Winter/Spring/Summer Update

Gee, almost a year since the last post. Nice. So Christmas '07 was a resounding success; kids scored majorly, lots of friends around, Guitar Hero and Runescape addictions were formed, etc. All the kids got laptops which just blows my mind. Elementary school kids with better computers than I have at work! My mother-in-law decided to try to make a 50' x 100' skating rink in the backyard. Total debacle but good unintended comedy. Had plenty of bonfires and several Jaeger Bombs over the course of the cold months. :-)

This past Spring Trey played soccer for the Cecil Soccer League again, instead of playing baseball. The level of play is way below that of Harford County's league, but there were a couple skilled players on the team. Trey really improved his ball handling and passing skills. He is so much fun to watch!

Other Spring events included Trey's 9th b'day, my 44th, and Amy's 39th. Tempus fugit. Trey finished the school year having made the Honor Roll all four marking periods, which is awesome.

I started going intermittently to an MMA class in Rising Sun (Okinawan Karate and Ground Fighting Rising Sun MMA). It was great. Thanks to Sensei Ron Tyree, Anthony Renna, Vince Renna, Shannon Shade, Ritchie, and the rest of the guys there. I got my ribs snarfed and missed 8 weeks of class there, as well as my normal jujitsu class.

Last summer we did Disney; this year we resumed our normal trek to Myrtle Beach and had a blast. We found sharks teeth galore, had awesome weather, etc. My neice brought a friend this year so there were 2 boys and 2 girls and everything was "even" and the squabbling was greatly reduced, which meant less stress for the grownups.

We just had our annual Angie B'day/End-of-Summer Party and had a large turnout. Shocker, we had a bonfire and a good time was had by all.