BenSpark Family Adventures

Photo-A-Day #02844 Earlier this week I picked up some things at Michael's for Andy. I also found this little scratch art booklet for myself. When Andy got their Invisalign installed on Monday I started this page and Andy was done so quickly that I barely got much scratched off. It is a fun mindless activity.

Photo-A-Day #02843 Halloween is Andy's favorite holiday. This year they made 5 different pumpkins. these two little guys are from a cartoon called "Over the Garden Wall". Andy was excited to get a few pumpkins and carve them. Andy has also been preparing for Saturday where they are making about 15 different treats for their friends. Andy had been worried about all the dental stuff because of all the things that they would be making and was hoping not to miss out on everything. Luckily, things have been working out okay with the Invisalign.

Photo-A-Day #02842 The moon looked pretty awesome tonight and the sky had looked great with the clouds and that super bright moon. Capturing the moon with your camera phone is tough and almost always has an extra bit of light. I tried using night sight to get a better shot. 

Photo-A-Day #02841 Today Andy got fitted for Invisalign. Andy has been wanting braces/Invisalign for a long time and has not been happy with their smile. The breaking point was Andy's freshman photo. Andy had a simple smirk in the photo and when asked why they were not smiling Andy said that they hated their smile and their teeth. I looked into Invisalign that night. We got things going to get andy's teeth fixed up. And here is another image of Andy's smile. This is the smile of one who has to confront the fact that what they want is not going to happen despite best intentions. Andy was at their girlfriend's house helping to build an outdoor storage bin in exchange for the cardboard box that was used to ship it. Andy has been collecting cardboard for some project, not sure what the project is but something is being built. We tried to get much of the cardboard into my car but this piece in the image would not fit even sticking out the windows. We all told Andy it would n...

Photo-A-Day #02840 I planted a bunch of wildflowers in a mixture around the house and all through the Spring and Summer they did not bloom. Now after a first frost we have flowers on these giant wildflowers. No idea why.

Photo-A-Day #02839 Today Andy went to Attleboro Community Theater to work with the set crew to help do some building for The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. I got a really nice message from the person who is doing the set building. She was very happy with what Andy did to help.  On their way to the theater Andy picked up a Monster drink because the tab was a color that they did not already have in order to make another pop tab beetle. They are getting really good at these. Tonight I took Andy over to McDonalds for dinner. Allison was out with Colleen. It is always nice to have a little one on one time with Andy. If you wait long enough you get some good stories.