Standiford Family

I took Megan Trick-or-Treating in our neighborhood while Mattey slept and Kelly gave out candy to all of twelve kids. We came back and picked up Mattey and Kelly and went out to a few more houses before going out to eat at KFC. After a stop to see Nana and Papa, we [...]

Wishing everyone a Happy and safe Halloween! Here is an interesting article on the origins and customs of All Hallows Eve. Don’t eat too much candy.

My parents dressed up as Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf for a recent youth dance at church. And I always thought Little Red Riding Hood was trying to get away from the Wolf.

“But Grandmother! What big ears you have,” said Little Red Riding Hood as she edged closer to the bed.
“The [...]

Last night we carved the pumpkins that the girls picked at the pumpkin patch. Mattey and Megan helped by cleaning out the inside of the pumpkins. Here are a few pictures of the fun we had.

After church, we went to the Hancz’s house to celebrate Corey and Brendan’s birthday. Corey turned 3 on the 25th and Brendan will be turning 9 on Halloween. We stayed, for a while, after everyone had left and let the kids play. They had a lot of fun.

Megan scored a goal at her last soccer game, of the Fall season. It was a very cold day, but Megan enjoyed it. Her coach gave her a patch and a medal for participating. Megan was very excited about her “gold medal”.
Kelly made Lasagna and rolls and we took dinner to Grandpa [...]

Yesterday, after work, we took a small road trip to Michigan City. The initial reason was to pick up a few games from Toys R Us, that our local store didn’t have in stock. Then we headed for the Outlet Mall. We had a great time walking around and looking at all [...]

I took the day off from work today to try and finish a couple of home projects. One was to finish the new floor I was installing in the bathroom. That project is still about two full tiles away from being finished, and one of them will take a lot of trial and [...]

The other day we emptied, or almost emptied, a jar of JIF peanut butter. Kelly gave the jar to Cooper and he worked on it for about an hour trying to get all the peanut butter out.

I can’t allow this to go on any longer. I haven’t posted a news item in almost two weeks.
We had a new furnace and air conditioner installed this week. The company who did the work was Gnoth and Naragon Heating & Air Conditioning. They did an exceptional job and the fact that [...]