Halloween 2017

Joey was a Ghostbuster, and Melanie was Captain America this year.  This finally forced the kids' hand to watch Ghostbusters the movie (just the original); they had previously been spooked by it.  Now they love it, and they had another great year with their Fieldstone friends; we started at a neighbor's birthday party, then trick-or-treated, with the annual visit from the ZFD capping off the night. 

When I crowd-sourced a shield for Miss Captain America, I ended up with a neighbor's adult-sized costume.  So, I figured, why not??

Other Halloween festivities included the ZPC trunk-or-treat event, and Jackson's Halloween-themed birthday party.  We got our wear out of the costumes!

Father Daughter Dances

Girl Scout's Father/Daughter Dance spring 2017 - Sock Hop

ZPC's Father/Daughter Dance spring 2017

For good measure, I'll throw in the Dad's Club Campout from September 2017; Melanie really wanted to participate for the first time since it was her last year at Union Elementary.

Fall Ball 2017

Joey's team went undefeated again in 2017, but fell in the first round of the playoffs.  It was another fun season, and it was fun that he was on a team with two other friends from the street - Charlie and Will.

Boilermaker Special Fall 2017

Laura Mullen had contacted the Reamer Club at Purdue to see if the Boilermaker Special could show up at Joey's end-of-cancer party in January 2017.  It was out of commission at that time for maintenance, but they gifted Joey a future ride.  After we attempted to arrange his birthday party on the Special, we rescheduled to the first Sunday in October, which turned out to be a gorgeous day for a ride around campus!  We were joined by a lot of our wedding party (noted because the last time we were on the Boilermaker Special was at our wedding) - both sets of parents, Scotty, Kate, and Julie (and their families)- as well as our friends the Koenigs.

As we cruised through the Purdue President's property, guess who showed up on his motorcycle?  He hopped on and talked to us for a while, but declined a ride, since he'd been out most of the day on his bike.

DG at 303!

Sports Weekend

We went to Cincinnati for a fundraising walk for Children's Hospital in early fall 2017;  we then got to enjoy the amusement park Coney Island, and then were treated to amazing seats at the Reds game.  These seats included all you can eat/drink, chairside service.  This was the kids' first MLB experience.

The next day, we were gifted Mel's first NFL experience; Colts tickets!  (Joey beat her on that one, but that's okay...)

Meeting Hunter Greene, the Reds' hot new recruit

Fun with Cousins - Summer 2017

Happy SURPRISE Birthday, Super Ron!!

For Papa's 70th birthday, I think he was pretty surprised to have a party in August!  It was a great celebration with family and friends of a great guy!  Happy 69 and 9 months, Super Ron!!

Birthday silliness

Cousins prepping for the party

The birthday boy with his two favorite DILs!

The Worzala women

The Worzala men

Melanie's and Joey's grandparents