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Broken Clouds, 82°F

20707 Mule Barn Rd, Sheridan, IN 46069, USA

Almost finish with the laundry room remodel.

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Scattered Clouds, 67°F

20707 Mule Barn Rd, Sheridan, IN 46069, USA

Printed a line or lemon juicer for making mixed drinks with fresh lime juice. The stuff you get in a bottle just takes away from the mixed drinks.
Also would be good for some fresh squeeze OJ on the weekends. We will see how long the PETG last with the acidic juice on it.

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Clear Sky, 57°F

20707 Mule Barn Rd, Sheridan, IN 46069, USA

Pictures from the 20 yr reunion.
Our 30th is in Sept.
Crazy how time flies.

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Scattered Clouds, 76°F

20707 Mule Barn Rd, Sheridan, IN 46069, USA

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Jun 062019
 




Few Clouds, 73°F

20707 Mule Barn Rd, Sheridan, IN 46069, USA

POE Next cloud Server

Dual Pi next cloud server.
One pi will run the service while the other will be a sync server to keep a backup of the photos and videos.
My goal with this is to become less dependent on Google drive and save some monthly fees. Currently at 2.5 TB on storage because I consolidated one drive and aws. Lots of duplicating files to sort.
I have two 4TB desktop drives laying around so why not use them.

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Had a nice cook out at Grandma’s this weekend.
Shawna, Kesha Bryan and the boys showed up.
Grandma had the spread and I grilled some burgers and dogs. Grandma really seemed to like the chicken thigh on the grill too.
Tyler played with Isaak and Ethan. Catch and building a TP.
Tyler even learned how to whittle with a knife.

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Overcast Clouds, 72°F

20707 Mule Barn Rd, Sheridan, IN 46069, USA

All the critters are settled
The critters are hanging out in there new digs.
Looks like a tight fit but is a legit design.

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Nov 152018
 

Overcast Clouds, 31°F

17303 Ditch Rd, Westfield, IN 46074, USA

Dress up day apparently. Tyler was a spy. Heather is trying to recreate her bee costume from her childhood.
Also was a snow day for Tyler with all of the ice we had last night.

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Nov 132018
 


Broken Clouds, 24°F

20707 Mule Barn Rd, Sheridan, IN 46069, USA

Our first gold fish didn’t make it.
Tyler said a few words even tho we only had a couple days with so spike.

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Nov 132018
 


Broken Clouds, 24°F

20707 Mule Barn Rd, Sheridan, IN 46069, USA

Our first gold fish didn’t make it.
Tyler said a few words even tho we only had a couple days with so spike.

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Fog, 48°F

410 45th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37209, USA

We had a good dinner tonight at ML Rose craft beer and grill.
It was a cool little bar. Burger was good but the sweet potato fries were not so great.

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Light Rain, 49°F

110 Maplewood Trace, Nashville, TN 37207, USA

Last night was ruff.
Woke up to some girl sitting outside of our room. Crying and punching herself in the face then calling someone and it soundes like she was trying to blame someone for punching her.
Then the birds started chirping at 3:30 am like it was time to get up. Birds don’t care about daylight savings time!
The house cleaning people are outside complaining about a nickel rais to clean bathrooms.
Don’t work in a ghetto travel Lodge motel.
For us I guess we should pick nicer motels next time.

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Light Rain, 49°F

110 Maplewood Trace, Nashville, TN 37207, USA

Last night was ruff.
Woke up to some girl sitting outside of our room. Crying and punching herself in the face then calling someone and it soundes like she was trying to blame someone for punching her.
Then the birds started chirping at 3:30 am like it was time to get up. Birds don’t care about daylight savings time!
The house cleaning people are outside complaining about a nickel rais to clean bathrooms.
Don’t work in a ghetto travel Lodge motel.
For us I guess we should pick nicer motels next time.

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Mar 102018
 

Overcast Clouds, 64°F

Nashville

First day of our spring break road trip.
Started things off at Taco Bell.
Also had a pretty good steak and shrimp dinner.
My steak are way better tho. Rick’s boat yard is about the only restaurant that comes close.

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Dinner with Mollie

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Sep 202017
 
Clear Sky, 82°F

2411 E 65th St, Indianapolis, IN 46220, USA

Met Mollie for dinner. It was good to catch-up.

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Skate Park

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Sep 172017
 




Broken Clouds, 80°F

The Sheridan Monon Trail, Sheridan, IN 46069, USA

Tyler and I skateboarding tonight at the park. It was a blast. We skated 5 miles. We had the whole park to ourselves.

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Playing with machines

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Sep 162017
 




20707 Mule Barn Rd, Sheridan, IN 46069, USA

This weekend was the machine show at conner prairie.
Tyler got to climb all over the machinery and take a wagon ride.

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Game night

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Sep 122017
 


Overcast Clouds, 66°F

20707 Mule Barn Rd, Sheridan, IN 46069, USA

More games. Every night is game night these days. Just glad it wasn’t uno again.

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Crazy hair day

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Sep 112017
 
Clear Sky, 48°F

20707 Mule Barn Rd, Sheridan, IN 46069, USA

Crazy hair day today at school.

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Snug as a bug in a rug

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Sep 092017
 
Clear Sky, 52°F

22919 Overdorf Rd, Cicero, IN 46034, USA

Tyler snug as a bug in a rug on our camping trip with the cub scouts.

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Cub scouts camp time

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Sep 092017
 



Few Clouds, 71°F

22919 Overdorf Rd, Cicero, IN 46034, USA

Cub scouts camping trip. Learning a new song to sing for the boy scouts and having hot dogs for supper.

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Cub Scouts White River

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Sep 092017
 



Few Clouds, 73°F

11299 E 234th St, Cicero, IN 46034, USA

Cub scouts playing in the creek and getting our tent set up.

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Labor day weekend

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Sep 022017
 



Few Clouds, 69°F

1402 W State St, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA

Took a trip up to Purdue to get Heather and bring her home for labor day weekend.
Tyler came along and got to see a little of what Heather is doing now. Quick run to Walmart to restock and then lunch at DQ before heading back.
Heather and I finished up the day at the movies seeing Hitman bodyguard. 👍👍

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Favorite wedding pictures

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Aug 262017
 



Clear Sky, 79°F

3149-3165 Glen Carlyn Rd, Bailey’s Crossroads, VA 22041, USA

Some of my favorite photos from Bailey’s wedding.

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Star wars on the prairie

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Jul 152017
 



Few Clouds, 80°F

11711 N College Ave, Carmel, IN 46032, USA

Symphony on the prairie with star wars.
Tyler had a blast. He kept asking me if they were real.
He asks me a lot if stuff is real or if it really happened.
Gina packed a picknick and we sat with the Prysm group.

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Few Clouds, 80°F

Symphony on the prairie with star wars.
Tyler had a blast. He kept asking me if they were real.
He asks me a lot if stuff is real or if it really happened.
Gina packed a picknick and we sat with the Prysm group.

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Few Clouds, 80°F

11711 N College Ave, Carmel, IN 46032, USA

Symphony on the prairie with star wars.
Tyler had a blast. He kept asking me if they were real.
He asks me a lot if stuff is real or if it really happened.
Gina packed a picknick and we sat with the Prysm group.

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Mrytle beach skate time

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Jul 052017
 

Few Clouds, 75°F

4208-4216 Pointer Ct, Myrtle Beach, SC 29579, USA

Little skate board time at Aunt Elizabeth house.
Tyler is almost the same size as the board.

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Thanksgiving Day UAV Crashes

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Nov 242016
 

For thanksgiving this year we went to Florida and spent some time in a park in St. Petersberg.
View was awesome. The flying was not.

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Spiderman Visit at the Children’s Museum

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Jan 312015
 

Tyler was excited to see spiderman today. He was dressed up in his spiderman outfit along with his mask.
When it came time to see him and take his picture he totally got shy and wouldn’t do the move with him.
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Tyler’s Last day in Twos

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Aug 082014
 

Today is Tyler’s last day in his 2’s class. Saying good-bye to Miss Tamara and Miss Amber. Monday starts his first day in his “big boy” 3’s class! Wait…didn’t I just give birth to him last week??? Wow…time flies…
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Tyler and the Dragon

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Aug 042014
 

Heather brought Her dragon over for us to watch while she went to Florida with her mom.
Tyler me him for the first time.
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First Still Run

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Jul 312014
 

Did the first run of the still.
Started with about 8 gallons pf wash and got 2 quarts of about 130 proof.
Since it was the first cleaning run, it is only good for cleaning the floors and stripping paint.
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Family Reunion 2014

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Jul 142014
 

This years family reunion was a hit.
The BBQ turned out really good.
Other than the rainy start to the day, everyone enjoyed themselves.
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4th July Parade

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Jul 042014
 

Heather was in the Sheridan,Carmel and Noblesville parade again this year.
Makenna did the Carmel parade again this year also.

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Tyler Giggles

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May 282012
 

Dear Tyler,

Today you giggled for the first time. I mean a full out belly laugh! You smile constantly, but daddy and I have been waiting to hear you laugh. I felt silly making funny faces and noises, but you loved it and kept giggling at me.

I love you, baby boy.

Love, Mommy

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Tyler Rolls Over

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May 162012
 

Dear Tyler,

You rolled over for the very first time on Mother’s Day! What an awesome Mother’s Day gift. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to see it, but Bailey and Makenna did.

Two days later, you did it for me! I had just gotten you out of the bathtub and was drying you off on the floor. You don’t like being on your tummy. You were getting so mad and then you finally kicked yourself over. The look on your face was priceless. You had surprised yourself with your new amazing trick!

I love you, baby boy.

Love, Mommy

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Longboat Key final Sunset

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Mar 082012
 

We sat out on the beach with the rest of the sun worshippers and waited for the sun to set one final time on our vacation. And it didn’t disappoint us.

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Longboat Key Day 5

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Mar 082012
 

Final day of our vacation. It has been a very relaxing vacation for Gina and I. Today was the first day that we actually did something organized. We went to the Mote Marine aquarium.

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Longboat Key Day 4

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Mar 072012
 

Today was pretty lazy. We drove up the coast this morning to Anna Maria Island to check out our surroundings. Then we ate lunch at the blue dolphin. The same place we met Greg for lunch. On our trip north we spotted a carry out chinese restaurant.

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Longboat Key Day 3

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Mar 062012
 

So I told Gina. Let’s use the charcoal grills that they supply and make steaks. They will be better than anything we buy and the view is un beatable.

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Longboat Key Day 2

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Mar 052012
 

Today was our first full day here. Tyler did really well all night. He only got up twice to eat. Three and Six-Thiry.

We got up and met one of Gina’s friends at the Blue Dolphine for breakfast.

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LongBoat Key Day 1

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Mar 042012
 

Tyler did really well on the flight out. He basically slept the whole time.The fight was a little bumpy but it really didn’t take that long to get here. Basically about 4 hrs of travel by the time I parked and we walked into the room.

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Photogenic Tyler

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Feb 012012
 

Using the 50mm Lens to take pictures of Tyler has captured some really good shots verses using the iPhone and making the Facebook shots. We still need to work on lighting and getting creative with some low buck lighting.

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Our Hospital Stay

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Dec 282011
 

Dear Tyler,

You and I had to stay in the hospital for 48 hours following your birth. Daddy stayed with us the first night, sleeping on the fold-out couch in our room. I decided to let you stay in the nursery as I was very sleep deprived and exhausted. It was a long night as the nurses came in to check on me and push on my belly to check on my uterus every couple of hours. They brought you in to the room so that I could feed you whenever you were hungry.

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Tyler Enters the World!

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Dec 262011
 

Dear Tyler,

We were scheduled to be at the hospital by 6am for our induction. Your daddy thought that was awful early and joked with me as to whether he could just meet me over there a little later in the morning. 🙂 Don’t worry…he was just kidding. He wouldn’t have missed your birth for anything.

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Start of Induction

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Dec 262011
 

Gina and I got to the hospital a little after 6:00 am this morning. Gina was a little nervous. She asked if I was nervous. I said not really. 3rd time is a charm. She said yeah your not pushing a bowling ball out today.
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The Pregnancy

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Dec 252011
 

Dear Tyler,

You were my 3rd pregnancy and I wasn’t sure what to expect since my other two were so completely different. Was I going to be throwing up the entire nine months like I did with Bailey or was I going to have trouble with pre term labor like I did with Makenna or was this going to be another unique experience? Well you ended up being another unique experience! Full of fun and adventure (most of the time…). At age 40, I was on the older end to be doing this again, but I still felt so young. Your daddy said that I looked at least 5 years younger very soon after getting pregnant. I’m sure some of it was the pregnancy hormones and some of it was just plain being happy and excited. One thing I knew for sure, I wanted to enjoy every single second of the pregnancy.

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Nate’s Appendectomy

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Dec 192011
 

I was 37 weeks along and anticipating giving birth at any time as I had been having lots of contractions each evening. On Sunday, December 18th, Nate lounged around all day. He was not feeling well at all and had a pain just below his sternum. We assumed it must have been something he had eaten.

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Thanksgiving Day

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Dec 162011
 

This year for Thanksgiving I smoked two turkeys using our new smoker. Grandma was making a ham and the rest if the fixings.
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32 weeks

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Nov 102011
 

Gina and I are laying in bed watching Raising hope.The boy is severely deforming Gina’s belly.

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Journey home

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May 282011
 

We left monte verde around 9:00 am. Our driver was real nice. He spoke a little English and seemed eager to share information about the trip as we went.
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Belmar Hotel

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May 242011
 

The cloud forest hotel that we are staying at is completely different than the last hotel.
It reminds me of a lake Tahoe cabin with all of the wood work.
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Dinner

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May 222011
 

After we got back from horse back riding, we decided to walk back into town and try some of the local food. Continue reading »

The room

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May 222011
 

Our room turned out to be pretty nice. We finally got a good night sleep. It was quiet and we were lucky to choose a hotel the has AC. Continue reading »

Honeymoon: The Beginning

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May 212011
 

The first day of our honeymoon trip to costa rica. Last night was ruff. We stayed at the holiday inn near Chicago ohare airport.
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Labor Day at Moms

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Sep 062010
 

We went to mom’s for labor day weekend. Saturday Gina and Bailey, Makenna, Heather and I drove down and had spaghetti and meatballs for lunch. Continue reading »

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Myrtle Beach Vacation 2010

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Jul 212010
 

We went to Myrtle Beach again this year for the July 4th celebration. It was about a 12 hour drive from Indy. Other than a wreck that cost us 45min, the trip was pretty uneventful.

We came down the Saturday before and left the following Saturday. We watch fireworks at the beach again. Still the best fireworks display. Beats anything Indy has to offer.

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Day at the Beach

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Jul 072010
 

We are at the beach today.
The water is warm and the sand is hot. There is a nice breeze comming off of the ocean.
The temp is close to 95 and pretty humid.
The kids are body surfing and heather just took a big spill swallowing half the ocean.
We had subs from rosita but they are not as good as the sub shop from last year.
Gina looks like she is enjoying time with her mom soaking up the sun and letting the water run up to their feet.
After the beach, we are heading back to Ramano’s for dinner.
Good times ……


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Location:N Ocean Blvd,Myrtle Beach,United States

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Paintball 2010

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May 152010
 

Some of the guys from work and I went to play paint ball today at white river paintball . I had never played before. Scott had a membership which helped with out paint cost. I upgraded to the warrior package which gave me a gun that looked like an AR15, and never jams. That is a good thing because a few of the guys where having gun issues.

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Mothers Day 2010

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May 122010
 

Gina, Makenna, Heather and I went down to mom’s for Mother’s Day.
Dick made some really good baby back ribs on his smoker charcoal grill. 
He made half of them with Pa and Ma BBQ sauce, and the other half were a sweet tangy sauce.

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We’re Pregnant!

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May 032010
 

Dear Tyler,

On May 3rd, we found out we were expecting you. I had been feeling a little weird for a couple of days, so I was a little suspicious, but didn’t want to take a pregnancy test too soon. That day, I bought a pregnancy test on my way to work and was so anxious to know the results, that I took the test at work. Almost immediately, the results came back positive!!! I remember feeling so overwhelmed, but in a good way. We wanted you and had planned for you, but it was still so shocking that it had all happened so quickly.

I went through my work day in a daze. I didn’t want to tell your daddy I was pregnant over the phone or by email or text message, so I knew I would have to keep my secret until that evening. After work, I stopped by the store and bought a cute little baby outfit that said “Daddy Loves Me” and wrapped it up. When your daddy got home from work, I handed him the package. His birthday had just been 5 days earlier, so he thought I was giving him another birthday gift. When he opened it and saw the baby outfit, he looked confused at first and then once it all hit him, he must have said “wow” about 100 times. He was so happy and overwhelmed. It was a very special moment for us. Your daddy and I love each other very much, so we were more than excited to add you to our family. You would be joining big sister Bailey who was 18, but who would turn 19 by the time you were born, big sister Makenna who was 14 and big sister Heather who was 12.

Your due date was January 11, 2012 which seemed forever away.

We told your sisters that we were going to have a baby over dinner a couple of days after we found out. They were all SO excited and were hoping desperately that you would be a boy. Next we told both sets of grandparents and then slowly started telling the rest of our friends and family. Everyone was so excited for us and couldn’t wait for you to get here.

Love, Mommy

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Spring Cook Out

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Apr 172010
 

We had our first cook out of the season this weekend.
Makenna, Tanner and I made a new fire pit out of pavers for the occasion.
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Heather’s Accident

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Mar 072010
 

Heather had an accident on her bike this afternoon.
Gina and Makenna and I had just sat down for Sunday dinner and I had just taken my first bite of food when Tammy called.
She was crying and upset. She said Heather had wrecked her bike and that her eye was swollen shut and she had two big cuts under her eye.

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New Years 2010

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Jan 142010
 

This year we hosted new years eve again. Gina made Italian roast beef in the crock pot and focaccia bread from scratch. She also made bake Ziti. We played Catch Phrase and Guestures. Continue reading »

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Bologna Story by Heather

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Oct 132009
 

The Odd Story
By Heather Battinich

Part 1
Once upon a time there was a bologna sandwich that hated every thing food wise.
He was a picky eater so badly that he ate …

His Brother!!!!!!!!!!!

Part 2
He was arrested of course but he escaped. He had to remove his bread.
That was a little embarrassing, ’cause for bologna sandwiches bread is clothes.
The buff sandwiches are ham. The tan ones were wheat bread, and the insiders are white bread.
Da Homie G’s are pumpernickel.

Part 3
He was never caught. he wasn’t recognized at the local beaches either.
He was very sly and creative but then the giants came and guess what he couldn’t do …
He cant run like the others so he got …
Eaten!!!!!!!!!!

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Microbrewer Fest 2009

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Jul 182009
 

Lisa and I went to the beer fest again this year. We focused mainly on the darker beers this year.
Porters and stouts were at the top of list.

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Myrtle Beach Vacation 2009 – Water Park

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Jul 112009
 

Gina’s Uncle Ramano invited us over for Hamburgers and hotdogs one night.
He was a nice guy and pretty good with a grill. I was impressed with how clean his garage was and his Harley’s were spotless.

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Myrtle Beach Vacation 2009 – 4th of July at the Beach

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Jul 112009
 

This year we went to Myrtle Beach South Carolina for our family vacation.
It was about a 13 hour drive from Indy.
We ended up staying with Gina’s Aunt Elizabeth. She had a great place with plenty of room for all of us.

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New Toy

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Jun 092009
 

I got a new gas powered blower for the yard and a Flip Ultra HD. So Gina capture me using the blower in HD.

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Moonbeams for Heather

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May 302009
 

Mom sent this to Heather in the mail the other day.
I thought is was cool that she was inspired to put her thoughts about Heather to paper and send it to her.
Here is her poem.

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Climb Time

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May 302009
 

Today we went to Climb Time as part of Makenna’s birthday party.
We all had a pretty fun time. Gina and I were belaying for the girls.
I went and got a harness after I saw how much fun they were having.
I enjoyed it except for repelling back down. Gina left a little too much slack in the rope for my comfort. It felt like you could fall at any minute.

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Memorial Day Camping 2009

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May 262009
 

This weekend we met up with Jake’s clan and went camping at the Riverbend camp grounds. The Weather was perfect and we managed to get two spots right on the river.

Jake was already set up and had drowned a few worms friday evening by the time we got there.
I started setting up our new tent and found out that the zipper to the front was broken right out of the box.
I was able to McGiver a temp fix with a fishing hook, a fishing weight and some fishing line.
I guess the Cub Scouts Finally paid off.

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 Posted by at 12:52 am

Hound Stock

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May 172009
 

The Carmel High School put on a concert with all the local high school bands jamming. They all tried to play as many songs as they could in their time slot.

Bailey’s boyfriend was the drummer in one of the bands. They managed to get in 4 songs I think. They were pretty good. I was impressed with the number of high school bands playing

Bailey made her own shirt for the occasion.

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 Posted by at 12:39 am

Goof'n Around

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May 152009
 

The girls were playing around this weekend and put on a bit of a show. They danced and lip synced to Michel Jackson to Hip Hop. It was pretty entertaining.

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 Posted by at 11:58 pm

Heather's 10th Birthday

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May 032009
 

Heather’s 10th birthday was Sat May 2nd. We had a party for her and I also let her invite two of her girlfriends over to spend the night. She ended up having three girls over plus Makenna. That meant we had four screaming girls in the house.

They had a good time playing hide and seek, Guitar Hero, and just rocking out to the stereo. They also painted sun catchers and we watched Hotel for Dogs and the movie Bolt.

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 Posted by at 9:31 pm

Michelle's Visit

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May 012009
 

Michelle came back to Indy today to run in the Mini Marathon. I think she said it was her tenth year doing it. It was good to see her. I think it has been over a year since I last saw her.

We all met up tonight at Fionn MacCooly’s Irish pub in fishers. I had a couple Guinness. Which hit the spot after a frustrating day at work. Robert, Jill, Cindy, and Jack were able to join us. It was great to sit around and talk about the good old days at the Gaming Commission

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 Posted by at 12:42 am

Going for the Bling

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Apr 272009
 

We made a trip the the local pet store to get some hermit crab supplies.
We decided to check out the birds.
This friendly one tried to make a snack out if Heather’s earrings.


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38th Birthday

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Apr 252009
 

Gina put together a surprise birthday party for me. She put a lot of work into it.
She was at a disadvantage because she hadn’t met all of my friends yet and didn’t have their contact information.

She put her PI skills to good use and managed to gather everyone’s info.
Grandma, Kesha and Brian and kids were there. Along with Dad, Sharon, Jake, Shawna, and Timi.
Even Jill and Lisa were able to attend. Heather, Makenna and Bailey were on hand also to participate.

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 Posted by at 10:47 pm

Where's the Meat?

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Apr 182009
 

This ones not too filling!
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Dick found this one along the road while getting the mail.
I would think this one was left over from the big flood they had
last year.

 Posted by at 11:44 pm

Just What I always Wanted

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Apr 182009
 

The Bestest Birthday gift
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I was playing off of Makenna. She was demonstrating her selling technique.

 Posted by at 11:21 pm

Easter 2009

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Apr 112009
 

This year it was sunny and nice for Easter.
The temperature was a little chilly but that didn’t stop the kids from hunting easter eggs.
Heather decided to hide them this year instead of hunting for them.

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 Posted by at 11:52 pm

Dual post test

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Mar 272009
 

This tests the posting of both sites.
Single return.
Double return.
Title here. I hate the center spacing of the photos!!


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Embed Flickr Test

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Mar 262009
 

Video of The Spinner Park.
Mars Seems to be Working Better and the Support guy responded at 11:30 at Night!

Bailey Spinning Me

 Posted by at 11:33 pm

Darts

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Mar 262009
 

Tonight heather and I had pork chops baked in the oven for dinner.
Then we play a few games of darts while we listened to GnR.
Heather is getting pretty good at pool.
She didn’t beat me tonight but she did tuesday night when we played.
Bullseye

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Heather's Buddy

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Mar 242009
 

Heather’s new buddy Bobalina

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 Posted by at 9:26 pm

Windows XP: How to format a Drive as Fat32

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Feb 012009
 

I was trying to format an external harddrive to be used with my Mac and Windows XP machines.
Mac must have Fat32 to be able to exchange information with another Windows machine.

Windows XP will not allow you to format a new drive as Fat 32. It can read a drive up to 2TB but will not allow you to create one.

The work around is to mount the drive as a logical drive and assign it a letter, but not format it if it is a disk that has never been formatted. If it has a drive letter already you can skip this part. To mount the drive right click My computer and then select manage. Then select Disks / Drives. Right click on the drive select create logical drive.

Once this is done open a DOS command window (Start button/run type cmd) and type format g: /FS:FAT32 Where g: is the logical drive letter you assigned when you mounted the drive.

After I wrote this an easier utility to use  is http://www.compuapps.com/download/Swissknife/swissknife.htm

 Posted by at 1:40 pm

Happy New Year 2009

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Jan 012009
 

This year Jake and his family came over to celebrate the new year. I made hot meat and taco meat and we all ate too much. Everyone had a good time dancing and singing and shooting some pool. Steven kept us laughing with his one liners and Jacob stole the show with his break dancing move the worm. It was good to see Jesse again and Shelby was texting and talking on the phone all night to her gay boyfriend.

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 Posted by at 11:24 am

Finally Graduated!

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Dec 132008
 

It’s been a long time coming. I finally graduated from college.
I graduated from Indiana Wesleyan University this December.
The last four classes seemed to never end. I thought I saved the easy ones for last but I was wrong!
I had so much writing and research to do. More than was typically required for the core classes.
But it’s over.
We had a small get together afterwards at my house. It was good to see everyone.

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 Posted by at 10:49 pm

Colts vs Ravens 2008

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Oct 122008
 

Heather and I went to the colts game today. They were playing the
Baltimore Ravens. Final score was 31 to 3. Colts pretty much stomped
them. This was the first win ever for the Colts in the Lucas Oil
Stadium.

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More Strike a Pose

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Sep 182008
 

We got a little crazy with this set of shots. All of these are done with the built in camera and software in the MacBook Pro Laptop

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Johnny Lang / Rib Fest 2008

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Aug 312008
 

Lisa, her friend Cheryl and I went to rib fest this year to see Johnny Lang play. I was still recovering from being sick all week so I opted to not partake in the ribs this year. They looked really good!

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 Posted by at 11:03 pm

Mt Comfort AirShow

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Aug 242008
 

Heather, Dad and I went to the Mt Comfort Air show this weekend. Kesha gave us free tickets which was a bonus. Thanks to her husband Brian!

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 Posted by at 7:03 pm

Dystalis House Party

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Aug 092008
 

I went with my friend Amanda to a house party in Broadripple. This little one bedroom house was right on white river and outside it was set up for a concert. Amanda is good friends with the Bass player Pete

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 Posted by at 10:17 pm

Birthday Celebration

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May 032008
 

Heather and I went down to mom’s to celebrate all three of ours birthdays. Mom’s is the 20th, Mine is the 29th, and Heather’s is May 2nd.

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 Posted by at 2:27 am

Quick Chili Mac

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Oct 192007
 

Ingredients
2 – 15.5 oz can Brooks Chili Beans
1 – 46 oz Tomato Juice (Red Gold)
1 – 29 oz or smaller can of tomato puree (Red Gold)
1 ibs Ground Round
1 Brooks Chili Seasoning Packet
Macaroni

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 Posted by at 6:38 pm

Counting Money

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Mar 042006
 

Heather and I counted the coffee can of quarters today that grandpa Hugh gave her a couple of months ago.
$113.25!
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 Posted by at 11:05 am

Christmas Morning

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Dec 252005
 

Here is a video clip of Christmas morning.
Heather starts out checking out Santa’s cookie crumbs and then she checks out the reindeer food that she made in school and left on the front porch.

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 Posted by at 12:19 am

Disney on Ice

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Dec 042005
 

Here are some pictures from our trip to Conseco Field house to see the Disney on Ice show that Featured the Incredibles.

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 Posted by at 1:29 pm

Pool Shark

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Nov 202005
 

Heather shot some pool with mom this weekend. Heather is getting pretty good at it.
She is also sporting some new Hello Kitty shoes that Mom and Dick got her.

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 Posted by at 11:49 am

Lunch with Heather

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Oct 142005
 

Here are some picture of Lunch on friday with heather at school.
I surprised her. We had Chicken nuggets – of course.
Heather was pretty excited.
So were the other kids at the table. We were just short of a food fight.

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 Posted by at 5:14 pm

Jill's Going Away Bash

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Oct 112005
 

Here are some pictures of some friends from work. We all got together after work at Margaritaville to send jill off after her leaving. We ate some burgers and had a few beers.

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 Posted by at 5:34 pm

First Sleep Over

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Sep 102005
 

Heather was driving me crazy all day Saturday asking if it was time to go to Olivia’s for the Birthday party.

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 Posted by at 5:46 pm

Park Time

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Aug 072005
 

Heather and I went for a bike ride this morning at the yellow park. She is getting pretty good at riding.

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 Posted by at 6:15 pm

Busch Race 2005

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Aug 072005
 

Kroger 200 Race at IRP Aug 6, 2005
Here are some images from our 5th anual Busch Race.
Jake and I have been every year faithfully.

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 Posted by at 4:09 pm

34th Birthday

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Apr 292005
 

Another year. Big 34. I met Dad and Lisa at Texas Road House for a steak dinner and a few drinks.

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 Posted by at 6:43 pm