Cuyahoga Valley Hiking

Today we took a three hour hike on some trails at Cuyahoga Valley National Park. We concentrated our hike on the Brecksville Reservation area, which included the My Mountain Trail and the Deer Lick Cave Trail. We have hiked many mountain trails in other regions and states, but never bothered to hike in our own "back yard." The trails were a little muddy, but the exercise was good and there were some great nature views. Here are some pictures we took.

Spring Choir Concert

Abby performed in the Spring Choir Concert for her middle school today. This year the format was a little different in that it was only 8th graders who performed (no 6th or 7th graders). This allowed the kids to perform more songs for a smaller audience which was very nice. Here are the highlights.

St Patrick's Performances

Abby did a lot of dance-outs this week seeing as how St. Patrick's Day on Wednesday. Here are some highlights from a couple of her performances. The first is from today at the Medina Library. The second is from Wednesday at Sully's Irish Pub.

Andrew's Last Day of Skiing

Andrew's ski club is all done; but as this clip that he made himself shows, he really did improve over the course of the season.

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Rhythm of Ireland

Last night Abby and the O'Hare Irish Dancers performed for a special evening of Irish music and dance at The Rhythm of Ireland show which was sponsored by the O'Hare Booster Club (promotional video compliments of Hollywood Four Studios). With St. Patrick's Day just around the corner, it was highly festive and, once again, a wonderful performance. Here are the highlights.

Festival of Nations

Abby performed at the Festival of Nations at the Akron Civic Center last night. It was a long night because they saved the O'Hare Irish Dancers - the best act - for last. It was still enjoyable as we tasted multi-cultural cuisine such as Irish cabbage & noodles; Italian pizzelles; Indiana stew; German donuts and a few other things. Here are the highlights from the 8 nations that performed on stage.

Fall & Winter Pictures

Just finished burning our Fall 2009 / Winter 2009-2010 family DVD (one copy for us and one for Grandma Carole). As usual, we always include a closing vignette of pictures taken during the same time frame. Here it is ... our pictured memories from September 2009 through February 2010.