Today, we went to Portage for my family reunion. It was a pretty laid back affair this year. Jake had a lot of fun playing with his distant cousins. Brian and I just hung out and relaxed the whole time. Brian’s really going to have to start taking his camera …
Yesterday evening, Brian’s parents came over for a cookout. We had some good stuff to eat and then chatted and drank wine and beer the rest of the evening. Brian’s dad made some delicious Italian sausage-stuffed hot peppers for the occasion–I’ll have to get the recipe from him some day. …
With our ongoing attic insulation/ventilation project, we needed to put fascia vents in the back of our house. Our fascia boards were painted about 6 years ago. I think it looked good for about a year and then the paint started peeling off and it looked rather awful. So, while …
The company Brian works for buys Altoona Curve tickets every year for the employees to use. Since we’re not huge baseball fans, we’ve never taken advantage of this perk–until now. Jacob expressed an interest in going to a baseball game, so Brian planned on taking him to a Curve game …
Well, the annual dinner with the parents occurred this evening. As I mentioned yesterday, we did an Italian theme this year. For appetizers, I made an antipasto tray consisting of prosciutto, soppressatta, genoa salami, capacola, marinated fresh mozzarella, provolone, giardiniera, green olives, marinated artichoke hearts, roasted red bell peppers and …