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By the Pool

Ed — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:21:58 +0000

Ahhhh! It finally feels like summer weather. We had fun swimming this afternoon and then chilling out by the pool. I’m so happy the hot days are finally here!!

Jake and Beth in a Triathlon

Ed — Sun, 19 May 2013 20:09:26 +0000

Jake and Beth did the Nashville Kids Triathlon today. They both did awesome and had a great time. Beth got 3rd (of 47) and Jake got 14th (of 49) for their age groups!! Amazing you two! But what really matters is that they had fun and got some good exercise.

Lauren’s Cake

Ed — Sun, 19 May 2013 03:06:11 +0000

This will be the last weekend we have everyone together before Lauren’s birthday, so we made a huge, from-scratch, chocolate and vanilla cake to celebrate with her. Even Rosie showed up. Happy birthday, Lauren!!

Centennial Park

Ed — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:03:39 +0000

There were all kinds of booths and festivities at Centennial Park today in anticipation of the Kids Triathlon tomorrow. We had a great time just playing and hanging out there today.

BMS Band Concert

Ed — Fri, 17 May 2013 01:01:25 +0000

Great job Lauren and all the other members of the BMS Seventh Grade Band. You guys had a great show tonight. I hope you had as much fun doing it as we did listening to it.

Proposal

Ed — Wed, 08 May 2013 01:32:39 +0000

Twenty five years ago today (May 7, 1988) was the St. Xavier High School prom. I was lucky enough to have the prettiest girl there as my date. Today I asked her to marry me.

(It’s hard to tell in the pictures, but I did get a green bow tie and cummerbund to match what I wore back then)

Beth’s Music Recital

Ed — Sun, 05 May 2013 00:25:47 +0000

Beth had her music recital tonight. Jake and Lauren insisted that they “weren’t ready” and so they somehow got out of performing. Beth did awesome, though. Here are a few pictures:

Kids Marathon

Ed — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:17:45 +0000

Jake and Beth did the Country Music Kids’ Marathon again this year. They both did awesome and they were so proud that for the second year in a row their school had more runners than any other school. Great job, guys!!

More Shooting

Ed — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:16:06 +0000

The girls had to go on some bogus shopping trip, so we broke out the airsofts and worked on our target shooting. It was a great day to shoot stuff.

Kelly Visiting

Ed — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:25:56 +0000

The Schwabbie’s friend and former babysitter came by for dinner and to hang out with us on movie night. We learned that she is going to be moving away and there was great sadness among the Schwabbies.

Italian Embassy

Ed — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:11:53 +0000

Here’s a picture of me at the Embassy of Italy. The Italian and EU flags are flying at half mast for the Boston Marathon Bombing. 2013 is also the year of Italian Culture.

Fun in the Sun

Ed — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:34:14 +0000

We had another beautiful day of weather today. We had the heater in the pool going and everyone was outside having the best time. Even the jumpy thing got a big work-out.

Beth’s Volleyball Game

Ed — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 22:12:33 +0000

Beth had her first volleyball game of the year today. Sabrina is on her team again. Their team was really great today. It was fun to watch them play so well (the first time I think they’ve ever won all three games), especially when they’ve only had one practice. It was also really neat that Beth and Sabrina got to be the captains of the team today. Here are some pictures of the action:

Christine’s Soccer Game

Ed — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 18:09:45 +0000

It was the nicest day we’ve had in a long time, so we got Sabrina then went to go watch Christine play in her soccer game. She did really great and it was fun to watch:

Easter Feast

Ed — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 01:12:51 +0000

We had the Schwabbies over for a huge Easter feast and used the formal dining room for the first time since we got the furniture. It was an awesome, fun, old fashioned holiday meal. Lauren topped the night off by being in charge of desserts, and she both made a cake and got Graeter’s ice cream.