 1 Ben's hockey stick is an absolute SLIVER! Look at how much he has worn it down with shooting on the concrete?! He's got a slap shot you'd want to duck :) |
 2 German club! |
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 5 I LOVE THIS GAME! |
 6 I seriously break a sweat. I am undefeated. |
 7 Eagle couple up there in the tree! |
 8 Can you see them? |
 9 Playing with Randy during lessons. I'm sharing these videos so Nana and Pop Pop can see the boys use their new instruments (although Ben is still playing uke). |
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 11 Ben at basketball practice. |
 12 In new shoes! |
 13 He's fast! |
 14 Ben at our math circle on Fridays. I volunteer at school with two classes on Fridays. |
 15 Waiting to go on the ice! |
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 17 Rain or shine - nothing keeps the boys from shooting! |
 18 Sam doing a prealgebra2 course online through Art of Problem Solving. Excellent course and interesting delivery - like a chat room. Sam really likes it. |
 19 Clever hockey dad runs sticks up through some kind of big cardboard tube so he can get them in and out of the SUV without digging and breaking them. |
 20 Nice view while out on a jog. |
 21 My riding instructor, Janet, gave me these teeth she found in a drawer while cleaning. Halloween costume style teeth. Ben loved them :) |
 22 Taking care of a cat for friends. This is Copernicus. Sam earned money for cat-sitting to pay his way to staying at IslandWood for his 4th grade outdoor ed overnight camp. |
 23 At a Thunderbirds game! |
 24 Happy Birthday, Kim! |
 25 Dressage clinic with Bill Woods. |
 26 This is Bye on Jaeger. |
 27 Nothing better than an afternoon ride in the sun. |
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 29 A holiday hike through the woods on February break. |
 30 This was a great time! |
 31 But both boys were sick a day later. |
 32 Once again in the doctor's office. Trying to keep them from touching each other, me, or anything in the exam room. So - first time I've let them bring devices to the doctor. |
 33 He can do 10 of these in a row! |
 34 Ben has a pretty good dribble going :) |
 35 Remembering how to do somersaults while waiting for the ferry! |
 36 Ben is showing Sam :) |
 37 Both boys sick, so I am carrying the snot rag bag to the ice hockey game. |
 38 Nice coaches brought it to the bench for Sam. |
 39 A great game!!! |
 40 Both coaches had really big smiles on leaving the ice, with arms loaded - water bottles, sticks and snot rag bags. Such great guys! |
 41 Coming home from the game. |
 42 Daddy tired! |
 43 Ben full of it :) |
 44 Cherry blossoms in bloom! I thought of you, Mary! |
 45 Playoff game #1 - still tied! This went to a shoot-out, which we won! |
 46 The cheering section!!! |
 47 First up for the shootout - Will! |
 48 But everyone is still sick. I have an ear infection now. This is my daily regimen just to keep going. It's ridiculous. I was sick with a sore throat and sinus infection for a month. For 3 weeks of that time I couldn't hear out of my right ear due to eustachian tube dysfunction - the virus lodged in my ear! |
 49 We won!!!! Now we get to advance the next weekend! |
 50 I left a note for the boys to find when they got home. |
 51 Music lessons are always fun! |
 52 Ben is doing a great job. Eddie - We LOVE this ukulele and think of you every time he plays. Me ke aloha! |
