Brett’s Birthday Party at the Phils

Brett wanted to do something a little different for his birthday. After some consideration, he asked if he could take a couple of his buddies to the Phillies game. His birthday is at the end of February so we picked the night he wanted to go down and he had to patiently wait for his “party”.

Last night was the night he’s been waiting for. The Phils played the Cubs and the weather was a little less than perfect. The temperature was in the mid 40′s and there was a steady rain throughout the game. Luckily, our seats were so high up that we were under cover the entire night. It felt pretty cool looking down on the people below us and knowing that they were getting soaked. (I know, I’ve got some issues!)

Jean and I took Brett and three of his school buddies down to the game; Josh, Jack and Liam. We were a little late getting out the door because Brett and Liam’s baseball game ran until 5, so Jean made hoagies for us to eat on the ride. We got there just in time and the boys had a blast loading up on soda, powerade and ice cream. We capped the night off with a sleepover at the house.

We also got to witness an offensive explosion by the Fightin’ Phils. They beat the Cubs 5-2 and with the way their offense has been going, we should consider ourselves very lucky to catch it.

Happy Birthday To Jim

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Thanksgiving with the Giovinco’s–One Week Early

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McMenamin’s in Ocean City, Summer 2010

Here are some pictures of the kids down at the beach this summer.  With Jean and I both working this summer, the kids spent a lot of time with their Aunt Kate, who took some wonderful pictures of them.

If anyone’s looking for a photographer, Kate’s always available.  Click here to get in touch with her to schedule your shoot.

The End of Soccer and Baseball, Yahoo!!

Saturday was a crazy morning for us. All three kids had something to do, with the boys both local and Abby in a travel lacrosse tournament down in Coatesville. Jean took Abby to lacrosse while I coached Jake and Brett’s teams.

Jake had his end of season soccer tournament over at West Mont, which had us on the field at 7:20 am Saturday morning. He’s not to good with mornings to begin with, but it didn’t help that he came home around 11:30 the night before. He went to the Reading Phillies game as a thank you present from Father Judge with all of his fellow 8th grade altar servers.

We tied the first game and lost the second game, which was kind of nice because my schedule would have gotten really fuzzy if we had made it to the final, which was scheduled the same time as Brett’s baseball game. Jake scored a goal in the first game and played really well.

Intermural soccer was a fun environment to watch Jake in because he was easily the best player on his team and one of the top five players in the league. It was exciting to watch because he’s usually the player that plays his heart out and works so hard just to get some playing time. To see him be the leader on the field was awesome; I was really proud watching him this season and I hope he can find a way to make the JV or Freshman team at Pope John Paul II in the fall.

From there it was over to baseball for Brett’s final game. What made the game even more special is that Brett’s team was playing Liam Haffey’s, so there was some bragging rites at stake amongst the Squirrel Boys.

Liam’s team ended up winning but if you know Brett, the score of the game really isn’t that important. All that mattered to him was that he had fun and we were heading to Burger King for lunch after the game. Can you detect a slight difference in attitude between Brett and his father?

Following the game, the boys received participation medals from the league. Brett also received an Aberdeen Iron Birds logo baseball, which I’m sure his coach went out and ordered for the boys online. Brett really loved getting that ball, and it’s moving to his trophy collection on top of his dresser.

Abby’s Birthday Dinner With Grandmom Phil

Grandmom Phil took Abby out for her birthday dinner a week early because she was going to be in Aruba on the actual day.  Abby chose to visit Morimoto’s Japanese Steak House in Royersford for her dinner.

Our guests for the evening included Liam and Meghan Haffey.  Our kids have been before but I believe it’s the first time that Liam ever went to a Japanese restaurant.  It was funny watching the two first graders because they were both awfully nervous watching our chef in action.  They actually didn’t sit around the table/grille until after the chef was done cooking.  I’m guessing the flame intimidated them a bit?