BenSpark Family Adventures

Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02509 For the day after Thanksgiving we lost no time getting the Christmas stuff up and put all over the house. Both trees came up from the basement and were put up in their respective places, front porch and living room. The living room one has light on it but no decorations. the outside one is all lit and decorated. Andy and I also hauled up all the Christmas boxes. We had lunch and gave the kids their yearly ornament. Andy got a D20 die and Eva a sewing machine.  After lunch we watched Big Hero 6. Andy had been wanting to watch this one for a while so we all sat and watched together. Such a good movie. I remember that Big Hero 6 was one of the movies I saw at Disney Studios and got to interview the creators.  I then took a nap before work and Andy started a project. Andy decided that they would like to make some aged paper. So Andy had a bunch of paper on the kitchen island. Andy also wants to get some wax to make wax seals. I think this is for a D&D pr...

Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02508 Today was Thanksgiving. We had a great time with our family enjoying a great meal and time together. Last night we kicked off Thanksgiving by watching Planes, Trains and Automobiles. The kids enjoyed it and I really liked seeing it again especially after watching "I Like Me" the John Candy documentary. After our dinner we had some time to relax. I showed Mom and Dad Eugene Levy's show "The Reluctant Traveller". Dad and Mom got a kick out of it like I thought that they would. The show is really fun for everyone.  Each thanksgiving Allison gets the kids come sparkling cider. The kids get fancy and put it in our very fancy wine glasses. They end up toasting repeatedly as they refill their drinks. It is very cute of them to do it. We got some family photos after dinner and before dessert. Dinner was from Firefly's and it was a really good one. We got a turkey breast and a couple of pints of brisket. Then we got mashed potatoes, corn, sweet...

Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02507 Eva got her first college acceptance. She learned about it a few days ago and we just learned about it. That was really quick. While Bridgewater is not one of Eva's first choices it is great that she has one acceptance so far. We're still waiting to hear from the ones that she is most interested in.

Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02506 I finally got my entire blog copied and pasted into Google Docs. Today I found this special little USB item that has specifica copy, cut and paste buttons. That would have saved me so much time. But at least it is done and I no longer am paying for my blog. Now the process of moving all relevant posts to my new blog, which is actually my old or first blog. I then was able to redirect the blog address to the new/old blog.

Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02505 For the past few weeks I have been working on a bunch of comic books and organizing them. I'm so close to completing my collection. Specifically my Transformers collection from my childhood. I am now 4 books away from having a complete collection of all the Transformers comics. A few more searches on eBay and I may even get it completed. When that is done it is time to start reading the entire collection. During one of my recent purchases of Transformers comics I got into a conversation witht he seller and we ended up trading pics of our respective collections of things like Transformers toys so I shot this to show him.

Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02504 The other day I saw an offer for a Devastator figure for $7 on TEMU. It looked decent enough so I figured, what the heck. I picked it up and when it arrived it was not to bad overall. It is certainly cheap but once it is assembled into the Devastator figure it looks good for display. I put it in with the rest of my Transformers figures and right behind the original Constructicons that form the real Devastator. Not a bad find for $7.

Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02503 Andy turned 14 today. I was asleep all day and it wasn't until dinner that I even got to wish them a Happy Birthday. Mem and Grandfather came up today from the Cape. They took Andy and Eva out to Michael's, Savers and An Unlikely Story. Andy got this really cool mechanical dragon figurine at Michaels ad some items to create  a steampunk Nerf gun. That is Andy's latest project.  Allison and I caught up with everyone at House of Fortune to enjoy dinner together. We got a huge meal that was really tasty. The kids have decided that House of fortune is the place for most celebrations. I also learned tonight that my supervisor and his family know Jason and Stephanie very well and have for many years.  We came back to the house so that Andy could open their gifts and enjoy a nice carrot cake. The cake was Andy's choice, they really like that type of cake. Andy got some nice things for their birthday, a new flannel hoodie, a metal 3D puzzle, some patches ...