Hello!   Once again it has been months since we posted anything new.   

School is ending -- Tomorrow (June 24) the twins have their last final exam of their freshmen year of high school.  Time sure flies.  (I am reminded of the saying 'the days are long, the years are short'). 

Yesterday I took James to a weekly chess club on Main Street of downtown Buffalo.  He played 2 games against an older guy named Fernando.  James won both games, but Fernando cut James some slack in the first game.

Matthew and I walked around while James was playing chess.  

Pictures include Matthew riding his bike to a final exam last week.    James playing chess.   The first catholic church in Buffalo (the current church was built in 1886, but replaced an older building from 1829).   Matthew and I got a cold coke at the Founding Fathers bar (lots of flags and pictures of presidents on the walls.)   And there is the groundhog that visits the back yard.

It has been way too long since we posted anything.  I suppose things have happened and pictures were taken since that last entry.  

We had some low-70 degree days in February, but we've had snow recently.  It sure doesn't look like Spring right now.  

Tubing and Baking and Games

Some of us did a tubing outing on the Itchetucknee -- James was still recovering, and Matthew wanted to stay home and bake cookies instead. The most memorable moment was that Adrian launched himself into his tube, but the momentum was too much and he ended up doing a back flip into the river!

We ended up not doing a Gainesville escape room, but Daniel got an escape game that they played. :) Daniel has also been playing a lot of chess, so he and James are almost evenly matched these days.

 

Florida

We are having a great time in Florida (except that James got a cold/ear infection). The kids went to a new painting/pottery place, they had fun in the pool, and we went to the (somewhat underwhelming) spider exhibit at the natural history museum. 

Snack of crickets at the museum

 

Art by the Falls

 The Glen Falls art festival was a nice afternoon outing!  (Mike joked as we arrived, "I wonder if there will be any Buffalo-themed things here?" Answer: Yes!)  The food from the trucks was tasty, too. :)