Friday, March 22, 2013

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!  

We didn't stay at the Nikko last year for the ball,
so the only photo is at the bottom of the post below.







Monday, March 18, 2013

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!!











Tuesday, March 12, 2013

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!