on the way

Isn't that a great movie theme, and life theme? "We'll figure it out on the way" - reminds me of Indiana Jones. On the other spectrum of drama is this AM's car ride to drop Grace off at middle school while she crams for her big science test. "Dad, what does heat capacity mean?" Stoplight, Google in my pocket (android smartphone with wireless data connection), boom ....defined. Tensions eased. Technology amazes me even more now that we can so easily use it 'on the way'.

Still haven't gotten my act together re: picture / movie posts. (I miss Posterous).

Decisions, decisions

Recent bulletin board battle....

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(pre)school 2

7th grade registration

The halls of John Muir jr. High are familiar, so stress levels for Grace are MUCH lower than last year. She sweet talked her way out of a midget sized locker, connected with some friends, and is busily organizing her school supplies as I type (in between texts from her friends!). We confirmed on the way out of school one of her new extra curriculars....

Ben's first buzz cut!

Thanks Mom!

Gooooaaaaal !!!!

Mia scores her first soccer goal tonight! First shot bounced off the goalie, second shot found the corner of the net : Goooooaaaaaaaal !!!!! (then we went for ice cream) ;-) 

Grace the sprinter

Although she told me repeatedly not to come, I snuck out over lunch hour anyway to catch Grace's track meet. (I kept a relatively low profile, I think :) ) She did awesome!

One less chiclet!

Ben's first visit from the tooth fairy imminent...

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Another year rolls by...Lisa made an awesome cake, and I took possession of popcorn maker #3 (last one being held together by duct tape!) Thanks guys.

Cottage shots

Cottage work

Despite the cold yucky drizzle on Sunday, had a good work weekend at the cottage.We're finally putting up the decorative white picket fence that Lis has been envisioning since the original plan. Neighbor Geoff came up to help (thanks Geoff!) and since there was drilling involved Ben was there to help too. Mia helped with a fence of her own  while Grace and friend Megan fetched frogs, turtles, an unsuspecting bass, and a runaway rowboat (twice!). Going to the cottage is always about discovery; usually nature things like the awesome pair of calling loons we saw...but I also learned that Grace ROCKS at Q-bit and that using a ledger board and rim screws helps a ton with installing cabinets (thanks again Geoff!). As always, I was personally thankful to my wife for awesome cooking and great grandpa - that old wheelbarrow just keeps on truckin'. (Pictures to follow)

Yea! More Wookiee puppy pictures! (4 boys and 6 girls) Healthy! Happy! Yippee! Heck, Wookiee even got a haircut out of the deal. :)

I'm not too happy with my migration to Tumblr (blog). Funky posting from my Android phone (even with email), can't easily batch post pictures, weird formatting, boo!

I'm back to Blogger....we'll see how it goes :)