20110331 + Last minute bday stuff

20110331 + Up and still snow, boys out for a bit making snow dragons and riding sleds down the hill. I tried to get the laptop working again (banghead)... Aunt Weezer over for a nice visit. Then to lunch with Gma&paW and then all back home (J&G asleep). Home hung out, L to get her hair done, DJG&I out to get bday gifts for L. Back home and wrapped the gifts. L home and her hair look$ nice :-) Had dinner watched 'Lost Boys' with the boys, scared them good. Up late getting the laptop reloaded.

20110330 - ¿SNOW, REALLY?

20110330 - Up early for a Go-Live. On calls throughout the day to help. Spent a bunch of time trying to clean-up, then fix a laptop... Went out to the lower field today and gathered up wood from a flood and did some more cleanup and fixin in pre for next weeks Maple Syrup Day. In and watched 'Jaws' with the boys, and watched the SNOW! We all headed out to play in it for a bit a build a new friend. In for a nice dinner and then out with Mike to help with some of their IT stuff. Home late...

20110329 - Swigin' Around

20110329 - Up in AM, ready for the day and on a couple calls. Then packed the fam in the car and headed North to the Farm. Got to the Farm, had some lunch and out to work. We got the barn floor cleaned up, fort built, rope tested and things as secure as possible. Then into the spring house. J found a HUGE frog and the boys took it to the barn to have the frog try their new zip line... We got the fire pit stable, tank partially cleaned out, tables set up... Enough for one day and everyone out to a China Buffett. Back to base, boys cleaned up and watched E.T.

20110328 - Work wrap up today. A good dinner with the fam. Took J to soccer w/ D freezing. Meijer for milk on the way home. Boys to bed and off to Bible Bangers, much better meeting this week.

20110327 + Cold Walk

20110327 + To a late start, boys quiet, we skipped church...  Got on the road and headed South West to Burr Oak St. park.  It was a descent drive  and we saw many towns that time has seemed to forget.  We got there and it was cold but once we got on the trails and started walking it was a great day.
We found some geocaches, took time to skip some stones and the boys rolled down the face of the dam.
We had a nice ride home and roast in the crock-pot waiting for us.  I took off with Joe to go to Jen's bible Study.  Home, up late working on the PC.

20110326 + Parties and Bikes

20110326 - Nice quiet relaxing morning. Then all out. L went shopping with Nic. DG&I dropped off J at a bday party then to the Apple store to get D's iTouch fixed/replaced. We then hit Staples to get a cover for the iTouch, and Best Buy to get some Wii games. Got some McD's and home to eat. D wanted me to go get J bit I told him we were just going to leave J at the party... D got quite upset... J really went to a buddy's house to play... I went and got J, then D off to a bday party. Later when all were home we had dinner and went to the garage to get our bikes ready for Spring. All boys to bed and D snuck back down to watch 'Usual Suspects'.

20110325 + UP and at the desk for a horribly fast day.  1 UAT now, 1 done and good to go!  At the desk late then got the family and headed to the Apple store to get D's iTouch fixed, but they were busy so we got an appointment for tomorrow.  To Steak and Shake for dinner and Grant LOUD and not eating again...  A stop at Target to get stuff for tomorrow bday parties.  Home and watched 'The Last Action Hero' with popcorn, but G couldn't have any until he finished his hot dog from Steak and Shake.  I took him 1.5 hours but he got it eaten and had a couple hand fulls of popcorn before bed...  Guess the ice cream lesson didn't take...  Stayed up with L to watch the buckeyes loose a great basketball game.

20110324 - Worked all day, out of the office for dinner with the fam, G not eating... Out for errands; to Jeff's to drop off golf balls, bank for a deposit, soccer uniform sale to get shorts for J, to Play It Again Sports to get a bat for D.  Stopped at a DQ on the way home to get a treat for everyone but G because he didnt eat his dinner...  I think he learned that lesson...  Home and to the basement for movies.

20110323 + Basketball

20110323 + Normal day. The only highlight was playing basketball w/ G.

20110322 - Fast and furious day at work, 2 UATs going on...  :-s  Out of the office for dinner, baseball practice with D&G, L took J to his practice.  All home, boys to bed, watched 'Devil wears Prada' while doing paperwork.  Decided to stick with Bible Bangers at least until through the Bible...

20110321 - Rain again everywhere

20110321 - Up, coffee and watching G playing in with dinosaurs.  To the desk and a good start.  Rainy dragging day at work...  Got a lot of little things done.  Updated Blog, played baseball with boys, had dinner, took D to scouts, J went with me, did homework and drew pictures, I got rest of school year planned for Tiger Scouts.  All back home, boys to bed, got Doc, to Bible Bangers.  Bible Bangers was a bit different tonight.  I am really done doing this with this group.  It can not stay on track and I am very tired of exerting the energy to keep it together, on track, etc.  It is not enjoyable with the distractions and dynamics, and rather than asking people to leave, I feel I should finish reading my Bible on my own and use the Blog to get answers, just so I can focus on what this is all about and not managing a group.  There was one nice surprise last night Mike Woods joined us for the first time!  But over all a very odd meeting, probably my last one...  Back home with Doc, Joe & Mike and chatted until 1am.

20110320 - Mounds of fun for the Knight

20110320 - UP L&D to church, JG&I stayed home, G took a nap and J & I worked on his Sandra Day O'Connor report.  Then we loaded up and went to the church to swap cars with L.  Next stop for JG&I was mcdonalds for lunch with the Raising a Modern Day Knight guys.  After lunch we loaded the Sampsons into the car with us and we all headed to the Newark Earth Mounds.  We visite 3 different sites, got ran off a golf course, but found a feather.

Then some of the knights split up and we headed to flint ridge.  we took a 1.6 mile hike and found 1 geocache.  back home, D had a good first baseball practice and L out to dinner with the girls.  The boys and I headed to Meijer, Panda Express for a nice sit down dinner, then a stop at the Grossl's and home for a movie.  Up late, watched 'Freakonomics', L home off to bed.  What a wonderful day with my boys!

20110319 - Jack's first Pinewood

20110319 - UP early and to the races with J and the other Tigers. LD&G tagged along and the races began.  J had for sure the coolest car, but not quite the fastest...  he didn't mind though, he had a good time!   Back home and we watched some TV and messed around with LEGOs.  Then J&I headed back to the races for the Turtle race and championship races.  One of my Tigers WON the entire Pack overall!!!
Back home and Spring cleaning time.  We sent some text messages to some friends to see if we could have a spur of the moment 'Spring S'mores Party'.  We emptied out the shed and cleaned it up as we listened to music and sang and danced.  After we were done we had a short break to play some 'Girl Name' baseball catch and then our friends starting showing up.
We had about 30 people and 2 dogs in all show up for the 'Spring S'mores Party'.  The kids ran wild and had a blast.  Everyone stayed to see the 'Super Moon', then all exhausted and off to bed.

20110318 - An incredibly busy and fast Friday!  Sat at the desk and the hours vanished with 2 UATs going on :-o   After work ran out the door with D&J to help set up for the Scouts Pinewood Derby races tomorrow.  Home and got some dinner, watched movies in the basement and built LEGO cars until all hours of the morning.

20110317 + Sad Boys

20110317 + Up took G to Nic's.  At the desk exhausted, busy day.  D home from school very upset (tears) about things going on at school...  J home from school very upset (tears), he got in trouble for climbing the bathroom walls!!!??? :-o  The boys played some basketball.  Had a fast dinner, took D to his strength training, home and worked on J's pinewood car, I hope it is really fast this year!  Watched some TV with the fam, all boys to bed.  To bed early

20110316 - Work, went to look at a house during lunch, finished work up L and I 1/2 dinner alone.  All back to D's school for an open house and to see the science fair projects.  Home all grumpy boys to bed.  L & I watched American Idol and then I stayed up playing around on the PC.

20110315 - Cold gray day, long fast day at work.  Took D to baseball tryouts (Indians, 5th round pick (out of 11 rounds)).  Home wrestled with G, watched Glee. 
Boys to bed, watched hot tub time machine with L.  Up late on the PC.

20110314 - Scouts and Tools

20110314 - Worked all day and late.  Grade cards home, all looked reasonably well.  Out to garage and helped J with his pinewood car a bit, then the other boys started showing up.  7 boys, lots of power tools = a good LOUD time.  D to Boy Scouts, L&G to the library. Last car builders left at 9pm.  Got boys to bed, got Doc and off to a wild night at the Bible Bangers.  Home and a bit of time at the desk, then off to bed.

20110313 - Steamy

20110313 - Up and all to church. My cousin Jen joined us for the service and Sunday School.  Home ate quick and got on the road to the Farm.  Got to the farm dressed warm and All of us plus Gma&paW over to Dolce's to make maple syrup, slide on the zip line and home made ice cream.  A much more enjoyable event than Last year's near death experience for J...  After the fun in the woods we went back to farm for dinner.  A more relaxing drive home than the last one from the Farm through the blizzard with the Dutch...  Home and alto bed very tired.