Cousins Visit

Mom and Jenny and her kids were out for a few days last week. While they were here we went to Kennywood amusement park, rode the inclines, checked out Heinz Field, and visited Baldingers, a penny candy store not too far from Pittsburgh. The kids all had lots of fun together. Even Carson and Alex, they just don't know it yet! The time always goes way too quickly.

Unfortunately, they had to return home to some major damage in Eldora, especially at Mom and Grandma's house in town. Straight-line winds with 3-4" hail went through Eldora Sunday morning blowing out 13 windows and leaving most of the town a disaster area.

It's a Small World

We celebrated our neighbor's little boys' birthday yesterday. The twin boys will be 4 on Wednesday. Their family is here from Brazil doing research at UPMC. When it was time to sing Happy Birthday, I wasn't sure how we would sing it. Their primary language is Portuguese! We ended up singing it in 5 different languages: Portuguese, English, Japanese, Danish and Spanish! We have such a diverse backyard with each family speaking a different language!

Hangin' With the Stars

Kyra, Blake Shelton, Diane

Diane, Dick, Julianne Hough, Kyra, Jerrod on the tour bus

Diane, Dick, Kyra, Tim, Jerrod on the tour bus

Last night we had the opportunity of a lifetime. One of my good friends from high school (he played the piano for our wedding) plays "keys" for Julianne Hough. She was touring with George Strait along with Blake Shelton in Pittsburgh last night. Not only did Tim get us tickets for the show, we also got to hang with Julianne and her crew on their tour bus! It was so much fun to meet Julianne and Blake, but it was especially great to get to reconnect with Tim!