BenSpark Family Adventures

Photo-A-Day #02740 Tonight we had a group get together to say goodbye to my supervisor, Ben. Ben is heading to days and as with all things here we celebrate with some food. I decided that I'd be bringing pretzels. I also decided to try out the Too Good Too Go app and get the pretzels that way. I got it as early as possible and did pay the highest price but that is okay I felt kinda weird doing that then just buying an actual item so I bought 3 large dips to make up for that. The Too Good Too Go bag had 15 pretzels as well as a bag of rivets and two bagels. Seemed a little lighter than we normally make it but that was because Tim wasn't there.  People seemed to like the pretzels and I was happy to have some once again after not having any for two weeks. Could also be why I'm back under 200lbs. So, I'm going to have to watch that now that I am back.

Photo-A-Day #02739 Today was my last day on the Cape. I had to get home for a meeting of the Attleboro Community Theater and then I have to work in the office this weekend. Allison and I went for our morning walk and then I took Eva to Science School, came back and got Andy and took them to Science School and then headed home. I made a couple of stops like Somerset Creamery and then home to pick up my comics and prescriptions. I wanted to get a Detroit style pizza from Rehobeth Baking Company for dinner but the wait was 45 minutes. So I said nope and headed to bliss to try one of the smash burgers. It was pretty good. At the board meeting I got my trustee position and that is the Grants trustee. In a month or so I'll have to start writing grants for the theater. I figure it will get me into shape to work on looking for scholarships for Eva, too. Same idea, different implemnetation.

Photo-A-Day #02738 Earlier this year Andy expressed that they may not be as interested in culinary in High School as they had been in the past. Andy has expressed that maybe carpentry might be of interest. Luckily Andy will be going through a multi week trial of all of the CTE programs at the school and will find their fit.  Today Andy and their cousin Dylan helped Grandfather build the frame for a new screen door for the sunporch. They measured the door to the back patio first and then Grandfather taught them how to use the miter saw. That is after teaching them how quickly one can lose a finger. Andy took to using the saw really quickly and was happy to cut all sorts of things. They even cut a few pieces to use to carve up when they get home. Andy is planning on making some horseshoe crabs from those pieces. I really liked seeing Dad and Andy working together and Dad giving Andy instructions. With Andy having some interest in these sorts of things it is good to learn from someone...

Photo-A-Day #02737 Today after Science School we drove to Providence to see Weird Al Yankovic at Providence Performing Arts Center. This was one of the best concerts I have ever attended. Weird Al played so many of our favorite songs and both Andy and Eva were excited. I was seated right next to Andy and they got so excited when "Canadian Idiot" was played and also "White and Nerdy". I was thrilled to see him play "Dar to Be Stupid"  from The Transformers soundtrack. Al also did a couple of medleys of his earlier songs and that was awesome, too. There were a ton of costume changes as well. Below are a few photos from the show. There was no restriction on taking photos or video either. I tried to be very discrete though. Phone brightness the lowest setting and quick shots. No video. We were all very impressed with the show. So much fun! The view from our seats. They were good and we could see everything except for the top of the big screen.  Smells Like Nir...

Photo-A-Day #02736 I worked last night so I was sleeping for the morning. Allison took Andy to Woods Hole for Science School but also to do some shopping. Andy picked up a really nice set of watercolor cards and a gift for their girlfriend. The gift is a sweatshirt that Andy's been wearing ever since they got it. A nice Cape Cod one from Soft As A Grape. 

Photo-A-Day #02735 My dad is the president of the Falmouth Classic Car Club and they do four car shows a year. Today was the second one and we were around for it. Allison and Andy came back from home at eleven and we headed over to the show. We walked around and saw all the cars. Eva brought their new film camera and was taking some great shots of the engines of the cars. The camera has black and white film so Eva was all about different textures. There was one car where a guy had a bucket of hot wheels and one was The Milano spaceship from The Guardians of the Galaxy. I asked Andy to take that one. Andy took it and I suggested that Andy create a Tik Tok about having to take a child's toy for their dad. That cracked me up even though I suggested it. We got our lunch there, too. There was a food truck called Fried Guys that had a couple of Blackstones working and they were making smashburgers and even some fried hash browns and fried oreos. I got a breakfast sandwich and hash browns...