BenSpark Family Adventures

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01127 On the Monday night after the Blizzard I was setting out the trash and recycling and liked how the back yard looked. We got quite a lot of snow and it was very pretty.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01126 I’m trying to get my grip strength up and so I picked up these hand strength trainers. There are three different levels of trainers. I gave level one to my partner at Krav so he can help out his hand rehabilitation. For me I’d like to have an overall stronger grip and that is why I am using these. I can use these while I work and take breaks from time to time.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01125 A massive snowstorm rolled in today. It was actually snowing throughout the night and most of the day. I tried to sleep in a bit in the morning but didn’t sleep that well. I got out and took a sweep of our driveway and my neighbor’s driveways. I also did the sidewalks and by the time I was done there had to be at least an inch or two on top of what I had just done. The snow was so deep at points that it came up over the front of the snowblower. The snow looks really pretty out there and I am glad we didn’t get too much of it. I’ll make a pass through tomorrow morning and get it all finished.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01124 We got the email today that Eva has been accepted to Feehan. When she came home today I had printed out the little sign and we let her know that she was in. I realized the other day that she is starting High School 30 years after I graduated from High School. Life is really wild.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01123 Today was stripe test for all of us at America’s Best Defense. My test was this morning and the kids had their tests in the afternoon. Andy has been out of classes for the past month and only came back on Tuesday. I was very surprised that he knew the nunchuk form as well as he did. Andy told me that he was actually moving his wrists along with everyone as he watched them do class all the past month. He was not supposed to get a full stripe because he had not been in to class but he got one none-the-less. We will have to do some catch up for him this month to bring him up to speed. Eva did a great job in her class. We are both on a gun defense rotation and so she was doing a great job with it. She even had to do gun defense with Mr. Brochu as the person holding the gun. She was a bit freaked at that but she recovered quickly.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01122 Eva has been planning a special day to celebrate the birthday of one of her favorite characters from the Percy Jackson series and for it she needed a cupcake. So, she went shopping at a local bakery today. Before she went tot he bakery she asked each of us what our favorite dessert would be. She went and spent her own money to get us each a fun dessert and also one for Miss Colleen’s birthday. When she got home she got herself in her Nico DiAngelo cosplay and made a video for his birthday on Friday. She worked very hard on it, too. Great job all around.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01121 Allison’s parents sent her a very special gift for Christmas but it never arrived. Back and forth we went with UPS and while they insisted that it was delivered. We got no message that it had arrived and it never showed up on my UPS app. When we got the tracking number we looked and it said that it was delivered but it never was. So, Dan tracked it down and come to find out the first time around it was delivered to the wrong address. Luckily it got sent back to the UPS store where it originated but then my in-laws had to pay to have it shipped a second time. Luckily it finally arrived and Allison now has this special edition Cookie Basket that is prominently displayed in our kitchen.