Melissa, Andy and the kids' Blog

Do you call it an addiction when Melissa just needs to crochet and finds an excuse to make something?  It hurts her neck, back and hands, but she loves it.  This octopus and turtle are headed to Fred and Revina's son and daughter to celebrate his adoption.  June 4th, 2022.  11 years together.   June 6th, the end of our anniversary date. Top Gun Maverick. Fun movie, but the theater is too loud.  Why does it need to be so loud?  Why am I so old?  I'm a deaf old man, complaining that the theater is too loud.  Another evidence of Melissa's crochet addiction.  A "chill pill" to help me relax, my gift on our anniversary.  Finley collected a bunch of old nails out of the field.  So rather than just throw them away, we did a 2-3 week experiment. We tested different solutions to figure out which would clean the rust the best.  He checked on it for a few days, turned a fan on to see if moving air would help, forgot for a week o...

Dino time with friends. The gymnastics show off was fun.  Lilian's class was at about 4:30.  Then we went and ate dinner at the reservoir before the twin's showoff.  Lily did a great job, then during dinner she wouldn't eat and got all sleepy.  This evening we realized she had a fever.  Had no idea she was sick, until after she finished her show off.  Hannah during warmups Finn doing his stretches. Melissa decided to make a fidget mat for Grandma Clift.  She is living alone, they have lots of activities and outings, but Melissa read somewhere that this can be a good focus for her as her memory is struggling.  Helping to focus on fine motor skills and a distraction.  Mother's day was tough this year.  Melissa ended up sick, a cold Sunday and a GI bug hit her about 2 AM Monday. She spent most of Sunday in bed then we ate dinner together. During the night, when she was feeling awful, we decided I would take the day off work.  She spent...