I want to take a minute to thank my wife for volunteering to be come a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA). There are lots of kids out there that are born into or thrown into terrible situations and need someone to look out for them. With Jean’s long history of […]
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Now that Jean and I are sitting around and staring at each other with no kids to corral, we’ve decided to take up biking. Healthy exercise that we can do together! Bit the bullet and picked up some nice bikes that should serve us well. I went for the 2021 […]
I had the opportunity to go on the week long mission trip with the St Joan of Arc CHAOS Youth Group to Cumberland, Kentucky. This was the 5th year in a row I was able to chaperone the group. This year was the largest group we’ve taken with 15 kids […]
Marking probably the last field trip either Jean or I will chaperone, Jean was able to go with Aly’s 8th grade class to Washington DC. Since I have been there four times already and went with both Nathan and Brandon’s class, I would have been a hog to go there […]
Jean and I had an awesome time this last weekend at the 2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Public Hall in Cleveland. Turns out it’s only in Cleveland every 3 years, rotating between CLE, LA & NY. We scored the 2 tickets through my work and […]
Wow, I was definitely caught off guard at church this last weekend when the Knights of Columbus presented us with the 2015 Catholic Family of the Year award. A great appreciation to whomever was involved in giving this award to our family. I can’t say how super-proud it made me […]
Well where do I start to describe such an awesome weekend getaway. Jean and I went away last weekend to New York City to celebrate our 20th Anniversary. We waited until now to go since of course the Rockettes don’t dance until this time of year… and any trip to […]
Another awesome day. Jean, Nate and I with some other family and friends took place in the Warrior Dash in Canal Fulton. In all we only had 8 of us this year. Some moderate running for a “non-runner” like myself, along with many obstacles and LOTS of mud. We adopted […]
We received a call from the Catholic Exponent wanting to interview us about our desire for Catholic schools for our kids. It was a nice little writeup that we’re proud of so I thought I’d put it in my blog. Can’t really put the whole article in my blog entry […]
It was an awesome day to run in Akron… at least for those people who think running is something fun to do. Me, Brandon and Aly cheered from the streets as Jean ran in her first half-marathon at the Akron Marathon this morning. She did awesome and we’re pretty damn […]
As expected, the warrior dash turned out another great year with alot of fun and alot of mud. Thank God they changed up the course a little and didn’t hit us with the one mile run up front. That was painful last year… not to show my hand with my […]
Yesterday was the 50th Anniversary of McCardles Dance Studio. As much as Jean does and doesn’t want to admit, she has been there for over half of them! This weekends show was their biggest and best show I’ve ever seen. Lots of great dancing and reflection. Every show I see […]
Well there’s not much to say except it was another great Tour De Brimfield outting this year. The day before the tour, I had a random couple from Brimfield Google “Tour De Brimfield” after seeing it on Sully’s sign and found my web site. They then called me! Pretty funny…. […]
Well you can check this off the list of things I figured my wife would never do. Run… and run alot. Jean was part of a relay team in the Akron Marathon this weekend. She ran with her cousin Joy Salberg, Angela Novotny, Mike Marsinek’s cousin Jeff and Angela’s cousin […]
Well it was everything it lived up to be. A 5k with a dozen obstacles including flames to jump over, barb wire over mud to crawl through and a bunch of other obstacles. Finished off with a hose down from a guy sitting on a tanker truck. Jean’s been training […]
Jean has just this summer started the couch to 5k program. She streamlined it and bumped her progress to get ready for her first 5k. Her and Nate decided to do the Aurora 5k run with several friends and her brother. I elected to save my energy for this blog […]
Had a great time last night with a blast to the past with Bon Jovi at Blossom. Believe it or not this was only my 3rd concert at Blossom. I know most Northeast Ohioans do that by their senior year of high school but I didn’t take that route. Jean […]
This week at the yearly McCardles Dance Studio review, aly and Jean achieved some major milestones. Aly received her 5 year trophy for five great years of dance, and Jean received her 20 year trophy for the same. So just a special kudos to both of them in sticking with […]
I knew when I started collecting old used CD’s, DVD’s, games & movies that someday they would amount to something great. Jean always said I was crazy, but I showed her. The kids had a snow-day today and I spent all morning shoveling the driveway. I was just about to […]
Our family had a callout in the Catholic Exponent regarding Catholic school parents. The Giunto family, of Streetsboro St.Joan of Arc parish and school, pause for a photo during a Christmas activity at the school. Pictured are parents Jean and Steve, with from left. Brandon, Nathan and Alyson.