Monthly Archives: June 2023

Photo-A-Day

Rock Climbing and Tie-Dying

Andy Rock climbing
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Today I took Andy to Rock Spot for some climbing and to a Tie-Dye event. Andy took one of their new shirts with them to tie dye. This tie-dye event had a much better tie-dye outcome than the ABD one. Much more ink, someone who knew exactly how to get the perfect spiral and we were basically the only ones there. I should have brought my ABD shirt so I could have fixed it.

Andy had fun and also did some climbing. Andy likes to have a challenge so they decided that they would climb one wall using only animal shaped holds. This proved difficult but in the end Andy did make it up the wall. Of course, they did tire themselves out and we didn’t stay and climb all that long. It is okay, some climbing is all that Andy needed. I know Andy is going to miss it this Summer and can’t wait to start back up in the Fall.

My Black Belt Certificate

My Black Belt Certificate was expertly framed by my cousin’s shop, The Preservation Framer. It was completed and Allison picked it up for me. I hung it on the all today and I’m very impressed with how it came out. So happy to have it hanging in my office.

Family Adventures, Food, Photo-A-Day

A Morning 5K and a Food Truck Festival Night

at the food truck event
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This morning I left work and went right to a 5K to crush cancer. I was part of the America’s Best Defense team and walked to raise money for the For Kids’ Sake Foundation Inc. I knew that I’d not be running the event, I’d be walking it and that was okay, it was a nice 3 mile walk and I saw a bunch of people that I knew. Many people were walking or running and many more were behind the scenes volunteering or cheering people on.

ADBCrew

there were about 15 people on the ABD Team. We raised about $3500 for the charity. Quite a few of the people on the team were fellow newly ranked Black Belts.

At the first mile

When I started out I thought I was walking t a pretty good clip but so many people were ahead of me, It wasn’t until I chanced a look behind me to see that I was not, in fact, the last person on the course. But man, it feels like that sometimes.

with Marybeth

At the top of Fuller Street I ran into my friend from high School, Marybeth. she and her daughter were working the first water station and I stopped for a little bit to chat with her. Along the route I also ran into some family friends and even more people including a woman who used to train with me in the mornings at ABD. I had been getting photos at every mile marker but I missed mile 3 because Iw as so into our conversation.

I came home and slept and then got up and the family went over to Capron Park for a food truck night. I did not venture too far outside my normal because I ended up getting the same thing I got the last time we went to the food trucks. I got the buffalo chicken fries from Friskies Fries. The kids went with me and also got fries and Allison went and got some specialty tacos. Unfortunately her line moved super slow and we did not get a full family photo while we ate. We got to listen to School of Rock perform at the event and they were very good. Andy has expressed interest in learning an instrument. I’d love to see them go there but they’re more interested in trombone for some reason.