Philadelphia Eagles Training Camp 2011

Philadelphia Eagles Training Camp 2011, a set on Flickr.

Some photos I took this morning at Lehigh University during a practice session of the Philadelphia Eagles.

Keystone Games Wrestling 2011

Over the past few weeks I have been getting multiple emails from the Keystone State Games wrestling because Michael wrestled in that tournament last year. I noticed they had an Open Masters division for 35 years and older and was contemplating entering. I asked Michael if he wanted to wrestle and told him that I would wrestle if he did, and he said "sure." It was a good day of wrestling for us both. Michael had 4 matches - he won his first match 8-2, the 2nd match he lost, the 3rd match he pinned his opponent, and the 4th match he lost. Because it was a round robin format, he took a 3rd place. I just wanted him to have fun and he did.

Since I was in the "old man" division, my first match didn't happen until about 5 hours into the tournament. I felt pretty good and won my first match by a technical fall. A tech-fall is when you win by 15 points. The final score of the match was 17-2. My second match was a bit tougher and I ended up losing 4-1. My 3rd match was pretty good and I finished winning 3-2 for a second place win. Michael and I were very pleased with the results of the day. I told him how proud I was of him and he told me the same. A good father/son bonding day. Here are the videos from all of our matches:

Ocean City NJ 2011

Ocean City NJ 2011, a set on Flickr.

A medley of photos from our time in Ocean City, NJ this summer. It was a blast.

Here is the slide show:

Mya's 9th Birthday at the Water Park

Since Gretchen and the kids have been in OCNY for most of the summer, Mya wanted to do the water park for her 9th birthday, so we went to the water park at Gillians on the boardwalk. The girls next door came with and we all had a blast. I used the GoPro Hero to record some footage and it turned out pretty well. The only blip was when it flew off my head at the bottom of a slide and got sucked down to the grate, but the staff at Gillians got it for me in minutes. Here is the video with some fun music: