Joe Camel

Nicole and Sam visited Lexi at her summer job at the Roer's Zoofari park in Vienna. Just like a little kid, Sam spent some quality time on a camel.

Late Spring Bloom

I believe this Is one of the plants we had added to the yard in October of 2020. We get a lot of different flowers popping up around the post lamp in the spring but these seem newish. Nicole's shoe is pretty too.

Bulldog

Rocky is wearing his Drake Bulldog scarf proudly. Sam gave him this little present last week when we were in Des Moines packing up his room and storing his stuff at Robbie's. It's nice to have a relative so close to Sam while we are so far away. Rocky likes the attention too.

Cake #2

Baby Bundt's tonight.

Birthday Chorus

Celebrating another 29th birthday.

Night Wing

Our flight from Des Moines to Chicago was an hour and twenty minutes late. Our connecting gate was nearly a mile away and we had twenty minutes to get there. Sam made it in 10 minutes, Nicole in about 12 and was there in about 15. I just walked briskly because I knew Sam would tell them I was on the way. Sam really wanted to make that flight to see Lexi. We all wanted to see Dylan as well of course. Chicago to DC was smooth, on time and pretty as you see.

Rocky

Sam was a little tired after finals and moving out of his dorm. Rocky wanted to spend a little time with Sammy before he left Iowa for 7 weeks. Hopefully the little guys paw will be all better so he can shed his cone of shame by then.

Cake #1

Robbie provided Nicole's first cake of the weekend on Thursday night as her birthday week progressed. I ove me some Bundt cake.

Happy Birthday

Nicole's running friend decorated our driveway on Wednesday because we left for Iowa at 4am on Thursday. Always fun to see our driveway transformed over night every year.

Last Fire

May 7th and it's 45 degrees. One more fire in until October. I like the feel.

Moving On

Dylan submitted his last paper and finished his last final today to close out his freshman year at Mary Washington. We moved him out of his dorm earlier in the week and he's ready to celebrate.

Spring Game

Sam walking with his buddy Colton and the rest of the team to the locker room before the spring game last week. Just a couple more weeks until he's home for a bit.

Michigan Sunrise

On Michigan Avenue seeing through a crack in the buildings to the sunrise over Lake Michigan.

Scrimmage

Sam played well today until he tweaked his hip flexor. Not a serious injury but limited him the last 30 minutes or so. Great day for football in Iowa.

Whitehouse Gardens

Nicole and her friend Chris spent the morning touring the Whitehouse Gardens. Not Biden sightings but it looks like they had a great day for a tour.

Drake Diner

Had dinner with Sam and a couple of his freshman football buddies. Nice kids, one from Philly and one from Libertyville, IL who know one of Kevin Constable's kids. Kevin was one of my best friends from high school. Good times.

Intense

Some more rugby action from last weekend.

How it ended

Dylan celebrating another Mothers try against Fairfield.

How it started

Dylan was practicing hard yesterday and cut his lip in a collision. It was the lip, not the teeth, much better.

Getting Ready

That's Sam coming into view from the right with the football on the way. Spring football practice has begun and the boy is getting the ball more these days.