Dad's Retirement Party.

My dad retired from Local 420 Steamfitters Union on May 23rd this year. It was his 58th birthday. Bill and I had a retirement dinner for him at Morton's Steakhouse in the King of Prussia Mall. The food was great. Brenna and Valerie had a great time together (Keagan is still too young to party with those two). The dinner was nice. We had a couple bottles of wine. There was an incident however. There was this table of 4 which included a 60-ish couple and a 70-ish couple. Apparently, they were none too happy that we had a 1 and a 2 year old in the restaurant. They made several under their breath comments during the evening. However, at one point the younger of the two women yelled at Brenna to be quiet and sit down. So, Bill got into a little shouting match with them. Amazingly, Bill didn't use one profanity. He did manage to call the older lady a mummy after she called him an asshole. I am not sure, but I think this could be a first in the history of insults. Does anybody out there know of the word mummy being hurled as a insult in an argument? Here are some pictures of the night:

Brenna and Valerie

Dad, Keagan and Mom

Bill making Brenna and Valerie laugh.

Valerie, Brenna and Keagan.

My parents with my family.

My parents with Bill's family.

My parents with Camille and my uncle Bill.

Negotiating a New House.

Heather and I went to look at a house that is under construction. It is in a great school district and a great neighborhood. I have included some pictures below. We have made an offer but are waiting to hear back from the builder. We are hoping that in the midst of this housing debacle, we'll be able to get it at a great price.

Front of the House.

Three car garage.


Kitchen.

Looking from the dining room through the living room into the study.

Walk in master shower.

Chico's Wedding

In early May, we went to Chico and Amy's wedding in Turks and Caicos. It was our first international destination wedding (our first destination wedding was obviously, Las Vegas, Baby, for Jamie & Berna's wedding) and the first time we left the kids for an extended number of days. We had a blast. It was nice not to have to be on the kids' schedules. We enjoyed having time to ourselves. By the 3rd night, however, we were both missing them tremendously. Here are some pictures from the island:

Me and Heather

Chico and Amy

Evan and Michelle

Gorillamo, Drew, Me, Chico & Evan

Bill, Andrea, Heather and me

We have had a very busy spring. 3 weddings, a retirement plus we are both working full time. I will try to keep updating this blog, but time is limited.