We Moved

Old news, right? We'll get some photos and videos up soon of life in Georgia. Check the sidebar for our Flickr stream and our YouTube channel. Or if you're on Facebook with Erin, you can continue to ignore the blog.

Here's a video of the boys getting the mail. We hardly recognize them.

New Pictures Uploaded

New pictures uploaded to our Flickr site; sets include New Orleans trip, Spring Concert, Easter, Zoo Field Trip, and Free Comic Book Day. Some of our favorites:

Uncle Paul in the House

Uncle Paul stopped by to read a bedtime story about healthcare from the bad old days. Arthur is sporting evidence of a tough week that included: getting hit with a shovel in the face, having his lip caught in a car seat buckle, and sticking his finger in a light socket.

Who are your top-5 superheroes?

We made our top-5 superheroes lists this morning. Who is on your top-5 list?

Making Capt. America's Shield

Henry

1. Human Torch
2. Silver Surfer
3. Black [Symbiote] Spiderman
4. Ironman
5. Iceman

Capt. America & Havoc

Arthur

1. Batman
2. Cyclops
3. Captain America
4. Marvel Girl
5. Ironman

Tony Stark complete with mustache

Erin

1. Batman
2. Wonder Woman
3. Hulk
4. Ironman (because of Robert Downey Jr.)
5. Mystique

Spidey's in trouble with the law, again.

Ryan

1. Wolverine
2. Spiderman
3. Jean Grey/Phoenix
4. Nightcrawler
5. Storm

Post a comment with your top-5 list.

Then and Now

Family Picnic, Summer, 1983

Christmas, 2010

Great Grandma Nugent

CAMBRIDGE, OH -- Christine S. Nugent, 91, of Cambridge, died Friday (July 10, 2009) at Southeastern Med, Cambridge.

She was born April 6, 1918, in Claysville, daughter of the late John P. Hulka and Anna Valenta Hulka.

Mrs. Nugent was a graduate of Brown High School. She was a homemaker and a long-time member of St. Benedict Catholic Church, Cambridge, Catholic Daughters of America and Guernsey County Right to Life.

She was a great cook, seamstress and long-time primary caregiver for her daughter, Barbara.

She was preceded in death by her husband, L. Paul Nugent, who died July 11, 1988; two daughters, Barbara Nugent and Libby Jackson; four brothers and two sisters.

She leaves four sons, Larry Nugent of Cambridge, Jim (Guliz) Nugent of Alpharetta, Ga., Bill Nugent of Longmont, Colo., and Paul (Deb) Nugent of Elkhorn, Neb.; four daughters, Sister MaryAnn Nugent of Manitowoc, Wis., Peggy (Bill) Ditto of Cambridge, Winnie (Henry) Wells of Lore City and Tricia (Jerry) Jones of Columbus; 14 grandchildren, Mary Elizabeth, Eric, Christine, Susan, Will, Erin, Paul, Michael, Arthur, Ted, Selin, Jimmy, Dana and Evan; 14 great-grandchildren; son-in-law, Richard Jackson of Coshocton; brother-in-law, the most Reverend Msgr. James Nugent of Columbus; sister-in-law, Mary Helen Hulka of Canton; many nieces, nephews and friends.

Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Thorn-Black Funeral Home, Cambridge with wake services at 7:30 p.m.

Funeral service will b e 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Benedict Catholic Church of Christ Our Light Parish with the Rev. Fr. Robert Borer officiating.

Burial will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Cambridge.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Bendict School, 701 Gomber Ave., Cambridge, OH 43725, or Guernsey County Right to Life.

Personal condolences may be sent to the family at http://www.thorn-blackfuneralhomes.com/.

Saturday with Thomas

Happy Birthday, Henry!

One guess who's idea this was....

Arthur

There is a little man walking in our house.



Took us a while to steal a moment with the camera...our Zone D is now set at full-court press.

Figerman got new boots

OSU's Daycare asked that we provide rainwear for the boys, so we picked up some boots for Henry to splash through the puddles. I tried to convince Henry that they were cyclocross wellies for the pits, but he's convinced they are figerman (fireman) boots. Today, he found a leather hairnet of mine for a figerman hat, and he tromped around by the back door saying, "Bye, I'm going to figerman school to do the ladders and trucks and bucket in the sky. Bye!"

Happy Birthday Party

We had a "Happy Birthday Party" for Arthur's first birthday. The cake featured Erin's handiwork of a running game in our house: "The Trikadile [Crocodile] eats the Frog." You can see the frog on the top of the cake, but the trikadile is on the far-side of the cake.




After the party, Henry reviewed the highlights of his day in bed, while playing with Arthur's birthday toys.

366 days and no birthday

Will be celebrating my first quarter birthday next weekend when my cake buddy, Daddy, is back in town.

Sniffer

Lately, Arthur has been making this snorty, sniffer face. His teachers at school call it his ornery face. Here's a short video....

A Date!

Erin and I went on our first date in...well, since Henry was born...well, maybe even before that...before bike racing...let's just say that it's been a while. We went to see Garrison Keillor at the Midland in Newark. Erin admitted that she may have even enjoyed herself for a few brief moments during the show (in between all the other moments of thinking about the boys).

Art and Kristen watched Henry and Arthur; we were more worried about Art and Kristen surviving than the boys. They all did great! We can leave the house without them...even as weird as it feels. We're just hoping that we didn't scare Art and Kristen into not having their own children anytime soon. After all, everyone we know should be having babies, right?

When's that baby coming, Julie?

More Babies

Erin & I are at that stage of our lives when we think all our recently-married friends and family should be having babies. Here's our list of recently arrived and highly anticipated babies (in no particular order, mind you)...

Baby Wells (Julie & Mike)
Sarah Katherine Hagerty (Nicole & Bruce)
Marissa Rish (Deb & Heath)
Katy Jackson (Becky & Eric)
Baby Fisher (Michele & Chris)
Baby Swain (Carmen & Tim)
Levi Abney (Terri & Ben)
Baby Bonnell (Joe & his wife)

Looking to add to our list, so let us know. And if you have a boy, we have some clothes for you!

Check this out

I was digging through some files and came across this. The file info says that I made it, but I have no idea why or for whom. All I know is that it was a family picnic that I missed because I was in Dar es Salaam, but Erin was there. Too funny. The front is supposed to read 1998 Family Reunion.

Paula's 'Did You Ever!' List

I was sorting through some papers after our move, and I ran across this list written by my Grandma Rish. It's a photo copy, but it's in her handwriting.

Did You Ever! by Paula Rish

1. Did your father die when you were 3 days old?
2. Did you set the curtains on fire when you were 5?
3. Did you raise a brother when you were five?
4. Did you go to school in a covered wagon with horses?
5. Did you ever warm an iron on a wood stove?
6. Did you ever start a wood stove?
7. Did you ever start school at seven and speak no English?
8. Did you ever do your homework on the back of wallpaper?
9. Did you ever go to school with an outhouse and 2 rooms downstairs and 2 up?
10. Did you ever have a kerosene lamp you carried from room to room?
11. Did you ever milk cows and watch them eat grass, then they would chase you?
12. Did you ever hoe 5 acres of corn and chop snakes heads off?
13. Did you ever live in furnished rooms on the 5th floor with cockroaches?
14. Did you ever win a dance contest to Glenn Millers Band?
15. Did you ever work for $3.00 a week?
16. Did your family want you to leave when you got out of school?
17. Did you ever die twice, once with 2 blood clots, another when the hospital broke my intestines?
18. Did you ever have colitis 25 years and be pregnant?
19. Did you ever stay home for 30 years because your husband wouldn't go out?
20. Did you ever raise 2 sons and have no problems?
21. Did you ever have $100,000 and go downtown?
22. Did you ever feed people that can't use their hands?
23. Did you ever feed bums and bag ladies and get a 5 cent tip?
24. Did you ever to go to Florida 20 times?
25. Did you ever go to Europe twice?
26. Did you ever have an -ostomy?
27. Did you ever sue three Doctors at a hospital?

Grandma was a character for sure. I continue to draw on the example she set...her selfless giving and her belief that everyone deserves a fair shake regardless of who they are or where they come from.

More Cousins Please

Henry and Daddy playing the Uh Oh Name Game.

Dawes Arboretum

We added some pics from a trip to Dawes Arboretum.



We did more walking than picture taking, though. The rest are on the Flickr page.



Mommy took all the pictures...not nice Daddy.

No Work

In Henry's world...Mommy goes to work and Daddy...well he just spends a lot of time on the 'puter and calls it work.

One of our favorite songs around the house...