Finalization Day For Bennett !

Bennett had his big day in court last Wednesday making him and official Poeppelman.

Below is a picture of us with Judge Zitter.

Judge Zitter let (from left to right) Grace Brunswick, Nolan and Hayden Poeppelman slam the gavel down to make the adoption official.

 Here is a picture of the whole family.

Nashville Trip for our 15th Anniversary

Kim and I took a trip this past weekend to Nashville for our 15th wedding anniversary.

Carrie Underwood performing at The Grand Ole Opry House.

Kim and I on stage at The Grand Ole Opry

 A view from the Gaylord Opryland Hotel.

This hotel is the largest non-casino hotel in North America.

Hayden's First Triathlon

Hayden was the youngest competitor in the 1 Heart 2 Souls 

Triathlon this past Sunday in Minster. He did not place but had a 

great time competing. I'm sure he will be back next year to try again.

Hayden just starting the Triathlon by swimming the length of the pool.

The second leg of the race was riding his bike for a mile. 

The last leg of the race was running a 1/4 mile.

Here is a picture of Hayden, Nolan and Dad after the race.

Hayden is sporting his new gold medal from the race.

Storm Damage

This past weekend's storms left the boys without a swing set for a few days. 

The swing set was positioned by the sand box in the background.

Luckily a 4x4 is all that was needed to repair the set.

The Bradford Pear tree in our front lawn has seen better days.

 Here are a few pictures of graduation yesterday at OSU. 

This was the 400th graduating class from Ohio State 
and the largest ever in the history of OSU.  

My Godchild Elizabeth Coons with her diploma. 

Elizabeth graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in Agricultural Communications.

This is the beginning of 10,600 students entering the shoe. 

It took 35 minutes just to seat the graduates.

Believe it or not handing out the diplomas went pretty fast.

As you can see they had about 12 lines handing out the diplomas.

Dad with Buckeyman at the agricultural brunch before graduation.

Gotta love these answers.

Kim has never even watched Star Wars.

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Ed & Merilyn with Grandchildren

Ed & Merilyn Borchers with their Grandchildren.

Ed & Merilyn will be celebrating 50 years of marriage next month !