20250420 - Up in the am and L drove Hazel and I to Gma&paB's for Easter. DJG, Hanna and Hank showed up not much later. The Cole's were there and we had a proper feast for lunch. Hazel and I took a big walk looking for maple trees but didn't find any this trip. Hung out a bit and then we headed home. Home too late to do any work outside so hung out the rest of the night and watched American Idol
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20220220 - Concerts
20220220 - Up in the am and I ran G down to baseball practice and made him try on a helmet. L headed to Gma&paB's with Nicole for a day of concerts. Home and worked on a couple of reports. Hazel and I ran to pick G up and then on to Reynoldsburg to pick up some auction wins. We chatted with Gary a bit and then Ed showed up. We chatted with Ed and then followed him back to his place in Westerville to get some stuff we won from him a while a go. We got our stuff and headed home. G&I got some lunch, I tried to get J up. G headed upstairs and I headed in to the office and got a couple of things done. Hazel and I took a big walk. Back to the desk and doing some Booster stuff. J up and G&J headed out to get us gyros for dinner. We ate and watched some of the closing Olympics stuff. J headed JGF6 and G played with Hazel a bit. L home and cleaning everything. Watched some more Olympics and then the Walking dead.
20211225 + Christmas
20211225 + Up in the am got showered and had on of the cinnamon rolls L made all before the boys got up. This is way different than years past... L got the boys up and we gathered to open presents. We took turns and even Hazel used her paws and opened her presents carefully removing the paper and retrieving her toys. The boys got things they needed and liked, L got a new phone and I got 4 OSU hats. After the openings D&G worked on their Legos and J went upstairs and put his new bed together, L got the house ready for guests. Lonie showed up and then Gma&paW, JGF? and the Coles. We had a nice lunch and then headed to the basement to open some more gifts and play a game that had everyone laughing. Out guests left and we cleaned up a bit. J headed to JGF?'s, G up to the Xbox and LD&I watched the new Matrix in the basement. Praise God for such a very nice day.
20211024 + XC & Football
20211024 + Up late and it's clean up day. We got a bunch of cleanup done last night so now it is just putting things back where they go, cleaning serving stuff and getting back to normal. L headed out to watch Sam run in the 8th grade state xc meet and it was raining hard. I just milled around in the garage, took my time and cleaned and cleaned the day away. L home, soaked, I ran G to basketball at the high school. Home and picked up some supplies and headed over to the Mallonn's. We looked at options to rearrange their home network while they had a bunch of walls ripped open for the kitchen remodel. L ran and picked G up from practice and I got home shortly after. We had some dinner and watched some TV and relaxed the rest of the evening.
20210725 - Picnic
20210725 - Up in the am and J headed to work and LG Hazel and I headed to Delaware to meet up with L's family for a picnic. IT was a nice time and really good to see folks and catch up. It was really hot and I was feeling pretty tired so we didn't stay to late. Home and L ran G out to a friend's to spend the night. D stopped over to get supplies to clean up the house he's living in before he moves in to the new one. L and I sat around watching the Olympics. J home after a long day and watched some of the skateboarding with us before heading upstairs. L&I watched some gymnastics and swimming before heading to bed. I was up late.
20210404 - Easter with Everyone
20210404 - Up in the am and D home to get J&G to carry them to Gma&paB’s for an Easter lunch. We all headed out late due to J... L, Hazel and I in one car and the boys in another. They passed us at one point, hope they don’t get a ticket. Made it to Gma&paB's and chatted a bit then had a huge lunch. After lunch the kids played outside in the beautiful day and we just hung out, relaxed and chatted the rest of the day. DJ&G headed home a bit early and L&I left later. Super nice to be together with folks again and outside. Home and L&I watched some American Idol. Chris came over and we talked about his job change last week and watched the Walking Dead.
20201220 ‡ Present Transfer
20201220 ‡ Up in the am and G at baseball practice, J headed in to work and L Hazel and I headed out. We swung through Reynoldsburg to pick up an auction win on the way to Newark to meet up with her side of the fam. We got there in good time and met up with Gma&paB, Nicole, Rich, Sam and Lena. They all made over Hazel and we got the gifts swapped. We sat around and chatted for a bit and then frozen, we headed home. We stopped and picked G up from the Bowman's on the way home. Home and unloaded everything. We hung out watching some football and in the evening G&I headed to his pitching practice. This coach has G do the neatest things and fully explains why and what it will fix or change with his pitching, really amazing. After pitching G&I headed to Kroger where we got all the fixins for Christmas dinner. Home, unpacked and Penn stopped over for a visit and brought us some of their homemade candy. We chatted for a while and then L&I got some dinner. I called dad and we then shut down for the night after a busy weekend.
20200905 + Lena's 11
20200905 + Up late and L had made G and Trent some bfast. I had a couple of her cinnamon rolls after sorting boxes and packing some ebay sales. Got things shipped and started other tasks for the day. J headed to work. Got a couple things done and then L rounded G&I up and we headed to Lena's bday party. It was a nice little party and we ate and chatted and hung out a bit. Home and L made a fire and we hung out in the backyard. G had a bunch of kids come over and they played out back until dark.
20190713 - FIRE & Family
20190713 - Up in the am and G&I out to the fire station where a young man gave us a tour of the trucks and explained things to G&I. It was super cool and as we left G said 'I think you liked that more than I did!'. I did, those huge trucks a re cool! We thne swung through Kroger to get supplies for the weekend and headed home. We unloaded our groceries and all of us headed North to Delaware for a family picnic with L's family. D got to go too as his games were cancelled for the day, too many injured players... We had a good time and ate a ton and G&I played a lot of cornhole with other family members on the board we made. After the picnic we headed home and finalized things for Scout camp starting tomorrow. L&I ran some errands picking up last minute things for the boys, dinner and some things at Home Depot. Home, ate and watched a movie. All to bed in good time for a busy day tomorrow.
20190504 - W, Rain, L, Dinner
20190504 - Up early and LG&I headed to Berliner Sports Park for a game. It was a great game until one inning we blew the run rule lead and gave up 8 runs on 8 errors... OMG! Gma&paB showed up to watch and unfortunately it was one of G's worse games... Somehow the boys pulled out a W and we got seeded in the gold bracket. L&I headed back to the house with Gma&paB while G hung out with the McClain's so he could play. We got ready for the party tonight and I grabbed a quick haircut while LJ&GmaB went shopping for J's birthday. All back at the house and we listened to G's game, it was a rainy mess and they got beat bad... L headed to the party early to set up, J&Gma&paB headed out next and G got dropped off and did a quick turn around and him and I headed to the party at Brio in Polaris. It was a nice crowd, all of GmaB's sisters and their husbands were there, not sure the last time we have all been together. Great to catch up with folks and great food. J&I bailed out first so he could drive home in the light. We got home and hung out. Soon everyoe else got home and we chatted until late.
20190127 - Family Dinner
20190127 - Up in the am and ran to pick G up from his buddy's and drop him off at baseball. Stopped to get gas on the way home. Home for not long trying to get some things done and then ran back out to get G and drop him off at a basketball friend's house to get him to a game this afternoon. Swung by the house to get L&J and head to Zanesville. On the way I asked J to help with an easy task on the drive and J melted down... Had a nice lunck with Gma&paB, the Coles and L's uncle Kenny and aunt Suzzie for Steve's 72 bday. After lunch we ran to Ken & sue's house for a house tour and dessert. We then loaded a huge generator up the Kenny gave to us and headed home. Home, G home, he's exhausted and melted down. Got boys cleaned up and watched a movie before heading to bed.
20181225 - Merry Christmas
20181225 - Up early, but not too early this year. Boys passed out gifts and we all opened our gifts. Very nice, peaceful and enjoyable morning, the boys are getting too big, but still little on days like today. It took about 2 hours to open things and everyone was content and happy with their gifts, then we got ready for the day, Garage heaters on, food cooking, everyone cleaned up.
Gma&paW showed up and we got their things brought in, Cole's showed up shortly after. We had a wonderful meal in the garage on one huge table and all ate too much. There was a short break while some things got cleaned up and then we headed to the basement to open some more gifts. Things slowed down a bit as people put some of there gifts together, built gingerbread houses and hung out. We played some cards and folks left as the afternoon went on. Down to the 5 of us at home and we just relaxed and enjoyed the rest of the evening and watched 'Alpha' before bed. I was up until 4am head racing with ideas of the system I am going to build.
20180107 - 96 Years!
20180107 - Up in the am and L headed to Delaware to meet Gma&paB to have a visit with GGmaK. for her 96th bday! L reported it was a good visit and GGmaK was doing well but was having a hard time hearing. G&I headed out to his baseball practice at D-Bats and I got caught up on some team admin stuff while he practiced. After baseball we headed all the way across town to Upper Arlington to his basketball game. It was a close game at the beginning and not some much. G played hard and had a good time. I got to watch the game as another dad did the scoring for the day. After the game we headed home swinging through McD's to get some food. Home and D was somewhere, J was skating with Conor and L got home and told us about her visit. We stayed in and watched a movie to finish off the freezing cold night and get ready for next week.
20161008 + Cute Couple
I20161008 - Up I. The am and G&I to Academy park where G helped his old team out with a scrimmage. Home and I cleaned out all of the consignment items out of the office and got them relisted and organized. D took one of his old wooden bats that he cracked and made himself a new gearshift for his car and then took his car to get washed. Gma&paB and the Coles came over to watch the OSU game. It was a good game and a nice visit. During the game D got himself all cleaned up and ready for Homecoming. L, Nicole, and GmaB were all over him and went with him to pick up his date and get pictures taken. Everyone back to the house for some lunch, a fire and some s'mores. After the game everyone headed out. We got the house cleaned up and I finished cleaning up the consignment stuff. D to home late and told me all about the night, he had a blast!
20160530 + Relaxing Day
20160530 + Up in the morning and at the desk getting things done. L and the boys up and ready. We all piled into D's car and he drove us to the Cole's for a cookout. Gma&paB were there. It was a beautiful day to hang out on their back porch and watch the kids play in the backyard. On the way home we stopped at Best Buy to check out TVs. Home in the evening and we all suited up and headed to the pool for the first time this year. G had to take a swim test and he did just fine. Home and everyone had leftovers as we watched The 300.
20151225 - Mery Chrismas
20151225 - The little boys woke us up at 6:52 and we told them to go back to bed :-) That didn't work so up and out to the living room to open some presents. The boys opened presents and for the first time D was more interested int he reactions his gifts got than what he received. He did a really good job and got me a beer sweatshirt that has an extra pocket to hold a beer :-) The boys took turns and opened things nicely. Everyone was very happy with the things they got, especially J&G when they opened iPhone 6s' at the same time. It wasn't until several seconds later did they realize D had used empty iPhone boxes to give them little Lego guys. Our presents open and boys cleaned up, down on the Xbox trying out their new games. Soon the Gma&paB&W showed up and the Coles for a proper houseful. We had a fantastic lunch and even more presents. The kids played inside, outside, upstairs, downstairs, all over the place. In the evening when thigns settled down, somehow G convinced Gma^paW to take him home with them... So he left. LDJ&I went down to the basement to play some Star Wars Battlefront and then watch 'ex machina', super weird movie... A very nice Christmas
20151010 - GO BUCKS!
20151010 - Up in the am and L&J headed to his soccer game. DG&I got things ready and D ran us to get ice and final supplies. Back to the house final preparations done and relaxing before people started showing up. L&J home and our family and friends started coming in. Being a home game and other local schools having Homecoming dances the turn out was lower than past years and noticeably fewer kids. There was plenty of food, a great game and time for us to sit and talk with our guests. A very nice relaxing and enjoyable day of sunshine and friends.
After the party we packed up and went to G's scrimmage under the lights. D was the ump and it was freezing cold. It was a good game and the boys won but it was FREEZING. The boys were mad at me for not going to BWs but we had a long enough day and once home they got cleaned up, warmed up and settled in. A great day.
20150907 - Wind in the Face
20150907 - UP in the am and L out getting some food. She got home and we all (including Lilly) jumped in the car and headed to Gma&paB's for a nice Labor Day holiday. We had a great meal and the kids had a lot of fun at the ball field, on the play set and hanging out. GpaB had to work on some escalations but joined us later in the day at game time for some family fun and to smoke out some moles. We headed home at a calculated time to make sure we were home to see the Buckeyes game. J&G sat in the very back and played cards all the way home which meant Lilly got to sit in the passenger seat and put her head out the window. Home and settled in for a great opening game for the Buckeyes!
20140419 - Dis-assembly & Dinner
20140419 - Up in the am and DJG&I headed out. We first stopped at the Grossl's to get our extension ladder, a quick stop at the bank to meet L dealing with more fraud stuff... then on to the location where we were to meet Scouts to remove a batting cage a guy had in his backyard. About 8 Scouts showed up and we took down the net and then removed 6 huge 6x6 posts. Everything down and cleaned up we delivered the posts to Mr. Emmons house and then cleaned up our tools at home. I had to do some accounting on the fraud stuff and then we loaded up and headed to Gma&paB's.
We got there and checked in and then headed to New Philadelphia for a nice dinner at an Italian place. Back to Gma&paB's and settled in for the night.
We got there and checked in and then headed to New Philadelphia for a nice dinner at an Italian place. Back to Gma&paB's and settled in for the night.
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