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February 2017

Happy Birthday to Owen

On Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of winter this year but it looks like he got it wrong!  Right now (February 24th) the outside temperature is 77°F.

Mom and Dad bought each other the exact same Valentine’s Day Cards.  Wonder what the odds of that happening are?

Owen went to the VHSL 5A Swim and Dive Championships again this year.  He was the only member of the THS Boy’s Swim Team to make it to the state championships this year.  He competed in the 50 Freestyle event.  He also won the THS “Most Valuable Swimmer Award” for the 2016-2017 season.

Owen got the results of his first try at the SAT this month.  Based on his scores, it appears that he actually does take time out from gaming to pay attention to other stuff.  Or maybe spending endless hours playing games on a PC just happens to have some educational value.

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Ross & Owen

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January 2017

Happy Birthday to Granny and Uncle Bud! And to you too Elvis, wherever you are!

January 2017 marks the beginning of the 19th year for Ross and Owen’s Pictures of the Month. We wish all a happy and prosperous 2017 and are looking forward to another year of sharing our monthly news and pictures with you.

This month’s news

  • We all took a field trip to the Saint John Paul II National Shrine.
  • JMU, which is both Mom and Dad’s Alma mater, won the NCAA Division I Football Championship Series.  They beat Youngstown State, which is Uncle Barry’s graduate school Alma mater, in the championship game.
  • Mom and Dad attended an Inauguration Celebration sponsored by the Conservative Ladies of Loudoun at the River Creek Country Club.  Mom, who is a member of the CLOC, was involved in a lot of the up-front planning and preparation for the event.
  • Ross now has wheels in Morgantown, WV.  He took Dad’s Subaru Forester back to WVU for the spring semester.  Dad replaced it with a “gently used” 2016 Subaru Forester.
  • Owen took time off from his gaming to take the SAT.

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Ross & Owen

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December 2016

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Happy Birthday Evan

The Good

Dad’s brothers and their families gathered at our house for our annual Christmas get-together.  We had a good time visiting with our aunts, uncles and cousins and going to lunch at the Lightfoot Restaurant.

Our next door neighbor has a 16-foot high Christmas Tree.  It makes our tallest tree look like a dwarf pine. Dad helped them string the lights and also lent them some Antique Christmas Lights from his massive collection.

Although practice sessions and weekly meets cut into his “Gamer Time,” Owen is on the THS Swim Team again this year.  Ross survived his Fall Semester Finals and will be heading back to Morgantown in January to finish his second year at WVU.

The Bad

We had a natural gas leak in our front yard earlier this month.  Thanks to the efforts of the Leesburg Volunteer Fire Department and Washington Gas, it’s been repaired so there is no longer any danger of our neighborhood becoming a blazing inferno.

The Ugly

Pop-Pop’s favorite team the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Baltimore RatBirds (aka Ravens) on Christmas Day to win the NFL AFC North Division title.  The Steelers didn’t play their best but Pop-Pop says good teams manage to win even when they “Play Ugly.”

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Ross & Owen

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