Welcome, Rico

Yesterday the Hollywood Four became the Hollywood Four-and-a-half when Andrew brought home his adopted new child from our local Petco store. As part of Andrew's birthday present he was finally allowed to adopt a pet - a gerbil. Once his new gerbil was all setup in his new habitat, Andrew decided on his name ... Rico. Welcome to the family little lion-man, Rico.

Summer Vacation - Part 4

Continuing on with the highlights from our recent summer vacation, on July 26, while Andrew was at his CanAm Hockey camp in Lake Placid, NY, dad, mom and Abby went hiking in the Adirondack Mountains. First we drove up Whiteface Mountain on Veterans Memorial Highway. The end involved about a quarter mile hike to the lookout post up a rocky stairway. Unfortunately, the clouds rolled in and it began to rain. So we left and found a dry trail to hike on Catamount Mountain. This was a great trail, but the end of it was a bit challenging and the girls were too scared to go farther. Still, great views and some interesting colors along the way.

Happy Birthday - Andrew Turns 12

Today Andrew turned 12 years old. To celebrate, he had six friends over for a sleepover tonight. The boy swam in Lake Frogerick, ate pizza, Andrew opened gifts, they played video games, ate cookies and ice cream, and then played more video games (which they will probably be doing until early tomorrow morning). Happy Birthday Andrew - enjoy.

The Bridgestone Invitational

Today I took my mother (grandma Carole) and Abby to the Bridgestone Invitational golf tournament at Firestone Country Club. I was able to (eventually) sneak them both into our YRC/Holland Signature Suite overlooking hole 16 (the Monster). It was hot, but a good time was had by all. My mom was able to get autographs for Jim Furyk and Mark Wilson. He highlight of the day, however, was seeing Tiger Woods. In the end, Adam Scott was the winner this year.

Summer Vacation - Part 3

Here is the next installment of our highlight footage from our summer vacation in New York. This highlight reel is from our time in North Creek, NY (in the Adirondack Mountains). We stayed one night at the Copperfield Inn (near Gore Mountain) in this quaint little mountain town. We hiked a couple mountain trails, went for a swim in the large outdoor pool, walked around the village and had a great dinner at Trappers Tavern.

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Summer Vacation - Part 2

Here is part 2 of our summer vacation highlights - Andrew's CanAm Hockey hockey camp in Lake Placid, NY (with the ghost of Herb Brooks in their ears).