all. It always sucks to leave, but we'll be going back again. We must.

Karate Kids

The boys just finished their first Karate tournament in Scranton. It was a great experience for them and both of their katas were awesome.

Play Ball

Both of the boys started ball practice tonight and we just got the game schedules. It's going to be a hectic season, that's for sure.

Hockey

Went to the Hamilton Bulldogs at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins match-up and couldn't have asked for a better game. We had a penalty shot, a fight, 3 t-shirts, were on the jumbo screen for a quick second and they won 5-1. Thanks for the night out, Mike and Melissa.

Monster Jam

Took the boys and Landen to the Monster Jam today (thanks again, Steve). The show was great, especially since their favorite, Grave Digger, was there. We stuck around after the show and got all the driver's autographs in their books and a couple pictures. It was cool talking with them for a quick minute. Looking forward to going to the 4 Wheel Jamboree in July!

High Five

Happy Birthday, Buddy! Too bad it's snowing and no one can make it to your party today. Oh well, we'll make it up this weekend. Who wants to go sledding?

Karate Kids

They boys got to each take a friend up to class tonight while the parents were told to leave for a couple hours. No need to tell us twice, so went out and had a nice dinner with the Hunsingers. It goes without saying, all the parents were pushing for this to be a monthly thing.

Breakfast with Santa

It doesn't get much better than this. The boys were completely dumbfounded. Jordan said, "Dad, that was the real Santa! His beard was real, he knew our names, and he asked if Jack was behaving! And Mrs. Claus told us she had a dog named Hazel and we didn't even tell her we had a Hazel!". He was almost in shock, Jesse was pretty excited about all that too. Small towns do have their charms.