July Flickr Upload, Part 1

As always, you can see the entire upload by clicking here...  and here area  few of my favorites (that I have ready to go, so far!)

 We did a 2-ship flyover for a friend's party.  Tons of fun!

 Parade/Watershow Flyover in Monticello, IN.  That was very cool.   Lots of smoke!

 We were the missing man.  That was a very humbling experience.

Rejoin after the missing man... and we are outta here!

January 2016 Flickr Upload

wow, somehow I missed doing this...  As usual, you can see the full stream here and my faves are here....

More pep band playing.  Love that 012 gets included in it!

Very proud of 012 & 014 for honor rolls!

Speaking of rolls, do I have a problem??!?!?  If you stick them in the micro for a few seconds and top with homemade whipped cream, they are even more delicioso!

Flickr September 2015 Upload

As always, the full stream is here... And here are my faves!  It was a fun month!

 Several cross country meets....  He had a great season, he was the 5th man on the team, so his points counted...

 Went up north for Labor Day with friends... It was a great time and we got hobo dinners again!

 And going to Lake Michigan!  Thanks T for taking the picture of us!

Starting the Living Room refinishing project... It is mostly done.  Now just some trim work.  You don't often get to see pictures of me!

 Practicing for the Chicagoland Flyover.  That's me (again!) in the back...

 Nappanee Applefest Parade Flyover...  It was rainy and cloudy but still a good run!

 Chicagoland Flyover - So very cool!

 Homecoming weekend - Really, really neat to see him interact with friends!  And play his horn.

 Another meet... passing the time with one of the team members.  Great bunch of boys, and a great coach too!

eLearning Pasta Bar lunch.  Yup, its what we do!

July 2015 Flickr Upload

Hidy-Ho!  I have to say, it's kinda nice being able to stay on top of things, even when it's really not a terribly important thing... Here are my favorites from July, it was a busy month between finishing up school, taking a vacation, getting boys to camp, boys going to their dad's, and a wedding all thrown in there... :)

You can see the full upload here...

 014 Being goofy, which is rare.  Rarer still, is him letting me capture it....

 This one, on the other hand, is most often goofy.  He's checking out the animal displays at camp.

 Enjoying National Ice Cream Day at Kelly's, the local Ice Cream-aria.  I forgot to take pictures WITH said delight.  This was also right after they got their new specs.  They both love them so far.  Hope that continues; they are known for their love/hate relationship with their choice in eyewear.

 A group shot of the family from the wedding weekend.

 We took a stroll along Clearwater Beach on the one afternoon it was not raining.  I know it rains every day in Florida, however, it not only rained every day, but nearly all day as well.  There were several flood alerts out.  It downpoured soon after we got back.  I think we got more pictures together in that week than we have in our whole relationship!  It was wonderful!

 When we got back home to MI, it was beautiful weather.  We couldn't resist getting out on the bike.  It was my first time.  We went to the Blarney Stone, which is an old watering hole haunt of Gadget, and then right up the street was this little gem, the Glass Creek Winery.  It was pretty  nice.  The lady was very friendly.  They live on the property and grow their own grapes.  I am always amazed that MI has the right weather to make such yummy grapes and wine, but it does!

May 2015 Flickr Upload

Wow, I think I'm starting to stay caught up a bit.  I know, I still have June, but that will be quick in coming...Did a bunch of organizing out on the Flickr site yesterday, and got these uploaded too.  Here are my faves and you can see the entire upload here....

 We went to the drive-in, and they met all their friends and went running around.  This was the first time that had really happened - anywhere we've gone.  It was sweet, and sad, and made me happy.  By the end there was close to 10 of them running around, and even though they were mostly 014's friends, they included 011.

 8th Grade Spring Concert - Mr. Hickman had had a lot of trouble with his leg this year, so there were not many concerts, but he did finally get a 6th - High School one put together.  He's such a hard worker, and a serious trooper!

 I think this ended up being the only concert this year for the 6th graders....

 8th Grade field trip to Washington, DC.  Directly under the left pillar, is a very tall guy in pink with shades... 014 is the head that partially covers that guy.  If you squint, you can see it better....

 Birthday celebrations!  We celebrated 020s and my brother's (we won't mention numbers out of respect for the elderly...) but were saddened that Gadget couldn't make it for his birthday too.

 New pitot cover for the 172.  Looking good!  A friend of ours, we swear owns stock in the company, because he is all the time telling us how amazing they are.  He's right!

 014 at awards day.  He ended up with several.  Yup, that is Mr. Dale handing them out.

The 4 of us went up to Crystal Mountain for the Beer and Brat fest.  It was very yummy!  Gadget and I went up to get the property all squared away, and then MS & T flew up and went with us and spent the night.  It was so much fun!

April 2015 Flickr Upload

As always you can see the entire upload here and a few of my faves here...

 My sister always makes Jello Eggs for Easter.  They now "demand" it.  Whenever I tell them we'll be going over for Easter, it is the FIRST question they ask "Will Aunt Kelli make Jello Eggs?".  How can she refuse....

My brother, son and Father all being goofy... The apples don't fall far....

My foot, in Reflexology class.  So much fun, so cool!

This year 011 decided to run track.  Our first foray into school sports.  It was educational.  He did not do as well as he had hoped, but he did learn a lot about himself and what he wants to change for next year.  Glad he's not giving it up.  They ran 6th graders in with the 7th & 8th graders, so it made for some long nights.

After the County Math fair, I got a chance to see his locker.  He is somewhat willingly indulging me...

What we love to do!  I love how you can see the reflection of my suit in this picture!

But this is a better shot of the planes.

The crazy Gray Hair'd Hooligans.  Love these guys, they are awesome, even the one that is missing!

For class we did an Herbology Week.  On the last day we went to Mounds State Park and walked around to identify various herbs in the wild.  It was a ton of fun.

March 2015 Flickr Upload

You can see the whole stream here as always, these are just my favorites!!

 013's artwork at the Honeywell Center.  It is the orange one on the bottom.  So cool!

 013 Placing in his Lucky 4 Miler just before his birthday.  Love that he loves running.

 Hanging out with 011 on his 6th grade Field Trip to Chicago.  Don't think I embarrassed him too much.  It was so awesome to see him with his friends.

 Our family tradition of getting a smashed penny everywhere we go...

 Becoming 014.  So awesome that he had friends there and that my brother and his family were able to make it.  And that Gadget could join us too.

Love seeing him smile and laugh.  He needs to do it more.

December 2014 Flickr Post

Wow, can you believe it?!?  You can see the whole thing here, I've included a few of my favorites...

 Lego-mania!  He is so creative and just builds stuff.  Doesn't really even think about it.

 Carribean Christmas 5K.  013 placed 3rd in his age group, 011 placed first in his.

 Homemade soap - awesome!!

 I like to date stuff when we put it in the fridge/freezer (the sharpie washes off).  Someone thought it needed more flare.

 6th grade Christmas concert - incredible!

 His snowman - he was so proud of it!

 The boys did a great job with the tree again.

4 Generations, but missing my mom.  These are her folks, and they were able to join us for Christmas.  I was so excited!