Music Stores in Columbus

We drove to Columbus after Isaac's Athens hockey games to take Grandpa to the airport.  Any chance we get in Columbus we stop by Isaac's favorite violin shop, The Loft.  That place is super cool...!!!

Here is he is in one of the violin rooms playing some of their wares.  The glass case behind him houses the violins worth more than $10,000.

More in the same room.

We also stopped my a Guitar Center store in Columbus.  Yes, there were like thousands of guitars, but I took a picture of Lexy sitting in the keyboard room playing Christmas songs.  Big smiles from this Dad...!!

Christmas 2012 Piano Recital

With only two recitals a year it's not very often that I get to share the kids playing piano.  I have to admit that we don't get the practice that I would like in.  But they did great at the recital.

Here are Lexy and Isaac with Ms Maggie their piano teacher.

This is a copy of her program for the recital.  It took all of 15 minutes, but it was great.

Here's Ms Maggie and her whole group of kids that she teaches.

WV Youth Symphony Cadet - Isaac Walbeck

Scanned Pics

So my buddy Matt loaned me is Bad A scanner to scan some old pics.  Wow...!!  I am super happy with how they turned out.

Honeybee's Indoor Soccer

I finally remembered to have Isaac take some pictures of Lexy playing soccer. I get too wrapped up in trying to coach that I never take pictures of her playing. So, here it is in Isaac's perspective.

There I am leaning in through the netting to try to direct the girls.  That is little Megan next to me...

   

There is an action shot of Lexy and Jill taking it to those bigger boys in the corner of the attack zone...

   

 She got some goalie time. I plan on playing her there more, she did great..!! 

I'm sure glad that we have some pictures of Lexy playing soccer now...

Charleston Christmas Parade 2012

Isaac's 12th Birthday Party

Tallman Winter Series 5k

Isaac and I ran another 5k. This one is part of a series of runs. Should be fun.

Here we are at the start, in the rain... I was getting impatient with them announcer who kept telling stories on a crappy PA system, "whaa, wa whaa, wa wa whaa."

There's Isaac up there in the orange shirt. I can't keep up with him... At first.

Isaac's Birthday Invitation

Isaac made his own Birthday Party Invitations... Go Buddy Go...!!!

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Thanksgiving (Part 4) Random Detroit

So for more random Detroit....

This is the GM Towers, where most of their corporate office are located.

 We got to stop by Uncle John's shop to see where he worked.  This is a robot that he has worked on used to put roofs on SUV's.

I always like to visit pro sports arena when we have the chance...  Here is Joe Louis Arena, home of the Detroit Red Wings.

 Here is a picture of Ford Field, home of the Detroit Lions.  Just happens that the pregame show was going on as we drove by during this picture.  The game had started before we left the downtown area on Thursday.

ANOTHER sweet hook up...  Jonny took us to an Ontario Hockey League game.  It was the Plymouth Whalers hosting the Kingston Frontenacs. He was working, watching a few of the players closely.  Isaac got a copy of the scouting report, all the player stats, etc.  AND, Jonny had written who was already drafted by the NHL and by which team.  There were about 15 or so players that night that have been drafted and are working toward NHL ice time.  We had a blast.  Thanks Jonny B...!!

 There was triple baby shower on Saturday.  Lexy was invited... She was super excited to go.  Picked out some nice little presents, dressed up, and even let me do her hair how I wanted to.  So, french twisted sides into a messy bun with the sparkly net running vertical.  I for one think it's quite cute.

 There's Lexy and Natasha at the party, and Aunt Jean who threw the party working away...

 8 Mile road is kind of a famous area of Detroit, so it was fun to see the signs all the time.

On that same token... How often do you see an Alexis Road... :D

We drove over with Jim and Josh to a REAL hockey store...  We found a Perani's Hockey World store not too far from Aunt Jean's house.  It was like heaven on earth for Isaac.  There must have been 1,000 sticks in that place.  Super cool...

Thanksgiving (Part 3)

Of course we travel with skates.  Can't go without them.

Luck for us there was an outdoor ice ring in downtown Detroit at Campus Martius Park.  We saw it during the parade (Down Woodward Ave.) on Thursday morning and drove back down there on Friday to skate.  Boy it was a whole different climate on Friday.

Here's Isaac...

 ...and Lexy.  Notice the ad placement over her shoulder.

 I walked across the street to get them some hot coco... Kind of a cool picture in the city.

 Did I mention that it was cold... and rainy... and hailing....?

 It was super fun to have Uncle John at the rink...

Thanksgiving (Part 2)

Here's the dinner table.  After the parade in the morning it was pretty late by the time we ate.  But it was so much fun to visit with everyone while we waited.

 Dig in....  21 for dinner...

I wish that I would have cooked more.  Ya'll know me.  Love to cook.  And eat for that matter.