Christmas Prep I

The boys came over and helped me decorate the tree.

They wore Santa hats and had an indoor snowball fight.

I found a set of Lego ornaments which they made.  I was impressed with how little help Rylan needed.

November

Trevin continued to play basketball.  Kaiden's school had their tryouts and he made the junior varsity team this year.  His season starts in December.

 

The family, Gary and Vivien, John and Janice, and Dave got together to celebrate David's 81st birthday.  Everyone brought food to the facility.  Carrie called.  We had a good time.

Gavin and Rylan have been asking to spend the night, so I took them home with me after David's party.  Rylan read us Green Eggs and Ham and part of Horton Hears a Who at bedtime.  He is a very good reader. 

The next morning they wanted pancakes with colors in them.  

We had Thanksgiving at my house.  Nathan and Stacy cooked the turkey and brought it over.  I made the sides.  We played Bingo (it has come to be a tradition - I save all my change throughout the year for the prizes).  Rylan won the big prize for the blackout game.  He used a card that Kaiden had just given up!

AI

 The boys and Stacy have been showing me AI features on my phone and how it can change pictures.  It is fun to play around with but pretty scary how AI can manipulate facts.

This photo became...

this

and this photo of a trip to a corn maze with friends became...

this

Halloween 2025

 For Halloween this year, Kaiden was a pimp; Trevin was a pickle ball; I'm not sure what Gavin and Rylan were, but they look scary.

And of course we had to have this years' word (?) of the year - six, seven carved into a pumpkin.

October

 After the boys helped me with yard work, I took them to Costco (they love to find all the samples) and we had lunch.  I told Rylan I would cut his slice of pizza in half but he insisted he could eat it and he did.

Kaiden got his letter jacket.  I noticed in this picture that his and Nathan's are 30 years apart. 

Trevin started playing basketball.  Kaiden's season hasn't started yet.

My friend wanted to go through the corn maze for her birthday, so we did.  It only took us 35 minutes to do a 20 minute maze.  

The boys did one also with their parents.

September

I took a trip to Maine to visit my family in September.  I was greated by this group of stuffed Maine animals when I got off the plane.  I stayed with my niece and we had a great time.  There was a barbeque with my other relatives, a trip to a couple of picturesque seaside towns, and an early morning trip to see the sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean.  It was an amazing trip.

We also celebrated Gavin's birthday in September.  He is now my favorite 9 year old!

 

Kaiden went with several friends to Homecoming.  I believe his shoes make the outfit.  The car belongs to his friend - a gift from his older brother.  I bet they made quite an entrance!

First Day of School 2025

First day of 1st, 4th, 8th and 11th grades 2025.