Seabee Ball 2013

Seabee Ball
Nikko hotel
weekend 'o fun!
- what's more to say??

Good friends....good times!

They build

   They fight....

No one said they could sing!

(*the boys - left to right - Michael - Isaac - Zion)

speed sliders:  in order of appearance:  

Quinlan Fahy - Claire Cook - Tricia - Jrisann - Annie Cook - (and then people we don't know!)

Mike

teenagers.... they are so cool!

The girls with Zion

I have them trained to look for sea glass!  

Seabee Ball 2011

We didn't stay at the Nikko last year for the ball,

so the only photo is at the bottom of the post below.

Seabee Ball 2012  

More running.....

Kick the Fat 5K - 

The irony of the JUNK they gave away after a race called, "KICK THE FAT" is a true OOG moment..... but moving on....

The kids had fun and prizes and food is what makes them get out of bed to run a 5K at 6am.

Certainly moving to Virginia where races start at 8am will breed the real LOVE TO RUN in my children..... I hope.

(of course, I'm one to talk, since I didn't start running until I was 40)

Here are some snapshots and video footage.

ENJOY!!

Another birthday girl....

This time - she's 9!

Last year's blog.....  (*click here)

The girls' story is,
well -
complex,
and difficult....
and we never thought they would live with us for over a year.

Since an incident last August, they have been a part of our family 24/7.

At the end of the month of March - we will be going to court to ask for guardianship.

Happy Birthday JJ and here's to many more!