Favorite Foods
Surf 'n' Turf describes these two components of Dad's favorite meal.
Steak and Seafood
What did Matthew want to do when he grew up and is the reason our family called lunch/dinner 'chow time'.
Firefighting
This is what (wife) Hannah loves cutting down after Thanksgiving.
Christmas Tree
Andrea Summers chased (wife) Hannah out of chapel for doing this activity when it was completely silent.
Laughing
You might say Aloha to Matthew in this bucket list state.
Hawaii
This style of dish consisting of pork and rice noodles is both Peter's favorite meal and ethnicity.
Vietnamese
Peter's first 'unofficial' and 'official' jobs involved this activity.
Mowing Lawns
This island off the coast of South Carolina is Dad's favorite place to go on family vacations.
Hilton Head Island
No water for the Ruppert kids! Instead, Matthew and Hannah would swim in this when they played together.
Blankets
Dad hopes to attend the Masters tournament for this sport.
Golf
Red Robbin doesn't just have bottomless steak fries, but also delicious varieties of (wife) Hannah's favorite meal.
Burgers
While (wife) Hannah and her friend were making this food for her brothers, they spilled it on the floor, scooped it up with their hands, put it in a cup, and gave it to them.
Smoothies
On this day, Peter and his siblings would make a nest of blankets and pillows before opening stockings.
Christmas Day
This ruthlessly mocked movie caused (sister) Hannah to charge Matthew and slam into the fridge when he moved out of the way.
Timothy Green
Duolingo would help Mom achieve her bucket list goal to relearn this.
German
Fill in the blanks to guess Mom's favorite meal: 'New York Style ______', '______ Hut', or 'Frozen ______'
Pizza
One of Mom's favorite memories is surprise birthday parties for her. Once was at Pizza Hut in 8th grade and another was planned by the same friends for this birthday.
40th!
When he's not busy walking around the house, Matthew says he loves to participate in this classic Christmas tradition.
Decorating the house for Christmas/putting up the Christmas tree
While painting the garage, Mom forgot that she left this on top of the ladder and when she collapsed the ladder this fell on top of her head and got all over her hair.
Paint
This adjective in the title of the sequel movie to 'National Lampoon's Vacation' is (sister) Hannah's dream cruise.
European
Christopher McClung argued that no one is above this favorite pasta dish of (sister) Hannah's from Olive Garden.
Fettuccine Alfredo
Dad fell into this river at IU Bloomington and thought he was drowning, even though it was really only an inch deep of water.
The Jordan River
'Elf', 'Christmas Vacation', and this third movie make up the trifecta of movies (sister) Hannah loves watching over Christmas break.
'A Christmas Story'
After coming back from a swimming field trip, Peter was embarrassed when his teacher held this up in front of the whole class and asked whose it was.
His underwear
This Christmas gift helps (wife) Hannah track her progress to achieve her goal of traveling to all 50 states.
Scratch off map