2014 Big E with Mackenzie

2014 Rhythm Run

More pictures will be added later but here is quick video of our run.

Lunch and nature walk at Grandpa's

2014 Happy Father's Day

Father's day this year began with early morning handball with Travis and Dan in Manchester. The weather was perfect and courts were dry although based on some of the serves and odd returns I believe modern physics are lightly enforced in this region.

When I got home Robyn surprised me with Lobster for Lunch! Meme and Pop Pop joined us. I hope everyone had a great fathers day. Here are some pictures:

Cooking the beasts. Robyn picked out three jumbo lobsters!

Deviled Eggs

Mackenzie with her hat.

Mackenzie is pedaling everywhere now.

Nathaniel lost a tooth.

I love this picture. Mommy's sunglasses.

The kids loved the lobsters.

Surf and Turf. (Robyn made the burgers)

Corn on the Cob

Nate looks a little freaked out.

Everyone enjoying dinner. Meme took the picture.

Nate grabbing what's left of the lobster.

Ryan loves lobster as well.

Robyn got the Claw!

Playing handball with Grandpa

Running in the Rain

Ms Mackenzie joined us in the rain today.

Monday Morning Mackenzie

First thing this morning she bee-lined directly for her computer.

Grandpa and Ryan build a new PC

Grandpa and Ryan built a new computer yesterday for Mackenzie. (Details) Nathaniel and Mackenzie are sharing his desk so they have their two pcs together. (Ryan also fixed my ancient iPhone)


If you want to see the whole build, upgrades and all the technical details you can reference my other blog: http://xenostream.blogspot.com/2014/03/upgrading-two-pcs-and-new-build.html


Mackenzie loves having a spot to hang out with the boys. We will have to get another computer chair soon but she can get on youtube now and watch her videos.

Weekend update

We had a beautiful Saturday with highs in the 50s. The kids and dogs all took advantage took a walk. (The boys used their scooters)

Crazy Jack going for a walk.

Made a Bacon wrapped meatloaf yesterday. This was delicious.

This is after I dumped it out the meatloaf pan. Inside are layers of meat and cheddar cheese. I put it on a tray so the fat would drip off while it roasted. (300 degrees for 90 minutes and then another 30 minutes at 350)

The finished product. I ended up broiling it a bit to really crisp up the bacon.

Half gone.

Playing magic with the boys

We ended up staying up way past bed time last weekend playing some magic.

Nate has built two decks he likes to play with. ~65 cards each. He also recently started playing 2014 Magic on Steam.

I have no idea how many cards his deck is but way over 100. He still wins quite a bit with some very interesting combos.

Ryan went for a Zombie photo shoot

This is Ryan after the shoot when he got home.

Kids grow up so fast

Tessa, Kaleigh, Nate and Ryan (In Maine 2008)

Dinosaur park, http://naturesartvillage.com/thedinosaurplace/

Ryan is only 9 in this Picture but still climbing Rock Walls

He made it to the top. (This was at Mystic Aquarium)

This is from Robyn's Birthday in 2011.

Crestwood Drive Kitchen

Robyn was cleaning up in the basement and found some old documents from Crestwood drive when we were remodeling our kitchen. These are the plans and pictures. In hindsight I should have finished the kitchen immediately after moving in as we only enjoyed our new kitchen for a few weeks before we sold the house. The kitchen remodel really did a lot for the usability of the house. Of course remodeling the kitchen was not only necessitated by the fact that it was old and needed to be redone in order to be sold but also because of a certain pair of dogs that had completely shredded and chewed the existing kitchen floor to scraps. Here are some pics.

My brief sketch before I went to get prices

This is what they mocked up from my sketch

Crestwood Kitchen Render 1

Crestwood Kitchen Render 3

The finished project. They did a great job with a custom cabinet with a screen to hide the radiator just behind the kitchen table. (We have two mismatched chairs there as I think almost everything was practically moved out at the time this photo was taken.)