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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?

Boys will be boys

Although both boys can count their age in double digits, they are not too old for some playground fun. The park is right around the corner from our house and we had it all to ourselves one afternoon. The boys had fun climbing, sliding, shimming, dangling, and posing.

Mother's Day

We had a fun family day on Sunday, celebrating Mother's Day. Lukas and Noah presented me with cards, one beautiful and one funny. I was served breakfast in the living room and dinner at the dining table. The boys, with Bob's help, created a delicious dinner finished off with gluten free chocolate chip cookies - Noah's secret recipe, and so so good.
 We had to walk off some of these tasty calories and took a walk around the neighborhood - the boys on bikes, the adults on foot.
A perfect day spent with the best this world has to offer - Bob, Lukas and Noah.

Yard work

Although some rentals include a gardener, it is not so here in Michigan, so we headed out on Saturday morning to begin cleaning up the neglected yard. Bob and Noah took the hack saw and released Medusa from the small tree in our back yard; Lukas cut stumps from dead trees on the side of the house, and Mamma pulled weeds being careful not to chop the fat, plump worms that numbered in the hundreds. All the prep work was followed by planting. Lukas opted for lunch duty and created a delicious tray of nachos and cups of cold lemonade to his dirty, sweaty, messy sibling and parents.

Noah is eleven

No more professional photos, now the photo sessions are impromptu and conducted by Mamma. Noah and Lukas biked to the local park, a perfect backdrop for pictures of our joyous, active and funny no longer so little guy.