From July 11 to 18, Jason experienced his first Boy Scout summer camp at Camp Raven Knob, just outside Mt. Airy, NC (aka “Mayberry”). Given his dietary and allergy issues, I opted to tag along to help out the leaders and…
Last week we made our first trip to Grandma and Grandpa’s house in Ohio in over a year. It was also our first real vacation in a long while. The kids enjoyed time with cousins, a trip to Amish country…
Grace had her dance recital on Wednesday, and all the practice paid off; she did a great job. Her old class, a couple years ago, was more just a case of “something to do once a week,” with not a…
Grace wanted to play a game today, so I dug one out of the closet that we’ve never played, even though it dates back to the 90s. It’s called “Rapid Recall” and it’s kind of like “Password” in that there’s…
Weekend before last, Jason, Scott and I traveled with Troop 800 to Sherando Lake park, near Waynesboro for a weekend of camping. Jason’s chief goal was to fulfil his requirement to complete a 5-mile hike, which he did, in spades, since…
Jason and I had an adventure this past weekend as BSA Troop 800 made a weekend outing to Camp Pendleton in Virginia Beach. Among the highlights was a day trip to the Norfolk Navy base for a guided tour of…
Well, it might not have been the most romantic Valentine’s Day activity, but last weekend’s chess tournament did go well for the Morefields. Scott won four out of four games to take home the 1st place trophy in the K-5…
Scott celebrated his tenth birthday last week. Just for good measure he celebrated 3 times: a party for extended family the weekend before, presents from Mom and Dad and siblings on the actual day and an overnight party with friends…
Grace has been using her “Story Cubes” to practice her storytelling skills. Basically they’re dice with images on the sides: you roll them and try to make a story out of whatever random images they end up landing on. She asked…
Well another year’s gone by and as usual this site’s been largely neglected. I always start out with every intention of posting regularly, then the next thing I know it’s New Year’s Eve again. It was supposed to be easy;…
