Luke was still attending class online. When he had to go in for his yearbook picture, he wouldn’t take off his mask. We decided on re-takes but we snapped a shot of the pictures before we sent them back. Still cute!

Lee and I headed up to Wisconsin for a Champ Car Race at Road America. It never got above 40 degrees while we were there but had a good time anyway!

Happy Halloween from Arya!

Happy Halloween from us!

This was the first year Luke did not trick or treat. It was a sad moment but we still carved pumpkins and handed out candy. Luke still wore a costume. A banana. He ate a banana while wearing the banana costume. Doesn’t seem right!

I headed out to another event at Grissom Air Base.

We celebrated Jessica’s birthday

Dana’s office diploma! Congrats!

Spaz will gladly use any lap available. As long as Doug isn’t around.

For Dana’s birthday, she wanted to go goat walking. It is exactly what you think. Walking goats. We enjoyed the afternoon and then we celebrated in the evening.

Arya and Andrija enjoying the day.

Cardinal on the cardinal decorated feeder? Yes please!

Sadly, Don Muhleman passed away early on August 1st. He left us too soon and will be missed.

I started the month out with a soggy race day at Grissom Airbase. Unfortunately, my run group was the only one that had to run in the rain.

Dana and Lee flew down to Florida to make arrangements for Don’s passing.

I took a few vacation days so Luke and I could enjoy the last few days of his summer vacation. We took his kart to Michiana Raceway park and had a blast. The next day we took our RC trucks out to the local hobby shop and enjoyed their track. In between, hilarity ensued.

Sunday dinner at our house. Anna and Layla took advantage of our empty family room with a bit of dancing. Doug did not seem amused?

Luke’s first day of school! Starting 7th grade. Luke will be attending classes online while staying home.

Congratulations Dana!

Dana wrapped up her grad school experience! She is now a Clinical Mental Health Professional!

Unfortunately, due to Covid, the university did not have a formal commencement. Dana still donned her cap and gown for pictures. Later, Dana met with her classmates at the university chapel for group photos.

Later in the month, Lee and I headed out to Gingerman raceway for a Champ Car event. We did well on day one but had a failure on day 2 that ended our race about an hour and a half early. Even with that, we had a great time!

While hanging out at Lee and Jessica’s house, the kids were playing with our cars.

As has been tradition, we picked up some fireworks and had some fun.

Luke and his hair

This guy is cute. It’s why he’s still alive!

Layla hopped into my car and grabbed my sunglasses. Super cool and super cute!

Doug loves his skritches!

We attended a drama club awards presentation where Luke was recognized for his efforts behind stage in recent performances.

Sleepover at Memaw’s! Anna and Layla stayed the night and spent time at the pool.

At the end of the month, Lee had a “cruise night” at his house where a few of us brought our toys and talked cars.

Luke did quite a bit of fishing over the year and managed to snag this monster!

Luke and I took his new kite out for a spin. The wind wasn’t quite right for a kite this size but we did get it in the air for a bit.

Everyone, including Doug, is enjoying the warmer weather.

Happy 12th Birthday Luke! Luke’s friend Ben and his family, along with Anna, Layla and family joined us to help celebrate! A good time was had by all!

Luke and Ben had the idea to camp out in the back yard. We set up a tent and they ended up coming in to sleep in the house.

As a treat for Dana, I set up a pole for bird feeders. Set in about 260 lbs of concrete, this thing isn’t going anywhere!

Happy Father’s Day!

I’m pretty sure Luke was trying to do an Ace Ventura bit with his hair.

Ominous sky over the house today.

Party hats aren’t fun for all. Doug doesn’t seem to be too thrilled.

Arya and Andrija enjoying a day in the pool.

Humming bird!

Luke and I enjoyed the nice spring day by spending time outside and taking care of some yard work.

Sunday dinner at our place with the Muhlemans!

Luke “helped” me lay out the new carpet in my workshop. I never did figure out what he was trying to do but we had a good time.

Luke built a couch fort in the basement where he retreated to between online classes.

Spring popping up in full force!

I started a big project on my Civic this spring and Luke helped me pull the interior out.

Happy Easter!

Later in the day, we celebrated my 43rd birthday. No, I’m not 110. Luke thought it would be funny to use random numbers for the cake.

Later in the month, while working on the rental property, Luke joined us for some painting fun.

Arya and Andrija enjoying nature.

Decided to take advantage of some wind, Luke took our kites out for some afternoon fun.

Early in the month, we picked up a new car for Dana. An ’18 Kia Stinger GT2. Both Lee and Luke jumped in the photo for added silliness.

Dana headed down to Florida to visit her dad for a few days. While she was away, the lockdown started. Even so, she was able to get home without incident.

Random family shot: Luke giving Doug some serious pets!

Like my brother, Luke has taken to enjoying various weaponry. We finally finished a very heavy, robust target for knife throwing. We’ve definitely had some fun!

Luke doing homework. Normally not something we photograph but he was being silly.

Doug – This is very often what I see when I sit in the family room. Usually a good boy so he gets pets.

Angry snowman? Luke’s creation at Baba’s

Bad dog! He’s not allowed on the furniture! See how guilty he looks?!

Luke went to the valentine’s dance at his school with his friend Lily.

Starting off the year, we had a visit from Shelly, Evan and Cam.

Not specific to any one day: The nightly visits from Fatty and Petunia. They sneak out of the hiding spot under the shed and eat the bird seeds on the ground. We definitely need to watch for them when it’s time to let Doug out.

Stretan Bozic!

We celebrated Badnje Vece and Bozic with Baba and Djedo.

Luke is preparing one of his model for more paint. It’s always good to make a little progress.

Probably a little too common: Luke’s crazy eyes. We were at our local RC shop engaging in indoor carpet racing. Good times!