What a great thing to find when I pulled off the highway for a quick drink and walk. :)

I am on a day trip with my buddy, Smaug, today

Andy is being stalked by Daisy…

Duck, duck, duck

We all enjoyed a taste of the wild at Kroger the other night. We had a four course meal of trout, quail salad, rabbit stew and this duck entrée. We all agreed it was all yummy!

Criminals clowning around.

Happy Birthday Jackson!

Still working on a few lingering projects. :)

Now we have a new wash tub in the basement.

Farm fresh technicolor eggs for bacon fest today! :)

Gives a whole new meaning to green eggs and ham...

Andy has framed his mounts and added them to his own bug wall. :)

It seems I am face-timing with a gecko!

Johnny is always up for some demo work!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Andy's buddy, Toothpick Jr., was nominated for "take your shark to work day" today. :)

Sold out tickets, hundreds waiting to get in, standing room only even after the movie started. American Sniper proves there is passion behind our mission and message. Freedom is worth fighting for!

Booh! Pete looks intimidating and cuddly all at the same time. Haha

Andy is working on a new drawing and refining his skill

This is his current work in progress.

Feats of strength for the girls... Haha

Johnny Broke a hundred. 123, in fact.

Family bowling night fun!

A rare sighting of dump weasels!

Check out the red, mid-air hoppey ball...

Dogs... I can't decide whether they're endearing or morons...? ;)

Johnny is playing with a new do while trying some of his sketching skills

The boys and I went to winter wonderland last night :)

We hung out with a lot of our home school friends for a couple hours. We won FOUR pastries in the cake walk.

Andy made and is challenging me to this game, "Pearls before swine"

The kids and their Lids

It's Legolas, Andy's Sculpey creation

Winter's eve

Johnny made a clay sculpture tonight. He decided it was named dark weed.

This about sums it up...! :) The best part is my boys were on the edge of their seats and yelling right along with us old guys!

It was a first for them to be so into it. I couldn't convince them to give up and go to bed! So we watched on and enjoyed a few more heart attacks together.

I may have successfully passed it down a generation and created little Buckeye monsters at the same time! Haha.

What a season. Unlikely to top it in my life time.

This morning Daisy just couldn't wait for tonight!

Andy's butter and bread crumbs formed a Snoopy all by themselves...

Halftime entertainment. A game of chopsticks.

My mom is getting sucked into Buckeye Nation! :)

Nice warm day for a swim...!

I love a full moon and snowy nights :)

The end... The boys have fun helping, at least. :)

It lasted 40 days, not bad.

Andy and I are attempting to make a primitive knife. He thinks, "it's like Christmas all over again". :)

Pictures from 2014 Christmas Break. Click the link in my Blog to see them all

You can see them all here:

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We all enjoyed these unique Japanese sodas from Jungle Jim's

The unique part is the little marble closure and "carbonator"

A change of roles... The boys made ME bacon fest!

Andy on egg duty, Johnny on bacon.

Andy bought a hat so he can work in the rice paddies…

Julie and the boys each enjoyed a game of "real" pin ball at Jungle Jim's yesterday. :)

Julie's latest pet lives "outside" our new window...

Julie's latest bug. That's an 8" x 11" frame... It's a grasshopper!

An old shelf

I found this shelf in the attic. Dad had written "Save FWBARTON 10-28-1975" on the bottom of it. I figured it would be perfect over my workbench in the garage.

Christmas 2014, some of the things we did.

The building across the street from us at work. Kind of cool, kind of a waste.

I-O!

Watchin' THE game with my boys!

Oh say can you see...

Andy and Julie were mounting insects together today.