Third Time's A Charm

Adam and Ryan putting the final touches on their project for the International Festival at their school. The festival finally happened last night after being postponed two other times due to bad weather.

Adam's Middle School Hockey Tournament

Adam's middle school hockey team had their end of season tournament on Saturday

Nobody was watching the start of Adam's first game because the whole place was watching the end of the USA vs Russia Olympic hockey game

Oshie did it!

Adam's team sleepwalked through the first game and lost

Resting between games

Helen grading papers

Panda Express and a Sonic chocolate peanut butter shake for lunch

Adam in the penalty box

Adam's team fought back from the loser's bracket and won the next 3 games to win the tournament

Awards

Nice way to end a long day and a long season

It Came! It Came!

We now officially have one family member with a smartphone. Derek's new phone was delayed a couple days by the snow, but it finally arrived on Friday and he was very excited.

We have been using Verizon prepaid plans. With Verizon prepaid, if you add $100 then the minutes last a year and any unused minutes roll over. For Helen and I we usually use about $50 a year. Derek's phone was due to be refilled and he still had $150 left. He was mainly using his tablet with Google Voice and WiFi to text his friends for free.

I told Derek that I might be willing to get him a smartphone now that some of the wireless companies were finally offering some reasonable plans. I pointed him to some research I had done and asked him to look into it some more. We finally settled on the $10 plan from Republic Wireless (MMM is a fan).

He's very happy

Snowed In Again

School was canceled Tuesday through Friday even though it only rained on Tuesday and the roads are clear on this Valentine's Day Friday. Oh well, it's been a nice break - as long as they don't extend the school year past Memorial Day.