Memorial Day Weekend fitting memorial

Memorial Day weekend brought us to Atlanta for a fitting memorial for Tom, a special Dad, a fantastic Pappy and father-in-law extraordinaire.  In memory of Tom, we toured the local Krispy Kreme factory and walked out with both hats and donuts. This hearty breakfast was followed by a walk around Georgia Tech University campus. Noah found the tiny mail slots quite fascinating and we were all wondering which one was Tom's back then. Although we tried to crop out the many empty red cups outside the fraternity house, there are still some visible evidence of last night's activities, and not a person in sight to offer a peak inside. They were probably all still asleep.  A campus visit would not be complete without a stop in the book store, but on the way there we stopped at the Varsity for fries and burgers. We sat in a booth almost directly opposite from the we occupied many years ago with Tom and Barb. The boys left the bookstore with fancy new Georgia Tech shirts in honor of their Pappy.  It was a day full of wonderful memories - realizing that we were walking places where Tom had walked as a young man.

Where is spring?

Lukas one early morning, apparently there were no pressing ham radio chores to motivate him to get up and go, so he snuggled up in a warm blanket on the fire place hearth. It was still a bit chilly outside....

Rabbit free garden

We have a small garden bed in the back yard that looks to be perfect for a few vegetables, if it was not for the cute little Peter Rabbits that inhabit the area. Noah and Bob worked hard on Saturday to secure our little 'vegetable plot' by installing rabbit fence. Now, what will be my excuse when nothing grows?????

Fun toy

Noah took advantage of the garage being organized and set out to make a fun toy. He drilled a hole in an old tennis ball, drilled a hole in a piece of wood, tied a rope to the wood and pushed it through the hole in the tennis ball.  He had fun drilling both the wood and the tennis ball, realizing it was not that easy to drill a hole in a ball.

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Ever since Lukas obtained his first ham radio license, he has been pining to attend one of the larger ham-ventions. One happen to be within driving distance of us, so on a Friday Bob and Lukas set out at the first light of dawn for a ham radio adventure. Lukas had done extensive research on radios, antennas, what to buy, right price and what he needed versus what he wanted. He was set, armed with facts and data and cash in hand. Bob took the opportunity to take the ham radio license test as it may come in handy for his quad copter work, and Lukas happily quizzed him all the way to the ham-vention.
Many long hours later, they returned home. Bob now an official ham radio operator and Lukas the proud owner of a new fancy radio. Mission accomplished!
The next morning, Lukas crawled out of bed even earlier, to set up his radio and begin the work on setting up his radio.

Secret stash

Noah showed me his secret stash of Butterfingers.. inside the tissue box. I am pretty sure nobody would look there. And I am also pretty sure nobody finds Noah's seating arrangement comfortable. He is one of a kind, for sure!

Work hard

Moving to a new house always some additional chores, such as putting up shelves, organizing tools etc. Lukas and Noah cheerfully assisted in getting the shelves up in the garage - maybe because it meant they were a step closer to starting welding?