20151031 + Trick-or-Treat

20151031 + Up took D to driving school, LJ&G out shopping, I got things done at the desk. D done with his last day of driving school, thinks he did well on his test. D walked to the barber to get his hair cut. I went and picked D up and we stopped at the new Moe's Southwestern Grill for lunch, it was ok. Home and LJ&G home. DJG& Drew helped me put up a lean-to behind the shed to cover the riding mower. I ran D & Drew to a baseball game they were invited to at Academy Park. Home and J&I fixed the charging station in my office and worked on the barn door hangers I brought home for work to use in the little boy's room. L ran G to the Cole's for the night. I went to pick up D at the ball field and he added a friend, so now 3 boys to our house while we were trying to get ready for the party. D in a tizzy, he lost his wallet... So I took him and his friends back to the ball park with flashlights to find the billfold. Miraculously they found it... Home and finally dressed for the party, L&I took the 3 boys to one of their houses and dropped them off. L&I on to the party that was a blast. Everyone was dressed in very creative costumes, L was a pirate and I was Pee Wee Herman. I was the DJ for part of the night and we all danced and had a great time! Home about 2am.

20151030 - Stache

20151030 - Up super early and stopped at Tim Horton's to get doughnuts and coffee for the team on the way to work. Helped get the floor rolling and then constant movment in meetings and calls the rest of the day. Swung by the house and picked up the fam and met the Mallonn's at Champs for dinner. Home exhausted, went to bed early.

20151029 - Trick-or-Treat

20151029 - Up and dropped D at school on the way to work. Full day, customer on site, Didn't leave until 7ish, home for Trick-or-Treat. We had a bunch more kids than in the past due to the sidewalk :-) J was out with his buddies and L&G went. The boys brought home tons of candy!

20151028 - Coloring

20151028 - Up in the am and dropped D at school and stopped at the gas station before heading to the VW dealership for 30K service. Eric picked me up and carried me to work. A long day of unexpected meeting. Left work at 7pm to get the car and check out my new $225 tire and $330 oil change :-o  Home and hung out for just a bit before little boys had to go to bed and I had to run and get D from driving school.  Home and D&I loaded up with snacks and headed to the basement to watch game 2 of the World Series. Grant has been doing a lot of coloring lately in preparation for Halloween.

20151027 - Decorated

20151027 - Up in the am and dropped D off at school on the way In to work.  I was greeted by a birthday decorated office and desk. Home ate and LJG&I to Old Navy to stand in a ridiculously long line for underpants.  D stayed home to post things on eBay.  We headed to Payless to look at shoes. G melted do own, then L and J&I ended up the only ones to get shoes.  Home and stayed up till 1am with D watching game 1 of the World Series. 

20151026 + 45

20151026 + 45th bday today.  Up took D to school, walked G to school, walked J to bus stop. Relaxed in the am and at the desk figuring things out. L home and we headed out for my once every 4 years shopping: Kohl's, Old Navy, Payless, Target... Can't find shoes... Home got the boys and headed to dinner at El Vaquero where Gma&paW met us. Gma&paW took D&J to scouts, where apparently J was punched by another Scout... LJ&I went to Meijers to find shoes and a belt. Home picked D&J up from scouts. took doc to Bible Bangers for a short meeting.  A full wonderful day!

20151025 - Sad Dead

20151025 - Up all to church.  Home and D drove me around to find plastic wood for picnic table.  D&I built half of the picnic table before I had to carry him to driving school  Back home and Penn came over to lend a hand and finish up the second half of the picnic table.  J went tailgating and to a Columbus Crew soccer game with friends.  G&I got D took him to church party, drove through Wendy's, I had no billfold... G had to save the day and buy dinner.  G and I to the basement and he played xbox.  J home, he had a blast.  Little boys to bed, D home from church party, Vinnie over watched a very disturbing walking dead.

20151024 + Clinic

20151024 + Up in the am and D's friends helped him do some chores before they got picked up.  L&G ran to the grocery, J playing xbox, D posted a couple things on eBay. All home for lunch then I ran D&G out to the varsity baseball field for a clinic that D worked and G participated.  Home got all desk/paperwork done for the next 2 weeks. L made J a Halloween costume, Ninja Turtle, he could wear to the church's Trunk-or-Treat event he was going to work. L ran J to the Mallon's to play before the Trunk-or-Treat.  I ran back out to pick up D&G not knowing I was an hour early...  Got the boys and then home to relax and watch an awesome OSU game!

20151023 - Bubble Knight

20151023 - Up and dropped D off in the way to work. In to work, couple meetings out of the way and then went around to take pics. A guy that wants me to sell stuff for him on the internet dropped off a couple cases of salsa and then some of us went out for Friday Mexican lunch, then on the shop floor boxing printers the rest of the day.  It was very educational. Home and D and a couple friends walked to the last high school football game of the year.    LJG&I went to Friday's in Pickerington for a nice dinner. Home boys got cleaned up and watched some TV and relaxed. Little boys to bed, big boys home and D's buddies spent the night.

20151022 - Retreat

20151022 - Up in the am and dropped D off at school on the way to work. Incredibly stressful day...  Rushed home and picked up L to go to the parent baseball meeting. The place was filled with folks we've met throughout the years. D was at driving school, J was in the basement playing the Xbox and G was texting us every 5 min to let us know he was bored.  I stayed after the meeting to talk about boosters stuff with the coaches...  Home and got some dinner and watched tv with J&G while L retreated to watch one of her screaming housewives shows...  I ran out to pick D up and he ran me to the store. Home and D&I watched some tv.

20151021 + Bouncing

20151021 + Up in the am and dropped D off at school on the way into work.  In for a very busy day of meetings and actions.  Home and L had cooked a nice dinner.  D doing homework, that I could help with, J melted down a couple times.  L&G bouncing around on the trampoline.  We all got together for some TV before bed.

20151020 - Coming Apart

20151020 - Up in the am and dropped D off at school on the way into work. Made it out to the shop floor for a few minutes today between meetings and calls. Home and has a nice dinner with the fam. D&J headed out to take apart some of the obstacles from G's party, G read, L cleaned things up and I relaxed for a min. I then headed out to help D&J finish taking the A-frame apart. All in, cleaned up and watching TV until bed. I stayed up late trying to get organized and making chainmail out of can tabs...