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05/12/2008 - Colin is an artist...well at least I think he is and apparently so does his 5th grade art teacher. Colin had a piece of art (a bell pepper made out of clay) on display at Dulles Town Center.

05/10/2008 - Colin and I went to the Frederick Celtic Festival today. What a great time we had. Colin got two shirts; "Got Kilt" and "Sham Rock Cafe" and he bought his mother a Claddagh necklace for Mother's day.

We watched only part of the Highland games. We saw the National Champion of the Heavy Hammer toss throw the hammer 113 feet (the heavy hammer is a 22 lb. steel ball at the end of 50" of rattan, the light hammer weighs 16 lb.)

05/03/2008 - My nephew Noah received his 1st Communion today. I attended Mass with the rest of my family and, no I didn't burst into flames!

I got some great shots of my sister's family, Antwahn's mother and brother, my mother and our "adopted" sister Mary.

4/29/2008 - I got a chance to catch Noah and Joel's baseball games this week. Both played very well. Noah is in single A and made a great play at 3rd base and in center field. Joel is in "coach pitch" and loves to get on base and cross home plate.

I also went to see my niece, Olivia practice gymnastics. She was a little nervous with Uncle Jim there. I'm now barred from going to her practices now.

04/28/2008 - We celebrated Joel and Noah's birthdays yesterday. Noah was sick on the day his birthday was going to be celebrated, so my sister combined their parties this year.

It was held at Lake Ridge Marina. One of those best kept secrets in the neighborhood. Batting practice, kickball, throwing the football around and a game of bean bag toss.....not bad for birthday party.

04/27/2008 - First fishing trip this season and Colin pulls in a nice size large mouth bass. Over the past year, we've tried different spinners, worms, slugs, top bait and bottom bait. Finally, we found one that got hits rights away, a spinner from Beetle Spinners. In a couple of weeks, Colin and will get back out there and try our luck again. Same spot, same spinner.

04/22/2008 - Caps got knocked out of the playoffs in game 7 of the quarterfinals. To say that I'm disappointed is an understatement. On a lighter note, Colin and I got there early and watched the Caps practice from the glass. I got a chance to snap a lot of photos of the team. Great shots of OV, Semin, Brashear and Laich. I hope the team stays together for the next season.

04/19/2008 - Went to the Bedford BBQ and Blues Festival in Bedford, Va. Nice road trip. 4 hours down 81 and arrived just in time to see the last band play, grab a BBQ sandwich and relax for a little while before heading back.

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