We have been having a lot of fun the past few weekends. They have been wonderful occasions to unwind after busy school weeks. One day trip that we went on was to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
The boys were all smiles.
Don’t let the photo of the boys above fool you. Stephanie might be the [...]
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Posted in Cub Scouts, Nathan, Religion on August 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today was a very special day for Nathan. Today’s Sunday Mass was the culmination of the many hours of work that he and two of his fellow scouts completed independently over the past few months. Two boys worked toward the Parvuli Dei Emblem and Nathan fulfilled requirements for the Light of Christ Emblem. It is a very [...]
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We spent our 4th of July afternoon on the eastern shore of Seneca Lake at Sampson State Park. It was our first time visiting there even though it is only 20 minutes from our front porch.
Our first stop inside the park was the memorial museums remembering the men and women that served our Navy and [...]
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Posted in Family, Nathan, Parties on April 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today we celebrated Nathan’s first Holy Communion. Nathan worked very hard and put his whole heart into his preparations for this sacrament.
Here Nathan poses with Father Bill after the mass.
Here Nathan poses with his big brother, Father Bill, and his God Parents Aunt Pam and Uncle Brian.
The whole family.
Grandpa and the boys pose in front [...]
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Nathan has been enjoying his “boyhood” as he has been practicing a lot with his Lacrosse team. Here he is in the black shorts defending his goal during a scrimmage.
Sean has been having the itch of a “hunter gatherer” as this picture demonstrates an eagerness to get the garden started.
We received a wonderful invitation from Dale [...]
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Posted in Cub Scouts, Nathan, school on February 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Nathan recently participated in his second pinewood derby along with his fellow cubscouts. He and Steve had a lot of fun building the 2009 addition of his car.
Here Nathan is afixing the tire to the “rocket”
Here is Nathan posing infront of the track where all of the drama was to unfold. He ended up finishing 17th [...]
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We felt inspired to have our own blessing of our Christmas tree after a Christmas tree blessing was incorporated into our Sunday liturgy today. We appointed Nathan the role of officiating our family ceremony as he genuinely enjoys filling this role for our family. Above he guides us in prayer.
After reading the prayer he had the honor [...]
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Posted in Family, Holidays, Nathan, Sean on October 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This Past Sunday we made our way to the local pumpkin patch to get into the spirit of the Halloween Season.
The first step in the pumpkin carving process is Steve going to the internet for a little inspiration.
After the patterns are printed it is the painstaking process of tracing the pattern onto the pumpkin. Here [...]
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Posted in Cub Scouts, Nathan on May 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On the topic of Cub Scouts, Nathan has done some interesting things recently.
One activity was a tour of the fire station.
Here Nathan and his fellow Cub Scouts are getting an “inside look” at some of the equipment.
And as the final highlight of his first year in Cub Scouts, Nathan earned the Tiger Badge. He has worked hard [...]
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Our Memorial Day observance began today with the customary community parade in which Nathan proudly donned his Pack 5 Cub Scout uniform and made the march for the first time to the city war memorial.
From there we went down to Seneca Lake State Park where the traveling Vietnam Wall Memorial Exhibit was displayed for the holiday weekend.
Nathan seemed [...]
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