Standiford Family

It took me a while, but here are the pictures from Mattey’s birthday.

On Friday night, my Dad and I attended a Father and Son Campout at Potato Creek State Park.  I hadn’t been camping in twenty years.  This was a great chance for my Dad and I to get away and enjoy some time together, in the woods.  We setup the tent and enjoyed some chili dogs [...]

Today we celebrated Mattey’s 4th birthday.  It’s hard to believe that it’s already been 4 years since she joined our family.  What a joy and a blessing she is.  She makes us laugh with her witty phrases.
She wanted to go and see the elephants on her birthday, so we took a trip to Brookfield Zoo [...]

Yesterday I had the opportunity to see the newest episode of Star Wars, not once but twice.  I went at noon to see it with my department from work.  We have someone who was nice enough to pay for all of us to go and watch it.  I was impressed with the film and I [...]

I want to wish my Grandpa a Happy 85th Birthday today.  How lucky I am to have such a great person as my Grandpa and to be able to have him around for so long.  He’s still very active, always up in the woods cutting and hauling wood, and as of this week still employed [...]

Mattey had a dentist appointment yesterday to have her last bad tooth fixed.  It looked badly decayed and sometimes she would say that it hurt while brushing.  Getting her to the dentist was no easy task but with a lot of talking and, of course, the promise of a reward, she was finally ready to [...]

I would like to publicly proclaim how thankful I am to have such a wonderful group of Mothers in my life.  They are always willing to help in any way possible.  I’m thankful for their influence in my life and my children’s.
My wife is such a wonderful mother.  She continually puts her own desires aside [...]

Megan played her very first softball game this morning.  Her team is called Lilly’s Sweet Peas.  They were totally blown out by a much better hitting team.  Actually the game didn’t even go the entire six innings because the other team was ahead by ten runs.  Megan played center field for the whole game.  She [...]

I just wanted to take a minute to wish my Mom a very Happy Birthday.  I hope your special day brings you lots of happiness.
A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip!–Unknown

It all started last Thursday when Megan got sent home by the school nurse because she had a slight fever and lacey (as she described it) skin.  She told us that Megan might have fifth’s disease and she would need a doctor’s note to come back to school.  Well her guess on the disease was [...]