080815 - Only Child

080815 - Friday went by too fast. put more mud in the kitchen where the cabinets were. Took L & G out to get supplies for Dylan's party. Grant doesn't seem to miss his brothers and is enjoying being an only child. Steak & Shake for dinner then home to watch more olympics. Lori tried to help me fix the kitchen faucet, but it broke into pieces, with some help...
080814 - Another busy day. GmaW down to get the big boys and headed to the Farm. Grant was asleep and thankfully didn't see them go... L headed in to a church meeting and G&I were on our own. We ripped out some of the kitchen cabinets and went shopping. I got G some tic-tacs and he ate the whole pack on the way to the next store: oops!

080813 - Out for lunch w/ Jeff and I got to go inside the 2 houses we bought last week.

080812 - Got to bed 4.30am after finishing up the P SOW and then, shit day at work! made it through it.

080810 - 60

080810 - Up and Gma & pa W down. Today is GpaW's 60th birthday. We headed out the Ohio State Fair. We celebrated with elephant ears, greasy fries & vinegar, icecream, gyros, mini doughnuts and slushies. Grant loved the horse & rodeo show and we all enjoyed the animals in and out of the cages... After an exhausting day we got some pizza for dinner and Doc joined us. It was a nice day in the midst of the several weeks of shock. Glad dad made it to 60!

080809 - World gone Mad

080809 - L&I stayed @ the farm last night. Up and off to Burts funeral. It was a very nice service and very sad. Family from all over were there and we had a dinner after the cemetary.
I really don't know how this happened. Burt was sick for like 4 days, then gone. How is this possible? Why do things happen like this? Louise... I donalt what to do or think, all I can feel is helpless.
080808 - GmaB over to stay w/ the boys. L & I to Mansfield and Burts calling hours. The number of people that showed up was unbelievable. It was very hard. Steph, Michael, Weezer and the rest Burts family were coping in the midst of the horrible shock.
L&I got some food w/ Dave & Misty and then met up with the aunts and uncles for some conversation. Pretty devistating, unexpected and scary.

080807 - In a haze. Up all night writing the P SOW to get tomorrow off for Burts funeral.

080806 - Has the world gone completely mad? While on a con call today Lori came in and told me Uncle Burton died. What is going on?

080805 - Fast day, L & I took the boys to the pool. Jack went down the big slide and is swimming great.

080804 - Bought 2 houses today w/ Jeff. Stopped by CVS to get Burt some car magazines.

080803 - Hair Cuts

080803 - Up and Land the big boys to church. Nicole and rich over in the afternoon to watch our boys and L&I headed in to see Burton.
Burt is in pretty bad shape. He's got wires and hoses pretty nuch every where. He woke up for a bit to talk to us. We talked about our crazy boys, Casey at the fair, his ebay stuff and how his PC had a virus. He had his wits about him and was making jokes w/ us.
Stopped and bought a camcorder on the way home. Got home & L gave all the boys hair cuts & I did baths.

080802 - Zoo

080802 - everyone up early and out to the zoo. We met the Dayton relative at the zoo. We all walked around and got face paintings and played and stared at all the wonderful animals. we all had a good time.

080801 - Toes

080801 - Up and off to Delaware for GGMA Barkers funeral. It was a nice short serveice where her kids, Krick, Kenny & Steve (Gpa Barker) told great stories of their memories with her. GpaB & Nicole sang, Lori wanted to... We all went to the cemetary and said our goodbyes to GGmaB. We then joined everyone at at resturant for a nice lunch.
Headed home and got some more bad news... My uncle Burton thought he had pnuemonia and went to Mansfield General. Well the sent him straight away to The James Cancer Institute, he has friggin Lukemia! WHAT?
Lucky for Grant he doesn't understand all that is happening and is happy just to color his toes....

080729 - Martha Barker

080731 - work is crazy. I stayed up unit 4am to get a doc done so I could take tomorrow off for the funeral.
080729 - Got some sad news today. Lori's Grandma Martha Barker died. She was very old and had been having strokes and other problems for a long time. She was always very nice and was always fun and liked by all. We will miss her as she goes to join her husband Ralph.
080728 - Normal Monday. In the evening we had marshmellos over the stump the neighbor was burning out and the I taught the boys a new use for the yard waste tubs. They had fun takining turns spinning eachother.

080727 - Serpant

080727 - Up in the morning, got some b-fast and then on the road. First stop was the Serpant Mound. Very cool! Back on the road, stopped for some foot long hot dog and ate them at Siep Mound. It was huge! Fianlly made it home and relaxed the rest of the day.
080726 - Well we were not impressed w/ the creation museum. When they stated that dinosaurs were on the ark, and tried to explain where Cain got his wife from we realized it was a bit too odd for us. So we went outside to the petting zoo where they had a Zonkey and a Zorse... These were a donkey & a horse bred w/ a zebra... Very strange for 'Creation Museum' to be creating their own animals....
We then headed to Indian to pick up some food to eat at a state park in Ohio... The boys played a bit, then back to Indiana to see the movie 'Journey to the Center os the Earth'. Headed back to the hotel and stopped off at a mall w/ a playset, where Lori got faint... Ugh... I grabbed some food out of the food court and rushed back to the hotel so she could rest. After dinner we took the boys to their favorite place, the pool.

080726 - Creation

080726 - Up early, down to the lobby for somw bfasy w/ the boys. Then met the Dixion's & Shupe's @ the Creation Muesum.
080725 - Up, trying to get way too much done. Ran out and bought a new pc. Finished the crazy work day. Decided last minute to go to the Creation museuam with some friends, so we packed up and headed for Northern KY. Got to the hotel, settled in & then hit the pool!
080724 - Up, normal hectic day at work. Had one surprise, my main home pc is DEAD! not so handy. Stayed up late trying to recover the pc.
080723 - Got home at exactly midnight.

080720 - Mexico City

080720 - Up and had bfast & some play time w/ G. L to church then home. I packed and hit the airport. Tonight I find myself in Mexico City, one of the largest, I think one of the top 5, cities in the world, 20M people.. From the air it streaches from on mountian to the other in every direction. It baffles the mind to see this and wonder how somehting so big can have enough service, food, etc and continue to function... Amazing!

080719 - Wedding

080719 - Up and out w/ the boys: hit the playground, Creekside, Wendy's 4 lunch & the skate park. L picked us up there & we got ice cream @ Rita's. Home, everyone clnd up & off to the wedding. Julie Wentzel (L's cousin) married Kurt. It was a nice outside ceremony. We all had fun @ the recption, then D&J went home w/ Gma&pa Barker 4 the week. Grant danced until 10, then we headed home.

080718 - Up and had some negotiations w/ P, then received notification that this whole project may be scrapped... Wonderful... Caught my flight home & was greeted by big smiles & hugs from all. Got caught up on the weeks events and everyone in bed.

080716 - Whoa!

080716 - Back into Celestica, more intense workshops today, lasting into early evening. Out for fantastic dinner tonight. It was so good I even ate all the vegetables! We had to do a lot of walking from the car to the restaurant, so I hitched a ride on a buffalo!

080715 - Up & into CLS w/ the P team. It was good to see some old friends again. Had a long intense day of workshops... Out for a pretty good dinner w/ the team.  L doing good w/ the boys & doesn't sound too stressed out about vbs, yet...