A "Sporty" Dog

My friend Teresa is out of town this weekend, and we get to care for her dog while the family is away. The family dog is a Boxer named Sporty, and she is quite the cool dog!

Shake, Sporty!

Good girl!

A Fitting End to a Dignified Life

Happy Flag Day. Tonight my boys and I were priviliged to attend and participate in a flag retirement ceremony at the American Legion here, the chartering organization for our Boy Scout troop. JJ and Nicky were part of the presentation guard, and two other boys in our troop assisted in the retirement of the flags.

Here are JJ and Nicky processing in with their flags.

Members of the Legion salute as the first of the flags are retired.

JJ and Nicky retiring a flag...very carefully! It was extremely hot.


Here are our good Americans...JJ, Nicky, Eli and his brother Patrick.

If you have any flags in less than stellar shape, call your local American Legion Post. Most do ceremonies such as this every year and would be more than happy to dispose of the symbol of our country in a fitting and dignified way.

God Bless America.

17 Years Ago Today...

I was preparing for my life to change forever.

Happy 17th Birthday, JJ!

Let's Go, Nats!

Eric and JJ got to go to a Washington Nationals game today, courtesy of the company. The new stadium is beautiful:

The Nationals lost to the New York Mets, 7-0. But a great time was had by all!

Somebunny to Love

We have new neighbors.

This one wants to know if I brought a "Welcome to the Neighborhood" gift.

Sorry...we're fresh out of carrots!

The Roads Will Never Be the Same!

Today we became a 3-driver family. JJ passed his driver's test with flying colors this morning!

Here is is cramming a little this morning for the parallel parking...

And there he goes on his first solo car ride...he went to WalMart and McDonald's to get me a Diet Coke. :) He and the car made it back in one piece.

Be safe, my boy. Be safe.

To the Dump-dump-dump

One disadvantage to living in a rural area is the lack of garbage service to the home. We have to take our trash to the transfer center, or the dump as I like to call it.

Here's the back of our car all loaded up and ready for disposal:



Here's the recycling area...glass and plastic on one side, papers on the other.



I long for the days of curbside pickup! Now to get the smell out of the car...