BenSpark Family Adventures

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02032 I took the kids down to the Cape for a night and my dad’s hydrangeas are still looking good but it is the end of the season on these flowers. Dad has so many other flowers around the yard and they are doing well. Sunflowers, lillies and more. We enjoyed a nice time on the Cape and had a cookout with steak and swordfish. Andy and I went to the beach and played in the really rough waves.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02031 Mimi and Dano have been staying with us the past few days. They headed out for home this morning. But, before they went we had to get a photo of them with the kids. In the afternoon Andy and I went to Best Buy to pick up a TV. Andy is getting a new computer and instead of a monitor we’re going with a TV instead. This way Andy can use it to watch TV and also use it for their new computer. I found a great deal on Amazon for a gaming computer. Andy had some money and bought it themselves. We’re excited for it to arrive on Thursday.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02030 Our roads are being worked on for the foreseeable future. Eversource is putting in new gas lines in on both our streets. They started with Mary street and then will move on to Summer Street. Our house is right on the corner on the two streets and so we are the set up point for all the equipment. However, they did not leave me the keys so I could do some night work.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02029 Tonight Eva showed us all of her photos and textiles from her time at SCAD. Her photograph class was all about taking photos without a camera. She did some amazing things and was so excited telling us all about her class. She enjoyed Textiles, too but photography was definitely the class that she loved. It was great to hear all about how much she enjoyed her week in Georgia.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02028 Eva is coming home from Georgia today with Auntie Tara and Uncle Erik. Their dog, Lexie has been boarded for the past week and they needed me to go and pick her up. So, this afternoon I went and picked her up from her boarding place and brought her home with me so she could be ready for them when they return. Lexie was pretty chill with me. We watched some TV on the couch and the only barked a couple of times at random things going by. When Allison and Andy got home they took over watching Lexie until Allison went to pick up everyone at the airport. Eva is home now but I haven’t been able to see her yet because I had to go into the office.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02027 Today was Andy’s last day at Johnson and Wales Culinary Camp. This was Andy’s third time at the camp and it is something that they enjoy very much. Each year the menu changes and Andy learns new things to create. We have all the menu books from past years so that Andy can make us some of the creations that they made during the week. Today was American food and I was disappointed to learn that the lunch they made wasn’t hot when they got to eat it so Andy was not that impressed with a Philly Cheesesteak. I know that Andy would love on if they had a good one. Today parents were invited to a litte reception where we could try out the baked good that the kids made all week long. There were all sorts of tasty treats there. We tried quite a few of them. After the reception we took a few photos with Andy and then headed home to go to Weatherlaines for dinner before I headed to the office for work.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02026 I went to see Deadpool and Wolverine today because I was not going to let spoilers happen to me with this movie. I knew that there would be a lot of surprises and some may even be unspoiled. I was right to go and see it as soon as it arrived at the theater. There was so much in this movie and so many cameos and surprises. I loved it. I laughed like crazy and had a great time. there was a time when I used to go to Disney and get to interview the actors of Marvel movies. I haven’t done that in many years now. I hadn’t been as excited for Marvel movies like I had been either but I knew that this one was going to be the one I had to see on day one. I really enjoyed the other Deadpool movies and Hugh Jackman has always been a great Wolverine. Seeing these two characters together was awesome! Can’t say much more about it but it was a very funny movie and I look forward to what Marvel puts out next and whether or not this movie will have an impact on that, storywi...